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City Council to Vote on Jamaica Neighborhood Plan, Calls It Largest Rezoning in Decades
Summary
Speaker Adrienne Adams said the City Council would vote on the Jamaica neighborhood plan, calling it the city’s largest neighborhood rezoning in more than two decades and saying it would "deliver nearly 12,000 — 12,012 new homes."
Speaker Adrienne Adams said the City Council would vote on the Jamaican neighborhood plan, calling it the city’s largest neighborhood rezoning in more than two decades and saying it would “deliver nearly 12,000 — 12,012 new homes.” The sponsor framed the plan as a multiblock rezoning in Southeast Queens that would designate the largest mandatory inclusionary housing (MIH) area the city has created and would generate office, retail and community facility space and thousands of new jobs.
Why it matters: Adams said the plan would include nearly 42 percent permanently affordable housing in parts of her district and neighboring districts…
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