We're Watching

Public Access Design

We're Watching

The Who in the Q!

Urban Investigations

The Who in the Q!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

The Public School Avengers

Urban Investigations

The Public School Avengers
    • Monday, March 27, 2017, 5:33pm

Introducing What Is FAR?

Introducing _What Is FAR?_

We’re excited to announce our latest tool in our Envisioning Development program, What Is FAR?  A companion to our What Is Zoning? Toolkit, What is FAR? is an online, interactive tool to help community members get a grip on the slippery concept of Floor Area Ratio. 

What Is FAR? lets you manipulate virtual blocks as it takes you step-by-step through the process of how Floor Area Ratio controls the size of your building. It also shows how the city applies FAR’s other building-size-controlling cousins: lot coverage, setbacks, and height limits. Our Zoning Toolkit was designed specifically for New York City, but What Is FAR? can be used no matter where you call home.

Click here for more information about the project and try the tool yourself!

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Vendor Power!

Making Policy Public

Vendor Power!

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

We Are Public Housing

Making Policy Public

We Are Public Housing

Fast-Tracked

Urban Investigations

Fast-Tracked