New York City's Board of Standards and Appeals implemented new rules in June for Targeted Affordable Housing Projects, following 2025 charter changes that allow qualifying affordable-housing developments to seek expedited modifications of certain use, bulk or parking rules. A pending City Council bill would clarify the findings the BSA must make, reflecting concern about how broadly the new authority operates. The issue is whether the fast track should function as a strong tool for overcoming zoning barriers or require more explicit affordability, neighborhood and hardship findings before ordinary zoning is modified. A fast track only matters if it can actually overcome barriers, but speed should not make the eligibility test so loose that the exception becomes ordinary zoning.