A crowd of people packed City Hall Wednesday morning to fight for their community and protest a $2 billion plan called 'Innovation Queens.'
A crowd of people rallied in front of New York's City Hall Wednesday morning to protest a $2 billion plan called "Innovation Queens." Darla Miles has the story.A crowd of people rallied in front of New York's City Hall Wednesday morning to protest a $2 billion plan called "Innovation Queens.""We believe the people who work, should be the people who can afford to live in the neighborhood," a protestor said.
The outdoor rallies preceded a council subcommittee re-zoning hearing for a mixed-use development that would be built along these five blocks on 35th Avenue. "The development team's commitment to set aside 40% of the housing in this project as affordable housing is simply unprecedented in this city," Jay Martin of the Bedrock Real Estate Partners said.
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