City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR)
CEQR is New York City's process for implementing SEQRA for city agency discretionary actions, focusing on identifying and disclosing potential environmental effects. NYC guidance describes CEQR as a disclosure process (not an approval process by itself) that supports related decisions such as rezonings, variances, funding, and discretionary permits.
- Where it applies
- New York City
- When it comes up
- Environmental review; entitlement sequencing
- Property types
- All (NYC discretionary actions)
In practice
CEQR is the gating workstream for many NYC land use actions; operators who treat it as "just documentation" often miss its schedule and design implications.
Related terms
Environmental and Due Diligence
- Action (SEQRA)
- All Appropriate Inquiries (AAI)
- Brownfield
- Brownfield Cleanup Agreement (BCA)
- Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP)
- Certificate of Completion (COC)
- Conditioned Negative Declaration (CND)
- Decision Document
- Determination of Significance
- E-Designation
General information, not legal, tax or financial advice.