Backers of big Queens megaprojects say city needs the jobs, homes

For Eric Benaim, losing Amazon still hurts. It’s been 19 months since the tech giant canceled plans for a 25,000-job campus in Long Island City, where Benaim’s brokerage is based. But now he has another chance, as developers have targeted the ex-Amazon site for up to 15 buildings of 37 to 64 stories, mostly commercial but also with 100 percent affordable housing, cultural space, job-training centers, as many as three public schools and seven acres

source https://therealdeal.com/2020/09/11/backers-of-big-queens-megaprojects-say-city-needs-the-jobs-homes/