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Hochul expresses hope for
Qns. post-Amazon deal
Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul discussed items in the budget that will effect Queens at the Bulova
Center. Photo: Mark Hallum/QNS
BY MARK HALLUM
Though still smarting
from Amazon aborting
its mission to place a
headquarters in Long
Island City, city and state
leaders have a bright
outlook when it comes
to the state 2020 budget
and its investments
in Queens.
While stating the
sentiment that Queens
still has a commercial
draw despite Amazon
backing out, Lieutenant
Governor Kathy Hochul
discussed items which
will directly effect
the borough including
infrastructure and the
Jose Peralta DREAM Act
at the Bulova Center on
April 11.
“I think the epicenter
of infrastructure is in
Queens, when you look at
the two biggest projects
that are going on in
the state of New York,”
Hochul said in reference
to the improvements
to LaGuardia and
JFK Airports.
Up to $100 billion
is being pumped
into infrastructure
projects from the state,
more than what the
federal government
is contributing to
state infrastructure
projects nationwide,
Hochul said.
The MTA will finally
get the funding it
needs for systemwide
modernizations through
not only congestion
pricing, which will put
$15 billion in a lockbox
for the agency’s next
five-year capital plan,
but a mansion tax will
also raise that number
by $5 billion.
“The majority of
commuters from this
area do take public
transportation to jobs in
lower Manhattan, and
they won’t be as effected,
but we expect this to raise
$15 billion. First in the
nation to have targeted
tolling for high congestion
areas,” Hochul said.
After the death of state
Senator Jose Peralta
in November the new
Democratic majority in
the Legislature passed the
DREAM Act in January, a
bill which makes financial
aid programs available to
undocumented residents.
Now known as the
Jose Peralta DREAM
Act, Hochul said she had
worked with the late
politician in the early
stages of drafting the
bill and listened to the
stories of immigrant
students who hit a
wall in education after
high school.
“Their stories would
bring you to tears. These
were kids who were
brought here by their
parents who maybe since
kindergarten they had
been sitting in a classroom
with other students all the
way up until 12th grade,”
Hochul said. “And why
can’t they go to college?
Because financially
their not eligible for the
same assistance their
classmates can because of
their citizenship status.”
Hochul was confident
that New York could
accomplish everything it
had under other federal
administrations who
provided more funding,
a sentiment echoed by
state Assemblyman
Michael DenDekker.
“All the thing that were
in place to get Amazon
to come here are all still
here in even greater
ways,” Queens Chamber
of Commerce President
Tom Grech added.
Reach reporter Mark
Hallum by email at
mhallum@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4564.
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