Borough prez says ‘yes’ to City of Yes – with conditions

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Borough prez says ‘yes’ to City of Yes – with conditions

Queens Borough Donovan Richards told the Adams administration on Monday that he tentatively supports their controversial citywide rezoning plan, which was rejected by more than two-thirds of the borough’s community boards.

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City breaks ground at Willets Point

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City breaks ground at Willets Point

City officials broke ground on the first phase of the redevelopment of Willets Point on Wednesday, marking a major step, however symbolic, toward the creation of an entirely new neighborhood in the long-neglected and polluted corner of Northwest Queens.

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Won tells Council to vote ‘no’ on Innovation QNS

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Won tells Council to vote ‘no’ on Innovation QNS

Innovation QNS, the largest proposed rezoning in the history of Queens, is in peril after City Councilmember Julie Won told her Council colleagues that she’s opposed to the project and urged them to shoot it down when – or if – it comes up for a vote in the coming weeks.

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Innovation QNS commits to lowering affordable units’ rent

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Innovation QNS commits to lowering affordable units’ rent

The developers behind Innovation QNS, a controversial, five-block neighborhood rezoning in Astoria, told the Queens borough president in writing that they’d make an unspecified number of their affordable units rent for 30 percent of the area median income.

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