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Annemarie Gray

@annemariegray.bsky.social
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Executive Director @opennewyork.city / former city worker

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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible example of SEQRA reform already getting results: nuns in an Albany suburb are redeveloping part of their campus to build 238 new homes, and their lawyer writes the town citing the new state law to walk thru every way it clearly meets the criteria and must be approved.
letter from lawyer describing project complying with new law
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 05/05/2026
THREAD: Today, we’re proud to announce our 2026 endorsements for the New York State Assembly and Senate. This slate of 21 pro-housing candidates is ready to take on the housing crisis in Albany – and win.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
These are legitimately gorgeous www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/r...
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Designs for New York’s A.D.U.s Are Here. These Are Our Favorites.
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
From DM Bozorg: “Our state policymakers in Albany have an opportunity to make a real dent in the housing crisis. Reforming the state’s environmental review process sounds wonky, but it is fundamentally about a critically important question: whether we are able to deliver a more affordable city.”
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Environmental regs must speed new homes
New York faces a dire affordability crisis. It costs far too much to live here, and the biggest expense for most New Yorkers is housing. The Mamdani administration is laser-focused on creating a more ...
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Thanks to Hell Gate for reaching out to me for a response! Here’s my Q&A with them. hellgatenyc.com/abundance-ag...
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'The Idea That Housing Supply Is Not Part of the Story Here Is Kind of Absurd'
A YIMBY claps back.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 17/03/2026
We know New York isn't building enough housing. But outside NYC, the housing we do build is overwhelmingly single-family sprawl, often bulldozing acres of forest to build mansions. This broken status-quo is ironically the result of our environmental review law, SEQRA. 🧵
Chart: Outside NYC, single-family dominates new construction
Annual permitted housing units per 1,000 residents

The North Country leads, with an overwhelming share of single-family units
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
You know you want to spend your Friday afternoon listening to me, @hslatkin.bsky.social, and @benmax.bsky.social talk about housing policy ⬇️
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Housing Priorities for the Mamdani Admin, SEQRA Reform, & More, with Howard Slatkin & Annemarie Gray
Podcast Episode · Max Politics · March 13 · 1h 17m
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Me and @daphnelundi.bsky.social @urbanoceanlab.bsky.social on climate, housing, and SEQRA: "It is a climate – and moral – imperative that we allow more people to live in neighborhoods that are well-connected to transit, have lower climate risk, and have access to parks and social infrastructure"
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Op-Ed | It’s time to finally modernize the State Environmental Quality Review Act | amNewYork
For years, we have worked within the machinery of city planning, climate policy, and housing policy. We have seen up close how our zoning maps, development
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Every couple of months or so, someone puts out a piece of bad social science meant to undermine the case for more housing. For Roosevelt Institute, I wrote a blog post responding to the two most recent specimens. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/there-i...
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There Is No Housing Affordability Without Building More Housing
If we make it easier to build dense housing in cities, then the resulting supply boost will ease the cost burden on renters and put homeownership within closer reach for millions of households.
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
When in doubt about what’s driving high home prices, just read what fancy Brooklyn real estate agents send out in their public mailers
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 05/03/2026
NEW: Mamdani's City Hall is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking — a policy change that would not only create a new revenue stream but also seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the streetscape. buff.ly/9C0Iq34
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Mamdani Deputy Mayor On Charging For Street Parking: 'It's Not a No' - Streetsblog New York City
Dean Fuleihan said on Thursday that the city is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/02/2026
I had a productive meeting with President Trump this afternoon. I’m looking forward to building more housing in New York City.
Mayor Mamdani and President Trump meet in Oval Office.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
If California and other relatively LGBT-friendly states want to be helpful, they're going to need to build a lot more housing.
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thank you @speakermenin.bsky.social for making this a top priority 👏👏👏 Excited for an era with new tools from the voter-approved ballot measures that help our leaders ensure all neighborhoods are part of the solution.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 24/02/2026
Something unthinkable happened today: Vickie Paladino, a NIMBY Republican, voted to approve new housing in her district. Why now? November's @YesOnAffHousing.bsky.social ballot measures have completely changed the landscape of housing approvals in NYC.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“These were intended to stop Council members from blocking all new housing out of hand. We’re now seeing that change,” said Annemarie Gray, executive director of the yes-in-my-backyard (YIMBY) group Open New York. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/nycs-housing...
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Dan Mauler 🎃 @meelar.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This is what structural change looks like. The people who move into this new apartment building probably won't realize that they can live there because of the ballot propositions, but behind the scenes their gravitational force bends even opponents towards more housing. Congrats to @opennewyork.org!
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Congratulations to Sideya Sherman! With NYC’s housing shortage inextricably intertwined with its history of exclusionary zoning, I'm excited for Sherman's background at the intersection of racial equity and fair housing to seize momentum and new tools to build more homes more fairly for NYers.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 24/02/2026
WATCH: MAGA CM Vickie Paladino is crashing out because props 2-5 will allow affordable housing to be built in her Queens district. These changes were designed as a backstop to prevent abuse of member deference, and ensure that every neighborhood does its part. They're working!
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Barely three months later and the ballot measures are already speeding up new homes 🔥 Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov, HPD, DCP, CM Encarnacion for today’s announcement and the @OpenNewYork.org members and @YesOnAffHousing.bsky.social coalition partners who fought for these measures
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The first project to make use of an accelerated review process—one of several ballot measures passed by NYC voters last year to speed up housing production—will turn a parking lot in the Bronx into 84 affordable apartments. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/move-over-ul...
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Move Over, ULURP: First Project Using 'Expedited' Land Use Review Kicks Off In The Bronx - City Limits
The first project to make use of an accelerated review process for housing will turn a parking lot in the Bronx to 84 affordable homes. Voters approved ballot measures last year that will enable the c...
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 20/02/2026
How a decision by NYC voters sped up a plan to build affordable housing in the Bronx gothamist.com/news/how-a-decision-b…
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How a decision by NYC voters sped up a plan to build affordable housing in the Bronx
A city-owned lot in Mott Haven is slated to become a new 100% affordable housing development The proposed 84-unit apartment complex is the first project to enter the city’s expedited review process. [ more › ]
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 20/02/2026
In November, New Yorkers overwhelmingly voted to speed up housing approvals. Just 4 months later, we're already seeing the results:
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
@opennewyork.org is hiring a policy director! With Mamdani as mayor and ballot questions 2-5 written into law, there's never been a better time to get involved with pro-housing policy in New York. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/po...
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Open New York hiring Policy Director in New York, NY | LinkedIn
Posted 4:00:03 PM. About Open New YorkOpen New York (ONY) is a grassroots, non-profit organization advocating for…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Emily Smith @emhuntersmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
If everyone reacting to this incredulously/asking why we can’t have nice things could take a few mins to email Manhattan CB 2 about how the proposed project’s design and aesthetics are appropriate for the historic district that would be great. 🫶🏻 📧 cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us/cb2/contact/
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In my decade working on affordable housing in NYC, I’ve seen SEQRA act as a barrier to housing time and time again. I’m so excited to see @governor.ny.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov working together to finally fix this and proud to stand with them this morning. Onwards!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/02/2026
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This is a huge, important job
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Some exciting (& bittersweet) news: our Chief of Staff & Policy Director @andrewdfine.bsky.social will be leaving Open New York to join the Mamdani admin, where he will be a senior advisor to DM Bozorg overseeing housing policy 🧵
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Anna Pycior @pycior.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I had the good fortune of serving as Chief of Staff to Yume Kitasei during peak Covid. As @mayor.nyc.gov said "Yume is the perfect person to lead @nycdcas.bsky.social ...like many New Yorkers, Yume contains multitudes." Yume is unflappable, whip smart, kind, and an all-around wonderful pick.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 23/01/2026
“New Yorkers are facing soaring housing costs. Today, the environmental review process often gets abused by 1 person who’s trying to stop affordable housing right above a transit stop. That’s crazy, and it's not serving our affordability or climate goals." @AnnemarieGray.bsky.social
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Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Excited to talk SEQRA modernization with @errollouis.bsky.social on Inside City Hall tonight — tune in on NY1!
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 19/01/2026
“Even to build 83 units has taken so much struggle. That should not be so hard. This is an example of the scale of progress that was held up… We want to build as much as possible across this city, for those who call this city home and those who would love to.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 19/01/2026
We’re here in the Bronx alongside @NYCMayor and more to celebrate the resumption of the Just Home project, which will create 70 affordable homes with services for formerly-incarcerated New Yorkers. This long-overdue project is an act of compassion for our fellow New Yorkers.
Mayor Mamdani standing alongside advocates and government officials, including Annemarie Gray
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I've increasingly come to view cynicism as the seedbed of totalitarianism, both because it can paralyze the opposition and because it implicitly validates the might-makes-right ethic of the authoritarian.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 15/01/2026
Excellent video from our new Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning!
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mayorsoffice.nyc.gov @mayorsoffice.nyc.gov · 14/01/2026
You probably don't know what SEQRA is - but you should know that it's slowing down the housing that we need. Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg is here to explain why reforming it is key to cutting red tape and building more housing.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Instead of retreating into facile cynicism about the safety net and regulatory state, people on the left should be trying to occupy the bureaucracy at the state, local, and, after the MAGA putschists are finally expelled from power, federal level—not simply because we need good people in those jobs, but because enough good people in any given department can change its internal culture for the better. A lot depends, for example, on whether state and local transportation departments are staffed by car-brained traffic engineers or planners who are genuinely invested in walkability and developing viable mass transit networks. Just as much hinges on whether state health agencies are staffed by people with a genuine commitment to the cause of universal healthcare, even in the face of brutal federal Medicaid cuts.

There’s another reason for occupying the bureaucracy, too. For a movement that wants to transform the state, there is tremendous value in understanding how policy implementation and institutional change happens on a granular level. If you spend some time working inside the bureaucracy and you keep your eyes open, you can learn a lot about the points of leverage that leftist politicians and outside advocacy groups can press to their advantage. On the flipside, you can also learn a great deal about the tradeoffs associated with certain approaches and how well-intentioned but undercooked policy initiatives can produce unintended consequences. These are all important lessons for anyone trying to push any level of government in a more humane direction. But they’re especially important lessons for leftist officials who have ambitious agendas, a finite amount of time in which to implement them, and little room for error.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 13/01/2026
🚨 NEW: New York State is modernizing its environmental review process to ensure that infill housing, clean energy, and climate resiliency infrastructure doesn’t get blocked by endless lawsuits and delays.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 13/01/2026
@governor.ny.gov calls to reform SEQRA environmental reviews: “Right now they slow down the very projects that help us fight climate change, create housing, and strengthen our communities.” It’s time to end those delays and deliver for New Yorkers.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 13/01/2026
@ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social calls for modernizing environmental review “to deliver an affordability agenda on the timetable needed.” “We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, "We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build housing in New York City. Environmental review reform would bring our regulations into the 21st century and ensure we can deliver an affordability agenda on the timetable needed," said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. "I commend Governor Hochul for this commonsense proposal and hope it will be a part of the enacted state budget this year. New Yorkers can't wait any longer for action on housing."
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 25/11/2025
We were proud to join @ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social in Central Park today. "I joined this because Zohran is committed to the all-of-the-above approach to the housing crisis that NYC needs—one that protects current tenants while also building the homes future families need." @AnnemarieGray.bsky.social
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
In a span of barely five years, @opennewyork.org went from a band of ragtag volunteers to a professional organization driving a strong pro-housing agenda in Albany and New York City. If you aren't already involved, get involved! www.onyeducation.org/membership/
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Become a Member — Open New York Education Fund
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
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Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us · 24/11/2025
Absolutely screaming with excitement at @annemariegray.bsky.social of @opennewyork.org being named to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's housing transition committee. So well-earned by Annemarie & such a good sign for the Mamdani administration.
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 24/11/2025
We’re here in Central Park with Mayor-Elect @ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social to announce that our Executive Director @AnnemarieGray.bsky.social will be joining his transition committee on housing!
Annemarie Gray with Zohran Mamdani
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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 05/11/2025
NEW: ALL FOUR PRO-HOUSING BALLOT QUESTIONS PASS!!! For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵
Graphic:
VICTORY FOR PRO-HOUSING BALLOT MEASURES!
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