The city officially broke ground on New York City Football Club’s future stadium in Willets Point on Wednesday, a little more than two years after Mayor Eric Adams first announced that the soccer club would one day build its future home in Queens.
Read MoreNew York City’s first stadium dedicated solely to soccer is expected to cost the city over $500 million in lost tax revenue, according to a new report from the Independent Budget Office.
Read MoreA group of Queens officials last week unanimously agreed to hand over the keys to a city-owned plot of land in Willets Point to developers who plan to soon build atop it over 1,000 units of affordable housing and the city’s first-ever stadium dedicated to soccer.
Read MoreThe City Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved plans to bring the city’s first-ever soccer stadium to Willets Point leaving the proposal with only a few more hurdles before it gets the city’s stamp of approval.
Read MoreThe second phase of the development of Willets Point took another step in its long road to city approval this week, appearing before the commissioners of the City Planning Commission on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe plan to bring the city’s first-ever soccer stadium to Queens came even closer to reality on Wednesday after getting the thumbs up from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
Read MoreCity 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.
Read MoreNew York City Football Club pitched their pitch to the borough president Wednesday as the team continued its efforts to get the city to approve its plans to build a 25,000-seat soccer stadium in the center of what will one day be a completely new neighborhood in Western Queens.
Read MoreCommunity Board 7, which includes Willets Point and other areas of Eastern and Northern Queens, voted 37 to 2 to approve the project, marking the first thumbs up on the city’s review process that will play out over the coming months and culminate with a vote in the City Council.
Read MoreCity Hall has committed to exploring the possibility of bringing a new police precinct to Northeast Queens.
Read MoreAs NYCFC’s regular season comes to a close – fans and management look to the future, and potentially a home of their own.
Read MoreThe city, a group of developers and the New York City Football Club officially kicked off their bid to bring New York City’s first-ever soccer stadium to Queens this week.
Read MoreThe first phase of the Willets Point redevelopment is finally coming together.
Read MoreThe coalition of community groups, known as Nos Quedamos, called on the city to take back the land and create affordable housing at the site.
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