Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a set of executive orders on Monday that will extend the city’s lease with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, allowing a 20,000-job development project at the airport to proceed.
With $10-to-15 billion of private investment going to the airport’s new infrastructure, de Blasio said the deal would support the city’s recovery from the Covid pandemic and would give residents of South and Southeast Queens a taste of the economic benefits.
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