Huge thanks to Suga Ray Marston for inspiring us with his two-week sleepout and hunger strike last year! We thank MumsKitchens NYC for the delicious brownies, and other treats, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra for their uplifting music, and all of the community members and supporters who came by and shared food and support. We also appreciate State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez, who sent reps from their offices.

Our Vision for the Waterfront

Two days before our potluck and sleepout, WQCLT joined with the Long Island City Coalition to present our two related plans for the LIC waterfront at a Community Board 2 meeting. LICC talked about their Hunters Point North Vision Plan for Resiliency, and we described our Queensboro People’s Space vision for the DoE building: a community land trust offering affordable rents to small manufacturers, community groups, street vendors and working artists.

The City’s OneLIC zoning proposal was also discussed by CB2 members, who then issued their “scoping” document in response. CB2’s document opposes upzoning the four publicly-owned sites at Anable Basin, supports preserving the DoE building for community use, and supports truly resilient, public parkland along the waterfront. We thank CB2 for their thoughtful, community-centered response to this proposed upzoning.

For more information on these efforts check out WQCLT