"Speaking at a press conference alongside First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro and Deputy Mayor for Housing Adolfo Carrión Jr. shortly before the Council voted Wednesday afternoon, Won said OneLIC had succeeded where four other attempts to rezone the neighborhood had failed due to the extensive public engagement that has been carried out over the past two years. She pointed to 21 large public forums and 14,000 mailers among several other public engagement initiatives, adding that the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan "does right" by the local community."
"OneLIC, proposed by the Department of City Planning and the Adams Administration, covers 54 full or partial blocks in Long Island City and would add around 14,700 homes to the neighborhood, 4,300 of which would be affordable. DCP said the ambitious rezoning aimed to revise outdated zoning regulations to all for mixed-use development, creating 14,4000 new jobs for the neighborhood alongside over 3.5 million square feet of commercial and industrial space."
The City Council voted 45-0 to approve the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan as the final ULURP step, rezoning 54 full or partial blocks in Long Island City. The plan would enable up to 14,700 new homes, including 4,300 permanently affordable units, and more than 3.5 million square feet of commercial and industrial space. Council Member Julie Won secured $1.97 billion in city commitments and reported an additional $100 million from developers for public amenities. The plan aims to revise outdated zoning for mixed-use development and to generate substantial new jobs and neighborhood investment. Extensive public engagement accompanied the process.
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