New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) recently announced a plan to accelerate construction of the residential components—including 2,250 units of affordable housing—of the $4.9-billion Atlantic Yards transit-oriented sports village in Brooklyn, N.Y., most of which is sited over public land. Under the new scheme for the 22-acre development, the affordable units would be completed by 2025 instead of 2035.
"We are putting the development of Atlantic Yards on the fast track and expediting the construction of thousands of units of affordable housing in Brooklyn," said Gov. Cuomo in a statement.