Links

Regional Links

  • APA New York Metro Chapter - The New York Metro Chapter addresses planning issues that concern the physical, social, and economic environment in the metropolitan region encompassing New York City, Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties) and the Hudson Valley (Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Duchess, Ulster and Sullivan Counties). The Chapter represents some 800 practicing planners and other people involved in the planning and design of the region's communities.
  • Gotham Gazette - coverage of NYC public policy including land use issues.
  • Municipal Art Society of New York - a private, non-profit membership organization that aggressively champions excellence in urban design and planning and the preservation of the best of New York's past.
  • New York City Department of City Planning - a wealth of information including the complete zoning text and maps and the proposed Uniform Bulk Program.
  • New York City Housing and Neighborhood Information System (NYCHANIS) - NYCHANIS is an interactive web site that offers online data access to over 1,300 separate variables describing housing and neighborhood conditions in New York City. The purpose of NYCHANIS is to allow a wide variety of users to gain access to previously unavailable data and manipulate the data according to their personal and/or professional needs.
  • PLANYC.org - The New York City Planning Information Portal links to news and information about planning projects in the city.
  • New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) - The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, (NYMTC, or the COUNCIL) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the New York Region. The Council is the collaborative forum where regional transportation issues are analyzed, discussed, and decided. The region is made up of Nassau, Putnam, Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester counties, and the City of New York. NYMTC's members are chief local elected officials and heads of transportation and environmental agencies that are responsible for establishing and implementing transportation plans, projects, and programs.
  • New York State GIS Clearinghouse - Downloadable maps in .gif,.tiff, and MapInfo formats by quadrant for all of New York State. See Raster Imagery.
  • The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - joint authority whose mission is to identify and meet the critical transportation infrastructure needs of the bistate region's businesses, residents, and visitors.
  • Regional Plan Association - Since 1923, RPA has worked to improve the quality of life in the 31-county New York, New Jersey, Connecticut metropolitan area by creating long-term comprehensive plans and promoting their implementation across political boundaries. On the basis of rigorous professional study, the Association recommends policy initiatives and physical and human infrastructure investments and involves the public in considering and shaping its future.

National and International Links

  • American Planning Association - The American Planning Association is a non-profit public interest and research organization representing 30,000 practicing planners, officials, and citizens involved with urban and rural planning issues.
  • United States Census Bureau - population statistics and Tiger Maps.
  • Urban Land Institute - The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land to enhance the total environment.
  • Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - a nonprofit and tax-exempt educational institution established in 1974. Its mission as a school is to study and teach about land policy, including land economics and land taxation. A major portion of the Institute's support comes from the Lincoln Foundation, established in 1947 by Cleveland industrialist John C. Lincoln. He drew inspiration from the ideas of Henry George, the nineteenth-century American political economist, social philosopher and author of the book, Progress and Poverty.
  • Cyburbia.org - Internet Resources for the Built Environment.
  • Guide to Mostly On-Line And Mostly Free U.S. Geospatial and Attribute Data - Looking for GIS basemaps? Start Here.
  • Project for Public Spaces - PPS is a non-profit organization that for 25 years has successfully carried out its mission statement to build communities by creating the special places that build community life. Using our own participatory approach, we help communities grow their public spaces into vital community places, with programs, uses and people- friendly settings that highlight local assets, spur rejuvenation, and serve common needs.
  • Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse - The Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse mission is to make the tools, techniques, and strategies developed to manage growth, accessible to citizens, grassroots organizations, environmentalists, public officials, planners, architects, the media and business leaders. At the Clearinghouse we identify, collect, compile, and disseminate information on the best land use practices, for those listed above.