President of LIC Partnership
talks future of neighborhood
following Amazon departure
On the newest episode of her
Power Women series, Schneps Media
President and Publisher Victoria
Schneps interviews Elizabeth Lusskin,
the President of the Long Island City
Partnership.
During their chat, Lusskin talks
about growing up in Manhattan in the
1970s, how her education gave her an
interest in housing issues, the growth
of Long Island City and Amazon pulling
out of the deal to build HQ2 in LIC.
Long Island City Partnership is the
local development corporation for this
westernmost neighborhood of Queens.
Their mission is to advocate for economic
development that benefits the area’s
industrial, commercial, tech, cultural,
tourism, and residential sectors.
The goal is to attract new businesses
to LIC, retain those already there,
welcome new residents and visitors, and
promote a vibrant and authentic mixeduse
community.
Lusskin is an attorney with nearly
two decades of experience in nonprofit
management, economic development
and government service, and helped
clients increase their effectiveness
through improved focus, organizational
structure and strategic implementation.
She was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg
to serve as a Public Member of NYC Loft
Board, having completed a three-year
term on the Rent Guidelines Board.
She’s been the President of the LICP
since 2013. Lusskin credits work being
done by people before her “going back 40
years” in making Long Island City the
sort of place that Amazon would want to
come to in the first place.
Lusskin says that making everyone
feel important has been a key to
her success.
“I try and approach everybody with
respect and realize that everybody
has something to offer and bring to
the table.”
When it comes to the Amazon deal,
she feels that LIC has developed into
the sort of centralized location that
companies want to invest in. Regardless
of the status of the deal, she feels LIC is
still where everyone wants to be.
“We’re one of the fastest growing
neighborhoods in the country and
we’re also one of the most productive
areas in the state,” she says. “It’s a city
within New York City opposed to just
a neighborhood.”
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