Trump Administration Kicks Off Master Developer Search for Penn Station<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cFrom bustling storefronts to busy train lines, Jamaica is exactly where our city should be building new housing and creating new jobs,\u201d Adams said in a statement. \u201cFor too long, the neighborhood\u2019s outdated zoning code has made it harder to do both; but today, we changed that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The City Council also included $413 million in community investment that will go toward changing streetscapes and adding green space, beautifying and economically incentivizing development in the bustling section of the borough.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis level of neighborhood investment, housing affordability, and targeted commitments would not have been possible without the City Council\u2019s direct role in the land use process to negotiate and secure community needs,\u201d City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, whose district is nearby, said in a statement. \u201cThrough this entire community planning process, led by Council Member Nantasha Williams, the steering committee, and local stakeholders, we have shaped this rezoning that will guide Jamaica\u2019s continued transformation into a residential, commercial, and transportation hub for local residents and all New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n
About 4,200 of the new housing units will be permanently affordable, and there will be homeownership opportunities as well, according to the speaker.<\/p>\n
Mark Hallum can be reached at mhallum@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jamaica Neighborhood Plan passed a full New York City Council vote late Wednesday, with lawmakers unanimously adopting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[446,81,2907,15380,15381,9,24,15382,63,1413,122,124,123,9516,6764],"class_list":["post-23574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-adrienne-adams","tag-eric-adams","tag-housing","tag-jamaica-neighborhood-plan","tag-nantasha-williams","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-council-channel","tag-nyc","tag-policy","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-urban-planning","tag-zoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}