NYCEDC TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD ON SUNNYSIDE YARD MASTER PLAN Monday, March 16

USANEWSONLINE.COM DESK, QUEENS, NY – At the March 2020 meeting of the Queens Borough Board, chaired by Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) will present its recently released Sunnyside Yard Master Plan. The Plan is a framework for development that calls for the creation of a long-sought transit hub, 12,000 units of affordable housing, 60 acres of new open space, equitable homeownership opportunities, and infrastructure and other public amenities on a publicly-controlled site equal in size to Roosevelt Island.

All Borough Board members are strongly encouraged to participate in the March 2020 meeting either via videoconference or by phone. The meeting will also be live-streamed to the public on Facebook and Twitter via @QueensBP2020.

Pursuant to Section 85 of the New York City Charter, “Each Borough Board shall . . . meet at least once a month but no formal action of the board hall be taken except at a meeting open to the public[.]”  There is no vote scheduled for the March 16 Borough Board meeting at this time. Press Release.