I agree Claire! Why not make it ALL truly affordable! That would be truly progressive! Maybe give priority to long-standing Astoria residents as well.

Claire M
The question was, why not make it ALL truly affordable housing

This is really just about making money for yet another real estate development company. They get massive tax break if they add some affordable housing to their luxury development.

This project will not revitalize Steinway Street.

Astoria has a fantastic bookstore on 31st near Broadway.

We already have excellent music and performance venues in Astoria. Support them, not some developers dream of filling their bank accounts.

Support the existing business and encourage new mom and pop type business. Many of the new business in Astoria are created by groups of investors, not individuals with a dream. This new proposal is really just a fluffed up "community minded" way to investors and developers bank accounts. If they really cared, it would all be affordable housing with educational and recreational programs for kids and young people. Wake up people!

I do not support this proposal

What exactly does "affordable" housing mean in this proposal? And why not make it all truly affordable housing, like apartments starting a less than $800 a month for a studio so the working class and creative communities actually have a place to live as opposed to being exploited by your cultural program? AND Why only a percent? If you want to be truly progressive and support creativity in the community, build only incredibly affordable safe housing. The last thing the city needs is more luxury housing. Nearby Long Island City has a massive glut of housing. We are sick of seeing more new housing that is really not affordable to so many in this city and the arts used as a way to entice development, push out affordable housing in the neighborhood, and destroy the arts actually.... As a resident of Astoria and an artist and teacher, this project disgusts me.

Deb V
Why not focus on revitalizing the Steinway Street retail strip that is already there rather than adding more retail stores. This project doesn’t make sense. There are vacant storefronts on Steinway St. How tall are the proposed buildings? Two or three stories fit in the area not mega towers. Put in a park not a Disney field. Why is a rep from Queens County Farm commenting on then project. That institution is not in our neighborhood. As far as the Frank Sinatra School- that building blocks a lot is sunshine from the street. Not in favor of this project