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January 25, 2021 Dr. Neeta Jain, a psychologist from Flushing, Queens, running for NY City Council from District 24 Photo: neetajainfornewyork.com Dr. Neeta Jain, a psychologist and long-time resident of Flushing, is making a bid to fill the seat being vacated by former District 24 Neww York City Councilman Rory Lancman. If she wins, she will be fill the remainder of Lancman’s term till the June 22, when the Democratic primaries are scheduled. Lancman is leaving to take up his new assignment in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration as special counsel for ratepayer protection. The special ele...

Share via Shortlink From left: BSA chairwoman Margery Perlmutter, developer Alexandros Washburn, New York City Council member Carlos Menchaca and a rendering of the project (Photos via the City of New York, LinkedIn and Arquitectonica) Developers can’t go through Carlos Menchaca, but they can go around him. The Brooklyn City Council member last year killed a major rezoning in his district and tried to stop one in someone else’s. Now, a builder is steering a $200 million Red Hook project to an agency where Menchaca has no vote. The proposal for 145 Wolcott Street includes 210 apart...

The majority of the Queens Borough Board voted in favor — with the exception of one community board chair — to adopt the city’s Zoning for Coastal Flood Resiliency (ZCFR) text amendment, which would make permanent some building standards that would increase resilience to climate change in coastal areas.

Javascript is disabled in your web browser. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Please Allow Javascript and reload this page. City Council approves Special Flushing Waterfront District Project includes 1,700 residential units, 879 hotel rooms New York / Share via Shortlink A rendering of the Flushing waterfront and Council member Peter Koo (Rendering via Hill West Architects; New York City Council) UPDATED, Dec. 10 2020, 4:15 p.m.: The City Council on Thursday voted in favor of a contested $2 billion project planned for Flushing’s wat...