REAL ESTATE
City Council candidate says aff ordable housing proposal in Sunnyside is a ‘slap in the face’ to residents
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com / @QNS
A City Council hopeful wants City
Hall to change how they decide what an
appropriate price for aff ordable housing
is in Queens and beyond.
On Aug. 31, Brent O’Leary, who is running
Photo courtesy of Brent O’Leary
Sales in Queens HOMES COOPS CONDOS Listings and photos courtesy MLSLI
NORTHEAST NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST
WHITESTONE JACKSON HEIGHTS JAMAICA OZONE PARK
Under $500,000
74-16 220th St., Bayside
$359,000
Co-op
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
Syed Wasim
Guidance Realty Homes LLC
$500,000-$900,000
132-52 41st Ave., Flushing
$639,000
Condo
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Roger Chen
Graceful Park Realty
Over $900,000
2-04 147 Pl., Whitestone
$1,280,000
1-family Colonial
3 bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms
Meiyu Li
Fultonex Realty LLC
Under $500,000
34-20 78th St., Jackson Heights
$295,000
Co-op
1 bedroom 1 bathroom
Suzanne Adler
Douglas Elliman Real Estate
$500,000-$900,000
2268 46 St., Astoria
$875,000
1-family 2-story
Michelle Chang
East Coast Realtors
Over $900,000
41-04 27th St., Long Island City
$1,150,000
Condo
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Hsin Yuan Yang
E Realty International Corp.
Under $500,000
102-10 217th Pl., Queens Village
$499,000
2-family 2-story
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Tara Egan
Coach Real Estate Associates
$500,000-$900,000
178-37 Anderson Ave., Jamaica
$789,000
2-family 2-story
5 bedrooms, 3 ½ bathrooms
Shimon Matsui
Great Success Realty
Over $900,000
84-74 Homelawn St., Jamaica Hills
$949,000
1-family Colonial
4 bedrooms, 2 ½ bathrooms
Mohammed Ohid
Elite Synergy Realty
Under $500,000
62-98 Saunders St., Rego Park
$379,000
Co-op
1 bedroom, 1 bathroom
Leonid Kol
Network Solution Realty
$500,000-$900,000
68-61 Yellowstone Blvd., Forest Hills
$698,888
Co-op
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Carolyn Toscano
Toscano Realty Group
Over $900,000
85-05 Sutter Ave , Ozone Park
$945,000
2-family Colonial
6 bedrooms, 2 ½ bathrooms
Fang Xiao
Do Right Realty
to represent District 26 on the NYC
Council in 2021, held a press conference
at Sabba Park, located at 49th Street
and Queens Blvd., to call on the city to
reform how aff ordability is calculated
at rent-subsidized units, particularly in
Woodside and Sunnyside.
Earlier this week, Mayor de Blasio
released applications for three aff ordable
housing units that is right across the
street from Sabba Park. In the complex, a
one-bedroom apartment is being rented
for $2,300 per month.
At the press conference, O’Leary and
members of the community denounced
the city’s proposal for the units, saying
that the city needs to change how they
decide what’s aff ordable to the people
who live here.
“Th ese units are not priced to
provide help for hard-working
individuals who live in this district,
because the formula that is
being used by the city to determine
aff ordability is profoundly
broken,”O’Leary said. “Right now,
the city includes the median income
of people who live in Manhattan,
Rockland and even Putnam counties,
instead of using our income to
determine what’s aff ordable to our
neighborhood.”
According to the city’s website,
prices for the Sunnyside Point aff ordable
housing units range from $2,251
for a one-bedroom unit and $2,741
for a two-bedroom unit. Th e annual
household income range for the
one-bedroom is $77,178-$95,030 for one
person and $93,052 -$108,550 for two
people for the two-bedroom unit.
According to O’Leary, residents of
Woodside and Sunnyside fear that they’ll
be priced out of their neighborhoods, saying
that it’s a “slap in the face” if $2,300 a
month for a one-bedroom apartment is
seen as aff ordable.
“It is not acceptable for the city to use
our money to price us out of our neighborhood,”
O’Leary concluded.
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