City Hall is planning to create 100,000 new homes in Manhattan alone, Adams said during his speech, which he delivered from the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem.

To further address the city's critical housing shortage, Mayor Adams unveiled the Manhattan Plan, an effort to add 100,000 homes to Manhattan in 10 years.

Mayor Eric Adams vowed Thursday to build 100,000 new housing units across Manhattan over the next decade – adding to the roughly 900,000 dwellings already on the island. Dubbed “The Manhattan Plan,” Hizzoner’s ambitious housing proposal would be the equivalent of creating a brand new Upper West Side,