Move over, Hudson Yards—Midtown South just stole the spotlight.
In a 43–0 mic-drop vote, the City Council approved a rezoning so massive it’s basically rewriting Manhattan’s DNA: 42 blocks, 9,500 new apartments, and—for the first time ever in Midtown—2,800+ permanently affordable homes.
The old manufacturing-only rules? Gone. In their place: sky-high mixed-use towers, luxury living next door to budget-friendly units, and buildings up to 18x the size of their lots. Oh, and $120 million to keep the Garment District fabulous.
They’re even throwing in pedestrian plazas, transit upgrades, and a car-free Broadway busway. It’s part housing plan, part urban glow-up.
The question? Will this blockbuster rezoning actually deliver—or will it be another “vision” that dies in City Hall’s archives?
