2,500 Affordable Housing Units, New School, Open Spaces & NYC’s First Electric Soccer Stadium Moving Forward

NEW YORK (April 11, 2024) – In a significant milestone for affordable housing and economic development in Queens, the New York City Council today approved the transformative Willets Point revitalization plan with a strong 47-1 vote. This historic project will introduce 2,500 units of 100% affordable housing, marking the largest affordable housing development in the city since the 1980s.

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City Takes Major Step Towards Advancing Equitable and Sustainable Vision for Willets Point

Queens, NY— December 5, 2023 — With a strong 37-2 vote on the night of Monday, December 4, Community Board 7 approved phase two of the Willets Point development, marking a big step in tackling the city’s housing issues.

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Corona, NY – November 16, 2022 – On Thursday morning, together with NYC Mayor Eric Adams, labor unions, development partners, and members of the community, Council Member Francisco Moya, who’s led years-long efforts to make the redevelopment of Willets Point a reality, announced a new soccer stadium and more affordable housing units as part the latest phase of the project.

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New York, NY – March 4, 2022 – With NYC Mayor Adams suspending the Key to NYC program and lifting the indoor mask mandate for city public school K-12 students, Council Member Francisco Moya, chair of the Subcommittee on COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency, issued the following statement.

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New York, NY – February 10, 2022 – With Governor Kathy Hochul lifting the mask mandate, Council Member Francisco Moya, chair of the Subcommittee on COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency, issued the following statement.

“As cases, positivity rate and hospitalizations continue to significantly trend downward and with New Yorkers continuing to do their part, easing the mask mandate is a positive step as we move forward in our recovery from COVID-19.

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New York, NY – September 23, 2021 – Today, the New York City Council voted to pass Intro No. 2397-A, introduced by Council Member Francisco Moya.  The legislation would require severance pay for hotel service employees.

“New York City cannot have a fair and full economic recovery if it leaves behind out-of-work employees and families struggling to make ends meet, especially after having lost their federal unemployment benefits.

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CITY HALL, New York (March 13, 2020) — On Friday, Council Member Francisco Moya (D-Queens) issued the following statement urging the Mayor to close public schools and switch to the summer school model to prevent the spread of COVID-19: 

“Kids absorb everything. They see the stores around them closing, sports events getting canceled, their families scrambling to make last-minute arrangements.

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CITY HALL, NEW YORK — On Thursday, Council Member Francisco Moya issued the following statement regarding Justice Verna L. Saunders’ ruling to annul the Inwood neighborhood-rezoning:

“I wholeheartedly support Justice Saunders’ decision to annul this rezoning and applaud the advocates who brought this case before her. If it weren’t for these dedicated activists, Inwood would surely have been turned into something nobody was prepared for — not the residents who live there now and not the researchers who conducted an incomplete environmental review.

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