Earlier this year, Village Preservation released a first-of-its-kind report cataloging all landmark designations over the course of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission’s (LPC) existence since 1965, and analyzing the differences in activity based upon Mayoral administration and changes in law and policy. Since then, we’ve updated the yearly chronological compendium of all landmarks designations, and have committed to continue doing so moving forward, to allow the public to see what the LPC is (or is not) doing in context of its work over the years.

Toward that end, we’ve taken a look at the LPC’s designations for 2024:

The LPC made nine designations in 2024, which is a very slight increase from the extremely sluggish previous pace under Mayor Adams, but remains less than 1/3 the rate of designations under prior Mayors. 

The LPC designated 146 buildings in 2024 (a designation may include historic districts, containing multiple buildings), which is also a slight uptick from the prior Adams years, but remains an almost 80% reduction in the number of buildings designated yearly as compared to prior Mayors.

The LPC designated just one historic district in 2024 (by far the majority of sites landmarked in NYC are designated via historic districts), which is a significant reduction from the already meager rate of historic district designations under the Adams administration, and a 63% reduction from the annual average under prior Mayors. 

The one historic district designated in 2024 was significantly larger than those previously designated under Adams. But even this one district was still about 40% smaller than those designated on average under prior Mayors, and the overall average size of designated historic districts under the Adams Administration remained less than 1/3 the size of those designated by prior Mayors.