New York City Building Permit Report Card
NY
D
Score: 49/100
Score Breakdown
Closure Rate68.6% (70% weight)
Year-over-Year Trend-9.3 pp (30% weight)
891,042
Total Permits
280,050
Open Permits
68.6%
Closure Rate
63,541
Stalled 5+ Years
New York City's closure rate is 8.8 percentage points below the 77.4% average across all tracked cities.
How This Grade Is Calculated
The score combines closure rate (70% weight) and year-over-year trend (30% weight). Closure rate measures the percentage of rate-eligible permits (those older than one year) that have been closed. Trend measures the change in closure rate compared to the prior year, clamped to +/- 10 percentage points.
Grade scale: A (90+), B (75-89), C (60-74), D (40-59), F (below 40).