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COMMUNITY OP-ED APRIL 04, 2025 | The Indian Eye 14

Adams Administration Neighborhood

Plans Will Bring More Jobs, Housing,

and Opportunity to the City

Building on over two years of intensive community engagement, the Jamaica
Neighborhood Plan would update zoning to spur the creation of over 12,000 new homes

homes — including 1,440 perma- would allow for new housing and com- new era of abundance and accessibili-
nently income-restricted, affordable mercial opportunities in the section of ty. Since entering office, our adminis-
homes — and 2,800 permanent jobs the neighborhood near the Jamaica tration has made historic investments
to a roughly 21-block stretch of At- Station and the Jamaica Center – Par- toward creating affordable housing
lantic Avenue in Central Brooklyn, as sons/Archer subway station, a major and ensuring more New Yorkers have
well as neighboring blocks in Crown transit hub and an ideal site for the a place to call home. The Department
Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. affordable, accessible housing New of City Planning is advancing several
Both plans understand that to Yorkers need. robust neighborhood plans that, if ad-
be the best place to raise a family, we Residents across Atlantic Avenue opted, would deliver more than 50,000
need to make holistic investments will soon be able to enjoy enhanced units over the next 15 years in Mid-
beyond just housing. That is why community open space, including a town South in Manhattan and in Long
both plans invest in commercial and $24.2 million investment towards a Island City and Jamaica in Queens.
industrial space, creating 7,000 jobs renovated St. Andrew’s Playground Last year, the City Council approved
ERIC ADAMS and new economic opportunities in with a new, synthetic turf multi-use the Bronx-Metro North Station Area
Jamaica and 2,800 jobs and new eco- field, a running track, upgraded bas- Plan, which will create approximately
ew York City is breaking jobs nomic opportunities in the Atlantic ketball and handball courts, renovat- 7,000 homes and 10,000 permanent
records over and over again, Avenue neighborhood. Additionally, ed playgrounds, a remodeled public jobs in the East Bronx.
Nwhich is good news for every the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan also restroom, and new seating, plantings, The Jamaica Neighborhood Plan
New Yorker. To keep up with this eco- includes strategic investments and and other green infrastructure. Lowry now begins the roughly seven-month
nomic expansion, this administration infrastructure upgrades, including Triangle, located near Atlantic Ave- Uniform Land Use Review Procedure,
has been actively working to rezone streetscape enhancements along Ja- nue and Washington Avenue, will also which includes reviews by Community
key neighborhoods throughout the maica Avenue, $300 million for sew- be augmented to serve as a more vi- Boards 8 and 12 and Queens Borough
five boroughs, advancing bold, trans- er improvements, transit access and brant community space. President Donovan Richards, fol-
formational projects that will strength- open space, job training, and support Both plans build on the continued lowed by hearings and binding votes
en the local economy, improve qual- for cultural institutions and faith- success of our “City of Yes” agenda, at the City Planning Commission
ity of life, and help address our city’s based organizations. And, for the first the most pro-housing proposal in our and then the New York City Coun-
longstanding housing needs. time in over 60 years, updated zoning city’s history and a vital template for a cil. Atlantic Avenue will now go the
This past week, we advanced two City Council for a final vote. We en-
critical neighborhood plans in Jamai- courage New Yorkers to continue to
ca, Queens and on Atlantic Avenue in engage with the process as we work to
Brooklyn that will deliver thousands increase affordable housing, expand
of homes, new jobs, and hundreds of economic opportunity, and invest in
millions of dollars in new investments. the infrastructure upgrades that will
Both plans serve as powerful remind- help the neighborhood grow and
ers that government is still capable of thrive into the future.
delivering visionary and vital projects. A home is more than just four
These community-led proposals will walls and a roof — it’s the founda-
ensure that working-class families tion needed to achieve the American
have affordable neighborhoods to live, Dream and thrive in the greatest city
play, and thrive. on the globe. Across the five boroughs,
Building on over two years of in- we’re getting closer and closer to mak-
tensive community engagement, the ing that dream a reality for genera-
Jamaica Neighborhood Plan would tions to come. Jamaica and Atlantic
update zoning to spur the creation of Avenue are on the precipice of becom-
over 12,000 new homes — including ing neighborhoods of the future with
approximately 4,000 permanently in- good-paying jobs, affordable homes,
come-restricted affordable homes — and public spaces for families to en-
to a 230-block area of this transit-ac- joy. New York City’s best days still lie
cessible neighborhood. In Brooklyn, ahead and, together, we’ll build to-
the Atlantic Avenue offers a similarly Residents across Atlantic Avenue will soon be able to enjoy enhanced community open space, wards a better tomorrow.
transformative commitment to build- including a $24.2 million investment towards a renovated St. Andrew’s Playground (Agency photo) Eric Adams is the Mayor of
ing more housing, creating 4,600 new New York City, NY

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