Major League Soccer team New York City Football Club plans to build a stadium as part of a multiuse redevelopment in the Willets Point section of Queens County, New York City officials and the team announced Nov. 16. The plan also calls for construction of seven buildings containing 2,500 affordable housing units, a 650-seat K-8 public school, retail space and 40,000-sq-ft of public space.
The team is in the process of selecting an architect. The stadium plan still must go through land use, design and environmental reviews.