City Councilmember Julie Won is urging colleagues to oppose Astoria's huge Innovation QNS development unless its affordability levels are raised even further, putting its fate in question as the five-block proposal heads for a final vote this fall.
Won made the request in an email to fellow Council members on Thursday, which was obtained by Patch on Friday after first being reported by POLITICO.
"Approving this rezoning with minimal affordability would result in displacement, rising rents, and amplify infrastructure challenges," she wrote. "It would also send a message to our communities that the Council will work around them and their representatives for the profit of large real estate interests."
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