Develop Willets Point

As expected, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall released her report on the Willets Point plan and issued her approval.
She did list some conditions in the report, mainly including affordable housing, making every effort to avoid eminent domain, and guaranteeing a convention center.
More on this to come this evening, but this is great!

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As we await the recommendation of Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, here’s a quick outline of the next steps in the process of approving the city’s plan to develop Willets Point:
After the plan goes before the community board, it goes to the Borough President for 30 days, the City Planning Commission for 60 days and [...]

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In case you were looking for some follow up on the hearing at the Queens Borough President’s Office, you can get a pretty good idea of what the meeting was like by heading over to the Queens Ledger and the Queens Tribune.
I wish I could have been there, but it definitely sounds like there was [...]

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