Apr. 26, 2024 By Ethan Marshall
Queens Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas (D-34) celebrated the passing of the New York State budget for the 2025 fiscal year, highlighting its inclusion of investments in numerous Queens neighborhoods.
Many of these investments include in the budget, which was passed on Saturday, Apr. 21, will have a large impact on her district, which includes Astoria, Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Woodside.
González-Rojas was able to help secure a variety of local investments as part of the budget, including a pilot of a program to legalize basement apartments and bring them up to code in the neighborhood of Woodside, $140 million for capital projects at NYCHA buildings, including those in NYCHA Woodside Houses, $903,000 for the Lexington School for the Deaf, a 4201 school in the district that educates deaf and blind students, and $100,000 for Selfhelp Community Services, which serves Jackson Heights residents.