The New York City Council will soon vote on the last of the outgoing Adams administration’s major rezoning initiatives — the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan.

The plan includes a package of text and map amendments to the zoning resolution that the administration projects will create over 12,000 new homes, of which approximately 4,000 would be affordable; over 2,000,000 square feet of commercial and community facility uses; and more than 7,000 jobs in Jamaica, Queens. The plan also includes an Urban Development Action Area Project (UDAAP) Disposition that would redevelop and improve vacant, underutilized city-owned land with 100% income-restricted housing.

After two years of study, the plan began the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) process earlier this year with the advisory recommenda

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