"And so we put forward a proposal to build more housing in a single project than the city has seen since 1973. More housing than you would get combining Hudson Yards and Battery Park City together. And not just housing, but also parks, also child care, also hospitals - an entire new neighborhood."
"It was a productive meeting in the sense that, after our first meeting in the Oval Office, one of the topics of conversation that we focused on was housing. Housing not only because it was the foremost, and continues to be, the foremost crisis in New York City, but also because it's a place of immense interest in this moment, across the political spectrum."
"Mamdani he's been working with his team to figure out ways to bring federal partnership back to New York City to tackle housing needs on a large scale. The proposal they came up with would involving building the largest rail deck in the world over Amtrak's Sunnyside Yard in Queens, and then building 12,000 units of housing on top of that."
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Trump to discuss housing solutions for New York City's ongoing crisis. Mamdani presented a comprehensive proposal involving construction of the world's largest rail deck over Amtrak's Sunnyside Yard in Queens, with 12,000 housing units built atop it. This project would represent the largest single housing development in the city since 1973, exceeding combined units from Hudson Yards and Battery Park City. The proposal extends beyond housing to include parks, childcare facilities, and hospitals, creating an entirely new neighborhood. Mamdani emphasized that such a large-scale project requires federal partnership and indicated Trump showed interest in the proposal.
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