Permit stats · NYC

Subdivision permits in NYC: real approval times

Subdivision (improved) filings in NYC, measured across every DOB filing on record. These are the real numbers, not the published targets.

19,089
filings on record
12 days
median to approval
175 days
worst case (p90)
12.8%
of all filings disapproved
45.0%
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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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