Hunters Point Rezoning Approved by CB 2

The <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11260930&BRD=1079&PAG=461&dept_id=506458&rfi=6">Astoria Times Ledger</a> is reporting that <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11260930&BRD=1079&PAG=461&dept_id=506458&rfi=6">Community Board 2 (CB 2) has approved the plan to rezone Hunters Point</a>. The plan includes opening up the area for more artist studios and restaurants.

"After more than three hours of discussion, the community board — which represents Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside and West Maspeth — overwhelmingly passed the zoning proposal in a 27-3 vote, amending it with three recommendations. The first would ban billboards on top of buildings that exceed 30 feet above street level. The second calls for an industrial employment zone, and the third would preserve the area’s historical buildings."