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THE
80TH
YEAR
CLINTON RESTAURANT
BABICH FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1939
Come Celebrate St. Patricks
Day by having some Corned
Beef, Cabbage & Potatoes!
9-17 Clintonville Street, Whitestone
718.746.4800
www.theclintonrestaurant.com
Don’t miss latest Power Women
chat with LIC’s Elizabeth Lusskin
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.
Th eir mission is to advocate for economic
development that benefi ts the area’s
industrial, commercial, tech, cultural,
tourism, and residential sectors. Th e goal
is to attract new businesses to LIC, retain
those already there, welcome new residents
and visitors, and promote a vibrant
and authentic mixed-use community.
Lusskin is an attorney with nearly
two decades of experience in nonprofit
management, economic development
and government service, and helped clients
increase their eff ectiveness 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 fi rst place. “We’ve seen
enormous growth going back to the early
2000s due to zoning changes,” she said.
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 off er 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 Long Island City 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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