Apr. 3, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Construction is set to begin this month on Edgemere Commons Building A2, an 18-story 100% affordable housing building with 244 units at 337 Beach 52nd St. in Far Rockaway. This will be the second building by Tishman Speyer at Edgemere Commons. A third building, developed by Arker Companies…
Apr. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The team behind the proposed $8 billion Metropolitan Park casino project has announced a new partnership aiming to create hundreds of long-term affordable housing in Corona. Queens Future, an LLC formed as part of Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International’s push for the Metropolitan Park casino…
Mar. 28, 2025 By Colum Motherway The New York State Senate has passed Senate Bill S.1673, a critical piece of legislation aimed at addressing the student loan debt crisis affecting many New Yorkers. The bill mandates that all new employees be provided with essential information regarding student loan repayment options, empowering them to make…
Mar. 28, 2025 By Ethan Marshall RiseBoro Community Partnership and Slate Property Group announced that leasing has begun for the 317 affordable apartments for low-income and formerly homeless individuals at Baisley Pond Park Residences at 143-06 135th Ave. in South Jamaica on Thursday, March 27. Of the 317 units, 125 of them have been set aside…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller If elected as the next city Comptroller, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine wants to go beyond the basics of the fiscal watchdog post with his own plan to tackle the city’s sprawling affordable housing crisis. Levine’s proposal, which his campaign shared exclusively with amNewYork Metro ahead of its…
Mar. 2, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Gov. Kathy Hochul was in Queens on Sunday morning where she promoted her economic agenda at a church service and took a stand against Medicaid cuts at a children’s hospital. Hochul began her day at Greater Allen AME Cathedral in St. Albans where she paid…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The American Planning Association Metro New York (APA) and the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) hosted a conversation at Culture Lab LIC on the future of Long Island City as the OneLIC neighborhood plan prepares to enter the ULURP process. “The Future of Long Island City: A… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2025 By Emily Swanson New York City’s affordable housing landscape remains one of the most complicated — and contentious — in the nation. Despite billions of dollars in annual investments, the crisis persists, leaving many New Yorkers struggling to secure a roof over their heads. To help you understand what affordable housing…
Feb. 10, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Building permits have been filed for the construction of a 5-story shelter building at 118-08 Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill. The proposed building would be 50 feet tall and yield 12,407 square feet of community facility space. The New York City Department of Health Services will be providing…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Jessica Militello Queens Community Board 2 held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6 at Sunnyside Community Services. Board chairperson Anatole Ashraf led the meeting, which was also available via Zoom. Among the attendees was New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, representing District 59, which includes parts of Western Queens,… Read more »