New York — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in New York during 2025.
Read the Complete New York Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in New York.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
29,299
Projects with decisions
34,276
Approved actions
139
Denied actions
99.6%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 542 | 608 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Allegany | 513 | 545 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Bronx | 218 | 254 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Broome | 164 | 177 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Cattaraugus | 225 | 245 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Cayuga | 857 | 1,085 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Chautauqua | 352 | 404 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Chemung | 73 | 87 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Chenango | 344 | 383 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Clinton | 178 | 187 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Columbia | 21 | 29 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Cortland | 34 | 37 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Delaware | 189 | 233 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Dutchess | 188 | 218 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Erie | 2,409 | 2,777 | 20 | 99.3% |
| Essex | 526 | 571 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Franklin | 382 | 399 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Fulton | 56 | 57 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Genesee | 931 | 1,008 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Greene | 94 | 115 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Herkimer | 83 | 100 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Jefferson | 437 | 444 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Kings | 104 | 106 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lewis | 42 | 52 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Livingston | 265 | 329 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Madison | 492 | 573 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Monroe | 1,576 | 2,393 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Montgomery | 128 | 139 | 2 | 98.6% |
| Nassau | 2,027 | 2,350 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Niagara | 154 | 186 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Oneida | 520 | 549 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Onondaga | 602 | 660 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Ontario | 377 | 457 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Orange | 2,082 | 2,573 | 24 | 99.1% |
| Orleans | 297 | 331 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Oswego | 273 | 300 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Otsego | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Putnam | 229 | 252 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Rensselaer | 602 | 706 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Rockland | 444 | 478 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Saratoga | 857 | 1,080 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Schenectady | 273 | 303 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Schoharie | 19 | 20 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Schuyler | 38 | 45 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Seneca | 97 | 104 | 0 | 100.0% |
| St. Lawrence | 791 | 882 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Steuben | 323 | 393 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Suffolk | 3,704 | 4,155 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Sullivan | 144 | 176 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Tioga | 30 | 34 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Tompkins | 249 | 293 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ulster | 54 | 56 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Warren | 280 | 300 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Washington | 173 | 191 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Wayne | 678 | 751 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Westchester | 2,045 | 2,470 | 11 | 99.6% |
| Wyoming | 77 | 98 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Yates | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.