Jamaica Hospital Medical Center has broken ground on a state-of-the-art Emergency Department in Richmond Hill, Queens. The $150 million project will more than double the size of the existing department and create a Level 1 trauma center, isolation rooms, and two new critical care units with 22 ICU beds.
The historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn will soon be home to a new Education and Welcome center at 749 Fifth Avenue, where construction has already broken ground. Located in Park Slope along the cemetery’s western boundary, the 22,000-square-foot center will feature a permanent collection of photographs and artifacts, flexible learning spaces, Green-Wood’s new Center for Research, staff offices, and event space for local community organizations.
New York’s Regional Development Council has awarded $24 million to high-priority infrastructure and manufacturing projects across the state. Two of the 28 projects awarded are located in Queens and Long Island and represent roughly $895,000 of core capital grant and tax-credit funding from Empire State Development.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced a $7.6 million fund that will help animal shelters and humane societies across the state complete renovation, expansion, and construction projects. Known as the New York State Companion Animal Capital Fund, the funding will support 21 shelters and societies, including two in New York City and four in Long Island.
This week Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction on a $416 million residential development in Inwood, Manhattan. The two-building, mixed-income project at 405 and 407 West 206th Street will bring nearly 700 apartments with 281 affordable units with free broadband internet, all-electric heating and cooling, and other sustainable features in line with the state’s climate goals. The development is a joint venture among LMXD affiliate of L+M Development Partners, MSquared, and Taconic Partners with the Community League of the Heights as the community sponsor, and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects responsible for design.
