YIMBY News for 11/6

[Eric Budd]

How Mayor Mamdani Could Reshape New York City

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 54.33. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, comprehensive plan, construction, density, development, growth, housing, housing authority, project, real estate, rent, rent control, rent-control, supply, transportation, urban, walk, yimby, zone, zoning

Zohran Mamdani addresses supporters following his victory in New York City's mayoral election on November 4, 2025. Zohran Mamdani won in three-way race, defeating independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA via AP Images) Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani’s stunning upset in the New York City mayoral race has turned a slate of once-dismissed ideas into the city’s next policy blueprint. From publicly-owned grocery stories to free buses, the incoming mayor’s agenda has been hailed by supporters as visionary – and widely criti

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Split decision on pair of Estes Park zoning issues

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 29.00. affordable, affordable housing, density, development, downtown, height limit, housing, housing authority, project, rent, zone, zoning

A pair of citizen-led ballot issues targeting development in Estes Park was receiving mixed reviews Tuesday from voters in the tourism-dependent mountain town. As of 9 p.m., one of the issues involving rezoning was winning approval, while another regarding density and building heights was going down to defeat. Ballot Question 300, which would require written approval from a two-thirds majority of property owners within a 500-foot radius of a property undergoing rezoning or a Planned Unit Development before the change can be approved, was leading with 974 votes in favor and 805 against. However

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Boulder City Council: Speer surpasses Robins in latest ballot release

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.89. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, development, house, housing, land-use, rent, single-family

Nicole Speer has surpassed Jenny Robins and is now in position to be re-elected to the Boulder City Council after the latest ballot drop on Wednesday night. Speer was in fifth place after the first ballot drop on Tuesday evening, but she gained ground on Robins in each of the subsequent ballot drops Tuesday night and into early Wednesday morning. Speer has 13.9% of the vote and Robins is at 13.2%, a difference of fewer than 700 votes out of almost 106,000 cast . Incumbents Matt Benjamin and Mark Wallach appear to be safely re-elected at 17.9% and 15.7%, respectively. Ex-Boulder Fire Rescue Chi

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Longmont City Council allows demolition of Kimbark Street home

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.30. condo, construction, house, housing, preservation, project, real estate, rent, single-family, supply

The Longmont City Council voted unanimously this week to allow demolition of the century-old house at 824 Kimbark St., siding with property owners and city staff over the Historic Preservation Commission, after months of debate over preservation and feasibility. The single-story yellow Victorian, built in 1902 within Longmont’s original townsite, was deemed to have “extraordinary historic significance” by the Historic Preservation Commission on Oct. 8, making the property potentially eligible for local landmark designation, which would shield it from demolition. The owners, however, opposed th

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Wilson Trails in Early Results, Seattle Mayor’s Race on Nailbiter Course

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.53. affordable, affordable housing, housing, project, real estate, rent, renter, transportation, urban

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell led progressive challenger Katie Wilson in early results by a 53% to 46% margin Tuesday night. Around half of the votes projected to be cast had been counted on election night in Washington state’s vote by mail system. Due to the fact that later results typically favor progressive candidates, this race is set to be a nailbiter. Wilson gained a larger margin in the primary than she would need to win now, going from leading by 1.4 points on election night to a nearly 10-point margin in final results. Progressives have pulled off similar late surges in other years as w

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