For a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline

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Advocacy

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PlanningPolicy
Public Assets

Mapping the Sixth Borough of New York

2015 - 2016
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Policy
421-a Tax Exemption

A failed experiment in incentivizing affordable housing

2015
PlanningPolicyPreservation
Fight for Light

For the economic, environmental, social, and public health of New York

2019–Present
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Events + Tours

Event
Gallery Talk with Chris Weller
Tuesday, January 25 at 5:00 PM
Free!
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Tour
Mercantile Heaven: Brooklyn’s Downtown Shopping District
with Suzanne Spellen
Thursday, January 27 at 6:00 PM
Member: $15 | Non-member: $25
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Tour
Lincoln Center Architecture Tour
with John Arbuckle
Saturday, January 29 at 12:00 PM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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Tour
Bay Ridge Part 2
with Melanie Macchio
Sunday, January 30 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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Event
“Person Place Thing” with Danny Meyer
Tuesday, February 1 at 1:30 PM
Free!
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Tour
The Fabulous Broadway Theaters
with Anthony W. Robins
Thursday, February 3 at 6:00 PM
Member: $15 | Non-member: $25
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Legacy

Celebrating 125 years of advocacy on behalf of New York and New Yorkers.
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MAS is founded
1893
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