A proposed redevelopment in Trump’s native Queens could create as many as 12,000 new housing units.
In a recent meeting with President Trump, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani pitched the revival of a long-dormant project in Trump’s native Queens, Sunnyside Yard. The development would create as many as 12,000 new apartments.
As Justin Davidson explains in Curbed, “Sunnyside Yard has all the ingredients that Trump could wish for. The project involves building a massive platform over the sunken tracks, which will require substantial federal funding. Amtrak owns much of the railyard, and the government effectively owns Amtrak, which means the president can largely set the terms.”
The plan has been in the works for over a decade, but a prior proposal was delayed by the pandemic. “The MTA, overwhelmed with other priorities (including its plans to rebuild Penn Station and extend the Second Avenue Subway), wasn’t interested in a new Sunnyside station. Bill de Blasio ran out of time to push the project through public approvals, and his successor, Eric Adams, expressed zero interest in reviving it.”
Read the full story: The Megaproject That Mamdani Pitched to Trump
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