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Adams Unveils Plan to Revitalize Hunts Point Neighborhood
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and community leaders have released a plan to revitalize the South Bronx’s Hunts Point neighborhood. Known as “Hunts Point Forward” and backed by an initial $40-million commitment from the city, the plan offers 73 short- and long-term recommendations.
Key recommendations include:
- Making the neighborhood safer by improving street lighting and redesigning key streets and intersections;
- Connecting Hunts Point residents to local industrial jobs through workforce development strategies;
- Expanding healthcare access through pop-up health clinics and screenings, as well as a permanent health care facility in The Peninsula redevelopment project;
- Continuing to invest in facilities within the Food Distribution Center that are vulnerable to climate change;
- Closing the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, an 800-bed jail barge, and starting a community engagement process to repurpose the adjoining city-owned parking lot; and
- Expanding open space and enhancing area parks and green spaces.
- ◦Policy/Gov't
