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New York home project permits by county

Many New York households live outside city limits, where the county building department — not a city — issues the permit. 15 New York counties, covering the state's largest jurisdictions, are inventoried here.

Model reviewed August 2026

Counties covered

15

largest jurisdictions first

Municipalities tracked

18

in New York

Population covered

15.9M

residents in listed counties

Code basis

Statewide

New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code

Featured counties

The largest and most active permit jurisdictions in the state.

Kings County2,641,000 residents · seat BrooklynQueens County2,331,000 residents · seat QueensNew York County1,597,000 residents · seat New YorkSuffolk County1,523,000 residents · seat RiverheadWestchester County997,000 residents · seat White PlainsNassau County1,395,000 residents · seat MineolaBronx County1,379,000 residents · seat BronxErie County951,000 residents · seat BuffaloMonroe County754,000 residents · seat RochesterRichmond County491,000 residents · seat Staten IslandOnondaga County476,000 residents · seat SyracuseOrange County401,000 residents · seat GoshenRockland County339,000 residents · seat New CityAlbany County315,000 residents · seat AlbanyDutchess County296,000 residents · seat Poughkeepsie

All New York counties we cover

15 counties, largest first.

Kings CountySeat: Brooklyn · 2,641,000 residentsQueens CountySeat: Queens · 2,331,000 residentsNew York CountySeat: New York · 1,597,000 residentsSuffolk CountySeat: Riverhead · 1,523,000 residentsNassau CountySeat: Mineola · 1,395,000 residentsBronx CountySeat: Bronx · 1,379,000 residentsWestchester CountySeat: White Plains · 997,000 residentsErie CountySeat: Buffalo · 951,000 residentsMonroe CountySeat: Rochester · 754,000 residentsRichmond CountySeat: Staten Island · 491,000 residentsOnondaga CountySeat: Syracuse · 476,000 residentsOrange CountySeat: Goshen · 401,000 residentsRockland CountySeat: New City · 339,000 residentsAlbany CountySeat: Albany · 315,000 residentsDutchess CountySeat: Poughkeepsie · 296,000 residents

Sources

Sources & verification

Model vintage August 2026. The links above are the issuing agencies' own pages — we publish them so you can confirm the current rule yourself, not as evidence that each fact on this page was re-checked with them today. Cost figures are modeled estimates based on national baselines adjusted for local labor and material pricing, not quotes. Permit rules change; confirm with the building department before starting work.