City Limits looks back at a story from its March 1985 issue exploring early development plans for the Hunters Point waterfront, at the time home to just 5,000 residents what the author described as a "developer's dream."
As the city grapples with its worst housing crisis in more than half a century, the Adams administration announced plans to build another 850 to 900 apartments on public land with at least 60% of the units to be affordable in the fast-growing Hunters Point South community on the Long Island City waterfront.
In his State of the City Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams touched on plans for a "Tenant Protection Cabinet," developing affordable housing on two dozen city-owned sites, and issuing new NYCHA Section 8 vouchers.