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Queens is slated for a housing boom, with more than 27,000 new apartments on deck for a pair of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in the city.
The City Council on Wednesday approved a rezoning for Jamaica, while a key Council committee greenlit a modified plan for Long Island City. Both neighborhoods boast extensive access to public transportation and have recently experienced immense growth, ranking among the neighborhoods in the city with the highest number of new housing units.
The Council also signed off on the latest redevelopment plan for the Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx. The long-vacant armory would be redeveloped into a multipurpose site, with space for events, art, community use, light manufacturing, recreation and more. As part of that vision, 500 permanently affordable rental apartments will, by 2032, be built next to the Armory with ground-floor space for retail.
“We are finally transforming that potential into promise,” Councilmember Pierina Sanchez said. “This is a blueprint for equity, for accountability, for opportunity, made by and for the people of The Bronx.”
Read more here about the coming changes to the city landscape.
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In Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn, there will be no overnight Jamaica-bound F trains at 21 St-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Av/63 St, 57 St, Broadway-Lafayette St, 2 Av, Delancey St-Essex St, East Broadway and York St. Find all the MTA’s planned service changes and the latest delays here.
In neighborhoods near the Brooklyn-Queens border that overwhelmingly backed Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral primary, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa has carved out a dedicated following. The Guardian Angels founder, who often sprinkles Italian expressions into his appearances, has tapped into Polish roots (his paternal grandparents immigrated from Poland) to build support in neighborhoods from Greenpoint to Ridgewood.
Vendors rallied at City Hall on Wednesday to press the City Council to lift the cap on vendor permits once and for all. It’s a movement that’s gained new momentum after ICE’s Canal Street raid last week, and as the Adams administration has slow-walked the implementation of previous reforms while increasing criminal enforcement.
Though the Puerto Rican population of New York has declined in recent decades, candidates for mayor are still vying for its votes — which could tip the scales in a close contest. Our friends at the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo visited El Barrio to talk with the locals about what this election means to them. Quiere leerlo en español? Haga click aquí.
A Queens company that illegally clamped down on vehicles while gouging scofflaw motorists on fees to remove boots from tires has been hit with more than $180,000 in penalties and will likely be stripped of its license.
Reporter’s Notebook
Big Subway Car Buy
The MTA board approved a $1.5 billion purchase Wednesday of 378 new subway cars that will begin going into service on the lettered lines by 2028.
The new R268 cars will replace the familiar orange-and-red seated R68 and R68A models — which run primarily on the B, D, N and W lines — that have been in service since 1986. Those cars are getting close to outliving their expected useful life of 40 years.
“We needed to take that action to protect the riders, who otherwise are going to experience additional breakdowns,” said Janno Lieber, MTA chairperson and chief executive. “So that’s what this is about.”
The new cars will align with the MTA’s next round of signal modernization work, while the retirement of the cars that have been running since the Reagan administration will mark the end of so-called conversational seating in the subway.
— Jose Martinez
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
Thursday, Oct. 30: Check out the construction design competition at Brookfield Place where engineering teams will build sculptures out of unopened cans of food that will later be donated to City Harvest. Free, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 30: Watch “Coco” under the stars at the Central Lawn in Sunset Park. Free, from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 1: Experience an installation of music and sound effects in the life and films of George A. Romero at the Bronx Music Hall. Free, starting at 7 p.m. Get there at 6 p.m. for a free panel discussion with Tina Romero.
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