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fromCity Limits
1 week ago

Opinion: Fighting for the QueensWay We Were Promised

Have you ever made a promise to a child and taken it back? How about 100,000 children? That's exactly what the federal government has done in Queens. They made a promise to fund the new QueensWay, a project to transform 47 forgotten acres-a railway that hasn't been used in 60 years, a public eyesore and dumping ground-into a lush greenway running through the middle of Queens.
US politics
New York City
fromCity Limits
3 weeks ago

Opinion: Funding Infrastructure That New Yorkers Deserve

Flexible, cost-effective partnerships between city government and civic non-profits are essential to deliver parks, infrastructure, housing, and resilience and to prevent project setbacks like QueensWay.
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