The former Flushing Airport, decommissioned decades ago, will serve as the foundation for 3,000 new homes, with the project expected to create 1,300 Unionized construction jobs. Construction at the 80-acre site in College Point, Queens is expected to begin in 2028. The project will also encompass 60 acres of land located near the airfield that has remained vacant since the airport closed in 1984. The project is funded through a private-public partnership between Cirrus and the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC), which represents more than 100,000 Unionized Trades Workers. As part of funding for the housing development, 11 Unions will contribute pension funds toward the creation of workforce housing in the development plan. “Thanks to this generational program, this project and others like it will continue to reinforce Labor's historic role in boosting the Middle Class, generating family-sustaining careers and providing our communities with economic stimulus,” BCTC President Gary LaBarbera said. “Hard-working New Yorkers, like our Tradesmen and Tradeswomen, deserve to live comfortably and raise their families in the city they serve."

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