Long Island City needs more housing. Anyone who lives or works in Queens knows this. Rents keep climbing, and working families keep getting squeezed out. The OneLIC Neighborhood Plan would bring 14,700 new homes to the area, with at least 4,300 of them affordable. For union carpenters and other tradespeople, that means a real opportunity to live in the neighborhoods where we work.

Queens Community Boards 1 and 2 have already voted to support the plan. So has Borough President Donovan Richards. They looked at what OneLIC offers and decided it’s worth backing. Now it’s up to the City Council to finish the job and vote in support of Long Island City.

The affordable housing piece is significant. These aren’t just studio apartments. The plan acknowledges the need for family-sized units at

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