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New York County, NY

Name: Building Permits — New York County, NY
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,984
Construction valuation (2025): $527,365,858
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1 · 2-unit 2 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 2,981

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,984	$527,365,858
2024	4,467	$690,452,024
2023	3,030	$446,445,918
2022	4,337	$685,824,123
2021	3,165	$362,264,803
2020	1,896	$224,778,855
2019	5,512	$713,347,224
2018	3,584	$468,325,791
2017	4,781	$632,871,471
2016	4,024	$540,463,449
2015	12,267	$1,503,731,551

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.