NYC City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) — NYC SEQRA Implementation (NY)

Tracked preemption from the New York overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1977-08-24
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:NY

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.is_nyc == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
review_typerequireceqr_reviewNYC implementation of SEQRA. CEQR Technical Manual sets thresholds and methodologies for environmental review of discretionary city approvals.

Citation

Authority source
NYC Executive Order 91 of 1977 + 62 RCNY Chapter 5; NYC CEQR Technical Manual (2021 edition)
§ 62 RCNY §§5-01–5-07
https://www.nyc.gov/site/oec/environmental-quality-review/ceqr.page

Research notes

NYC-only implementation overlay. CEQR Technical Manual is the authoritative methodology document. SEQRA still controls as state law; CEQR is the procedural layer.