New York City has released its first government-wide Racial Equity Plan, establishing eight citywide goals aimed at reducing racial disparities in housing, education, employment, health, transportation, connectivity and the justice system.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice released the final plan after a 30-day public comment period that followed the preliminary version issued in April.
The office gathered feedback from New Yorkers across the five boroughs and worked with 45 city agencies to refine the plan’s goals, strategies and indicators.
“This plan sets targets we intend to meet and gives New Yorkers a way to check our work along the way,” said Julie Su, deputy mayor for economic justice. “The goals around unemployment and housing speak directly to what we hear from working New Yorkers every day: They want a fair shot at a job and a home they can afford in the neighborhoods they call home.”
What distinguishes the plan is its focus on measurable targets rather than broad commitments. Progress on the eight citywide goals will be reported every two years, alongside agency-level goals, strategies and indicators.
The plan sets targets through 2034, including increasing affordable housing production, reducing disparities in rent burden and homelessness, improving early childhood education and strengthening access to integrated public schools.
It also calls for reducing unemployment among Black, Latino and Asian American New Yorkers, lowering the city’s jail population and improving pregnancy-related health outcomes for Black New Yorkers.
Transportation and broadband access are also included, with the city seeking faster and more reliable bus service in neighborhoods facing greater transportation burdens and increased home broadband adoption in the city’s most under-connected communities.
The plan builds on the city’s True Cost of Living Measure, released in April, which found that 62 percent of New Yorkers could not meet the true cost of living, with Black and Latino households facing disproportionate burdens.
The NYC Commission on Racial Equity will continue serving as an independent accountability partner as agencies implement the plan. The city’s first progress reports will provide New Yorkers with a way to assess whether the commitments are translating into measurable changes across communities.
