Auteur: AIVP
Source: New-York City
Date de parution: Jeudi, 26 Octobre 2006
Type de Document: Actualité
Thème: 5.10 - logement, 5.01 - opération d'aménagement ville / port, 3.06 - domanialité et enjeux fonciers
Langue originale: Anglais
Localisation: Amerique : Etats-Unis : New York
Langue: Français, Anglais, Espagnol

Le Maire de New-York, Michael R. Bloomberg a annoncé, le 19 octobre 2006, la cession par le port d'un site de 9,7ha sur le secteur de Queens West à Long Island City. L'opération, qui s'inscrit dans une vision globale de développement du waterfront de la ville, porte sur la création de nouveaux logements en mettant l'accent sur une nécessaire mixité urbaine.

Up to 5,000 units of housing primarily designed to be affordable to families earning from $60,000 to $145,000 for a family of four is expected to be developed on the site. The units will be part of Mayor Bloomberg's $7.5 billion New Housing Marketplace Plan to build and preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing over ten years, the largest municipal affordable plan in the nation's history. The Port Authority Board of Commissioners authorized the property sale at its meeting October 19th, 2006.
"The development of Queens West into a major affordable housing development with world-class open space and vibrant retail amenities will serve as an extraordinary component of our pursuit to create affordable housing throughout New York City and revitalize the waterfront in all five boroughs," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Middle-income families are facing housing affordability challenges as a result of New York's success, and we have to make strategic, long-term investments to ensure that New Yorkers of all incomes can work and live in our City. This development will build on New York's grand tradition of major middle-income communities, but updated for the 21st century. We will work quickly to turn this into homes for thousands of teachers, police officers, firefighters, nurses and other moderate- and middle-income New Yorkers. I want to thank the Port Authority for its continued collaboration and support."
"This agreement presents a valuable opportunity to create a community that will affordably house middle-income families, the backbone of our City," said Deputy Mayor for Economic Development & Rebuilding Daniel L. Doctoroff. "In Queens West we have an opportunity to create a thriving, residential district which will both anchor and foster continued development in and around Long Island City."
"This transaction is an important milestone in the history of Queens West," said Port Authority Vice Chairman Charles A. Gargano. "It ensures that this parcel of prime real estate in Long Island City is fully built, and will provide the Port Authority with substantial revenue to make sure the region's economy continues to grow and its millions of residents and visitors continue to have a world-class transportation system for future generations."
"The Port Authority has been a proud partner in helping New York City realize its vision for this prime waterfront site," said Port Authority Executive Director Kenneth J. Ringler Jr. "Now that the Queens West project is well on its way to completion, we need to focus more attention on the multitude of transportation projects our region needs now."

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