Mayor Eric Adams said he’s in support the effort to build Innovation QNS, the largest redevelopment proposal in the history of Queens that is now facing serious hurdles after the local councilmember said she’d vote against the project last week.
Read MoreInnovation 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.
Read MoreNYCHA’s Woodside Houses residents say heat and hot water service interruptions are becoming more and more frequent as the colder months approach. The complex relies on mobile boilers, which were supposed to be replaced in April.
Read MoreOne of the Bland Houses five buildings has been without cooking gas for five months, angering tenants and local lawmakers who say NYCHA hasn’t been upfront about making the repairs.
Read MoreHalletts North, a three-tower development in Astoria was approved by the City Council last week with the backing of progressive City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán, potentially signaling a shifting attitude the most progressive lawmakers in the city take toward private development and affordable housing.
Read MoreCity officials unveiled their latest design plans for the redevelopment of Willets Point on Wednesday evening – nearly two decades after whispers of a redevelopment of the neighborhood began.
Read MoreThe developers behind Innovation QNS, a massive, five-block development proposed for Astoria, have committed to making 40 percent of the project’s approximately 2,800 housing units permanently affordable, the Eagle has learned.
Read MoreLess than a week after a woman took her life in a shelter on Jamaica Avenue, city officials toured the Queens facility to try and get a sense of the conditions the migrant and others like her face upon their arrival to the five boroughs.
Read MoreInnovation QNS has finally found a supporter. The City Planning Commission voted to approve the project, which now heads to the City Council where a “concerned” Julie Won awaits.
Read MoreCity Councilmember Tiffany Cabán expressed her support for a three-tower development planned for Astoria this week, likely ensuring its City Council approval.
Read MoreThe City Planning Commission will vote next week on the controversial Innovation QNS development planned for Astoria.
Read MoreDespite a major change to its service population, an impending homeless shelter in Briarwood that will only be open to senior men still faces opposition from a group of residents.
Read MoreQueens resident Allilsa Fernandez returned to housing court this week in a renewed fight against her eviction.
Read MoreThe city scrapped a plan to temporarily house a little more than 100 of the thousands of asylum seekers sent from Texas to New York City in a College Point hotel this week.
Read MoreFollowing months of outrage from a local lawmaker and a group of vocal Briarwood residents, a proposed homeless shelter for the neighborhood will now have an age restriction on the population it soon will serve.
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