{"id":377465,"date":"2026-10-20T01:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377465\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:04:09","slug":"metropolitan-park-commits-10-million-to-queens-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377465\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Park commits $10 million to Queens Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/casino.hardrock.com\/metropolitan-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Metropolitan Park<\/a>, the upcoming $8.1 billion casino and entertainment complex led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardrock.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hard Rock International<\/a> and Steve Cohen, has announced a $10 million investment in the new Jackson Heights community center of the Variety Boys &amp; Girls Club of Queens.<\/p>\n<p>The investment is part of Metropolitan Park&#8217;s commitment to more than $1 billion in community benefits\u00a0and served as the seed funding for the community center&#8217;s $33.8 million in total public-private funding.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Metropolitan Park&#8217;s investment, Governor Kathy Hochul committed $10 million in State funding, $9.3 million was secured by Council Member Shekar Krishnan and the New York City Council, $2 million from U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, $1 million by Congress Member Grace Meng, $1 million in New York State funding secured by Assembly Member Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez-Rojas, $250,000 by Assembly Member Steven Raga, and $250,000 by Assembly Member Catalina Cruz.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792412460-metropolitan-park-commits-10-million-queens-community-center-01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On behalf of Hard Rock International, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Jim Allen, we are proud to make this $10 million investment and to stand alongside our elected officials, community leaders, and the Variety Boys &amp; Girls Club to help turn a long-held community vision into reality,&#8221; said\u00a0Sean Caffery, Hard Rock International.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This investment can make a difference and transform the lives of New York residents and their families for generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Metropolitan Park is about creating opportunities for Queens, and that commitment doesn&#8217;t stop at the boundaries of our site,&#8221; said Michael Sullivan, Metropolitan Park. &#8220;Jackson Heights, Corona and East Elmhurst are some of the most vibrant communities in New York City, and we heard loud and clear from our neighbors that they need a new community center to meet the area&#8217;s growing needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Park, the upcoming $8.1 billion casino and entertainment complex led by Hard Rock International and Steve Cohen,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-377465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377465","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=377465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}