The City Council has voted to approve the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan , a massive rezoning proposal that is anticipated to create 12,000 new homes and 2 million square feet of commercial space in the neighborhood.

The Council voted 47-0 in favor of the plan at a stated meeting Oct. 29 as part of the final stage of the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), giving the green light for a sweeping rezoning proposal that will transform roughly 230 blocks across the neighborhood.

The Department of City Planning has estimated that the rezoning will create roughly 12,000 new affordable housing units, almost 4,000 of which would be affordable.

In addition to over 2 million square feet of commercial and community space, the plan is also anticipated to bring more than 7,000 jobs to the

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