Permit stats · Manhattan

Alt-2 permits in Manhattan: real approval times

Alteration Type 2 (renovations, no use change) filings in Manhattan, measured across every DOB filing on record. These are the real numbers, not the published targets.

857,620
filings on record
7 days
median to approval
76 days
worst case (p90)
2.6%
of all filings disapproved
49.2%
professionally certified

Manhattan vs citywide, median days to approval

Manhattan
7d
NYC
5d
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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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