Maulin Mehta

Regional Plan Association, New York Director

Maulin Maulin is the New York Director of the RPA, and leads research, planning and advocacy activities across New York State. He researches and builds support for a broad range of projects and policies to improve equity in land-use, housing, transportation and health in our region. Prior to this, he worked with non-profits in NY and NJ overseeing projects to address economic development, resiliency, and real estate challenges. He helped improve neighborhoods through placed-based strategies including participatory planning and affordable housing development centered on community values and goals. With NYC Parks, he helped solve inter-agency issues for critical open space and infrastructure projects throughout NYC. There he helped improve transparency and predictability of the permitting process, and worked across agencies and departments to build consensus in the best interest of NYC. A member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, he has Master of Urban Planning from NYU and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Rutgers University.