"The last time I was in the Oval Office ... I had shared the fact that who I believe to be the greatest mayor in New York City, Fiorello LaGuardia, so much of his success was tied to his partnership with the federal government. So in working with my team, we sought to answer the question of, what could it look like to bring that kind of partnership back to New York City at a scale that's needed to address this crisis?"
"During a surprise visit to the White House Thursday, he pitched the president on funding the development of 12,000 apartments- 'an entire new neighborhood' -on top of the site, what the mayor said would be the largest housing project the city's seen since Co-op City went up in the Bronx in 1973."
"The president was interested in the idea of working together, but acknowledged that they are just at the very beginning of a conversation about what would ultimately be a complex, costly and time-consuming project-if it comes to life."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump at the White House to propose developing 12,000 apartments over the 180-acre Sunnyside Yards active rail yard in Western Queens. This would create an entirely new neighborhood and represent the city's largest housing project since Co-op City's 1973 development in the Bronx. The meeting followed a previous fall conversation where the two established rapport and discussed New York City's housing needs. Mamdani referenced Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's successful federal partnerships as a model for addressing the current housing crisis. Trump expressed interest in collaboration, though both acknowledged the project remains in early stages and would require complex, costly, and time-consuming development involving construction over an active railyard.
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