Press
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Recent Notable Press Articles + Letters
Testimony Before the NYC Council in Support of Phase 1 – June 10, 2026
Queens’ Stunning Version of The High Line Is Finally Breaking Ground in 2026 – Secret NYC, April 2, 2026
Mamdani Budget Funds Queensway, Dimming Hope for Reactivated Long Island Rail – Planetizen, March 26, 2026
Should the Abandoned Tracks Become a Park or a Train Line? Or Both? – NYT March 25, 2026
Op-Ed | Championing the QueensWay in the mayor’s first 100 days (by Alia Soomro, NYLCV & Karen Imas, FQW)- QNS.com February 5, 2026
Op-Ed: Queens did its part – now let’s finished the QueensWay Corridor (by Queens BP Donovan Richards) – Queens Daily Eagle, January 21, 2026
Op-ED: Fighting for the QueensWay We Were Promised (by Amy Kui, Forest Hills resident and and Community School Director (CSD) for United Community Schools at PS65Q The Raymond York Elementary School) – City Limits, November 13, 2025
Could This Secret, Decaying Railway Be New York’s Next Highline – NYT, April 25, 2026
On the way to QueensWay: City presents first look at new park planned for abandoned rail line – Queens Daily Eagle, January 9, 2025
Op-ed: The Queensway is the obvious choice. Why wait? (by Yvan Lemoine, restaurant owner, Tourmaline) – May 30, 2024, Crain’s NY
Op-Ed: Waste No Time, Build the QueensWay (by Jon Orcutt, Bike NY and Kate Slevin, RPA) – NY Daily News, May 29, 2022