NYC Charter Revision Commissions

This website provides key documents from several recent charter revision commissions, including the current New York City Charter Revision Commission, created in December 2024.

The New York City Charter defines the organization, functions, and essential procedures and policies of our City government. Charter revision commissions are temporary commissions that review the entire Charter and put any proposals for its amendment before the voters. A charter revision commission may propose a broad set of amendments that essentially “overhauls” the entire Charter, or may narrowly focus its proposals on certain areas.

After hearing from thousands of New Yorkers and holding 12 meetings across the five boroughs, the 2025 Charter Revision Commission has submitted five questions to voters this fall. Four of the proposals are intended to tackle the city’s housing crisis by helping to build more housing faster, especially affordable housing. Another proposal is intended to increase turnout in local elections by moving local elections to presidential election years, when more people vote. These five proposals will appear on New Yorkers’ ballots as Questions 2 through 6 (a separate amendment to the state constitution will be Question 1). 

To learn more about the questions, visit the Commission’s voter education website, view the ballot questions, or read the Adopted Final Report.