The city Planning Department’s new list of districts with weak records on housing includes the Upper East Side and several neighborhoods in Queens and Staten Island. What do the Upper East Side, Maspeth and the middle of Staten Island all have in common? They’re three of the 12 community districts the city has officially designated.
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The city Planning Department’s new list of districts with weak records on housing includes the Upper East Side and several neighborhoods in Queens and Staten Island. What do the Upper East Side, Maspeth and the middle of Staten Island all have in common? They’re three of the 12 community districts the city has officially designated.
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