Scoring a Goal for Affordable Housing
New Soccer Stadium, Housing Coming to Willets Point Mayor Eric Adams celebrates a historic win for affordable housing and economic development in the city of New York after the City Council voted to approve the Willets Point Phase 2 development as part of the Uniform Land User Review Procedure (ULURP). City Hall Park. Thursday, April 11, 2024. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. By Mayor Eric Adams Community OpEd Queens Voice April 15, 2024 QUEENS - In November 2022, our administration announced a historic once-in-a-generation transformation of the Willets Points neighborhood in Queens. This neighborhood, which was once called the “Valley of Ashes” and known for its junkyards, is now being transformed into a vibrant neighborhood with 2,500 new all-affordable homes — the largest all-affordable housing project in the city over the last 40 years — a new school, 150,000 square feet of new open public space, retail space, a hotel, and the city’s first-ever soccer-s