New York City Building Permit Report Card
NY
D
Score: 50/100
Score Breakdown
Closure Rate68.3% (70% weight)
Year-over-Year Trend-8.4 pp (30% weight)
859,203
Total Permits
272,648
Open Permits
68.3%
Closure Rate
58,067
Stalled 5+ Years
New York City's closure rate is 8.9 percentage points below the 77.2% 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).