New York City Department of City Planning has implemented numerous neighborhood plans over the past two decades aimed at addressing a wide range of challenges and opportunities, including but not limited to housing affordability, transit-oriented development, economic growth, and new capital investments. While many of these plans included zoning amendments, capital investments, and other policy commitments, the outcomes of such plans are seldom analyzed post-adoption. 

This project invites a team of NYU Wagner urban planning graduate students to evaluate the outcomes of selected neighborhood plans through a quantitative, spatial, and policy-driven analysis. The findings will help 1) visualize development trends since the enactment of such plans; 2) assess their effectiveness in achieving their intended goals; and 3) inform the development of future neighborhood plans.