Permit stats · Manhattan

Alt-1 permits in Manhattan: real approval times

Alteration Type 1 (major, change of use/occupancy) filings in Manhattan, measured across every DOB filing on record. These are the real numbers, not the published targets.

44,739
filings on record
102 days
median to approval
455 days
worst case (p90)
12.2%
of all filings disapproved
22.7%
professionally certified

Manhattan vs citywide, median days to approval

Manhattan
102d
NYC
65d
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Methodology: computed from DOB Job Application Filings (ic3t-wcy2) via NYC Open Data, refreshed with each data build. Median and p90 measure pre-filing date to approval on approved jobs. Full methodology on the Intelligence page.

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