Western Queens locals are wary of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to collaborate with President Donald Trump to build 12,000 units of housing in the World’s Borough, where the mayor once lived and where the president was raised.
Read MoreThe city’s plans to transform large swaths of two of Queens’ most bustling neighborhoods both cleared Council votes on Wednesday, setting the stage for the rezoning of nearly 300 blocks of the World’s Borough to encourage the construction of nearly 27,000 new homes.
Read MoreThe fate of a plan to rezone and reshape 54-blocks of Long Island City is uncertain just hours before it’s scheduled to come before a key vote in the City Council.
Read MoreQueens Community Boards 1 and 2 both voted in favor of the city’s latest attempt to rezone and rework Long Island City last week, but both did so with a host of suggestions for the city on what needs to be included in the final product.
Read MoreQueens will soon have a new tallest building and it has already begun to reshape the borough’s ever-evolving skyline in Long Island City.
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