New York City’s ZAP Search is the public-facing search tool for the Department of City Planning’s Zoning Application Portal. It lets residents, applicants and other users find zoning and land-use applications and follow their progress through the city’s review process.15
The search draws on records for approximately 30,000 projects, including data dating to the late 1970s and records migrated from the earlier LUCATS tracking system.29 Its coverage runs from applications that have been formally filed or noticed through completion—approval, disapproval, withdrawal or termination.29 Users can filter projects by borough and block, community district, action type and zoning resolution; project records also connect to location and application information.110
ZAP Search was launched in July 2018 by the Department of City Planning, then led by Director Marisa Lago, with Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing the release.10 The launch-era portal offered a map-based interface, project descriptions and status, public-review milestones, environmental-review documents and links to related city records.10 The current status guide distinguishes four stages: Filed, Noticed, In Public Review and Completed.3 The underlying dataset is updated monthly, according to the department’s data page.2
The search is part of a broader digital application system. In 2025, the department announced an improved ZAP portal that allows applicants to initiate projects online, alongside a separate CEQR Data Hub for environmental review.5 The available sources describe the portal’s functions and data, but do not identify individual developers or a project team for ZAP Search.