Tracking the commitments
This tracker provides a high-level snapshot of City commitments. For detailed updates on each committee, including progress notes, click here to download our latest update summary.
The Task Force works to provide as much transparency on progress and issues related to the commitments of the OneLIC rezoning beyond what is included in the City’s commitment tracker.
Status Overview
43 TOTAL commitments
9
Completed
18
In progress
12
Not started
4
Delayed
COMPLETION by Category
2/8
Small & Industrial Business
2/8
Sewer Infrastructure
& Resiliency
X/X
Schools & Education
X/X
Public & Affordable
Housing
X/X
Street Safety &
Transportation
2/8
Arts & Culture
3/11
Parks & Waterfront
Open Space
Commitment categories
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Support Arts and Culture organizations
Support Arts and Culture Organizations through the Greenlight Innovation Fund
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Collaborate with property owners on new waterfront esplanade
Create a new waterfront esplanade and nearly two acres of open space under the Queensboro Bridge
Support maintenance of Dutch Kills Green
Develop new public open space under the Queensboro Bridge
Construct Queensbridge Baby Park at 21st Street
Study the feasibility of public realm improvements around and under the Queensboro Bridge ramps from Jackson Avenue to Crescent Street
Renew Queensbridge Park
Activate Schoolyards to Playgrounds
Advance the Queens Community Board 2 Walk to Park Site Selection and Acquisition application
Boost capacity for the Hunters Point Park Conservancy
Renovate the Long Island City Branch YMCA
Support new community center with recreational space
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Build 100% affordable housing on a city-owned site at 44-59 45th Avenue
Invest in Queensbridge Houses North and South
"Prioritize vacant unit turnover at
Queensbridge Houses"
Improve the Jacob Riis Community Center
Renovate the Queensbridge Houses Resident Association Office
Create a new wasteyard for Queensbridge Houses South
Mitigate rat population at Queensbridge Houses
Implement the Queensbridge Houses waste plumbing modernization initiative
Relocate NYCHA parking from Queensbridge Baby Park
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Advance development at 44-36 Vernon Boulevard and 4-99 44th Drive
Complete construction at 1-50 54th Avenue
Finish building a school at 23-10 43rd Avenue
Develop a school at 5-46 46th Avenue
Develop elementary schools to address seat need in future years
Relocate the Baccalaureate School for Global Education
Update LIC community on school construction status quarterly
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Complete drainage analysis and invest in needed improvements
Perform sewer targeted maintenance
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Support small businesses in Long Island City
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Upgrade Engine 260
Create an intermodal hub at the 21st Street Station
Improve connections to Queens Waterfront Greenway from LIC into Queensbridge and Astoria
Require alternate side parking on Queens Plaza South
Invest in improvements to the 44th Drive corridor
Improve pedestrian safety at the Queensboro Bridge landing
Conduct a comprehensive lighting study in the Industrial Business Zone
Facilitate redevelopment of DOT ramps sites as public space
Install an Automatic Public Toilet at Court Square