On April 21, 2025, the New York City Planning Commission (CPC) certified the city-led Long Island City Neighborhood Plan, known as OneLIC, into public review. OneLIC seeks to build on Long Island City’s status as one of Queens’ premier central business districts by amending zoning regulations to encourage the development of equitable housing, economic growth, and a more resilient and interconnected publicly accessible waterfront.
“The OneLIC plan will bring an additional 14,700 homes — the most the city has done in a neighborhood plan in over two decades — and 3.5 million square feet of commercial space,” Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce Adolfo Carrion, Jr. said in a press release. “We are committed to investing in schools, parks, and a new waterfront esplanade to create a strong, vibrant, and inclusive neighborhood.”
Led by the Department of City Planning, OneLIC would affect 54 blocks in the Hunters Point and Dutch Kills sections of Long Island City. The comprehensive application includes rezonings, zoning text amendments, acquisition and disposition of city-owned properties, amendments to the city map, the designation of an Urban Development Action Area, and approval of an Urban Development Action Area Project.
The initiative is the fifth neighborhood plan under the Adams administration. OneLIC would introduce Mandatory Inclusionary Housing requirements for the first time to Long Island City. A modified Waterfront Access Plan would stretch along the East River from Gantry Plaza State Park to Queensbridge Park and would require new developments to provide continuous public open spaces that meet both design criteria and higher resiliency standards. Within the existing Industrial Business Zone, the plan seeks to preserve existing industrial uses while increasing density for commercial and manufacturing uses in order to promote job growth. Additionally, the plan would include floor area bonuses in certain areas for the development of new schools, public green space, and active recreational space.
“After 18 months of extensive public engagement, which shaped our community priorities, I am energized to enter certification and negotiations for OneLIC,” said New York City Councilmember Julie Won. “I will fight to ensure the final OneLIC Neighborhood Plan delivers resiliency, sustainability, and longevity through commitments on deeply affordable housing, pathways to affordable home ownership, thousands of additional school seats, a connected waterfront, new green spaces, and more.”
OneLIC will now begin the approximately seven-month Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP, during which it will be heard by Queens Community Boards 1 and 2, the Queens Borough President, CPC, and the City Council. We will monitor OneLIC as it progresses through public review.