Jamaica is more than just a neighborhood. It’s the heart and soul of Queens — a community with a rich, multicultural heritage and a dynamism born from people of all backgrounds living side-by-side.

City Council members reached a deal on Thursday to advance a sprawling rezoning of Jamaica, Queens that will permit some 11,800 new homes across 230 blocks, one of the biggest such plans in decades.

The city is gearing up for a rezoning that could bring 12,000 homes to Jamaica, Queens. With nine months left of the first (and possibly last) term of the Adams administration, one neighborhood ...

The Jamaica Neighborhood Plan passed a full New York City Council vote late Wednesday, with lawmakers unanimously adopting the southeast Queens rezoning. The zoning reforms are designed to open the ...

As Jamaica prepares for what could be a history-making catastrophe from Hurricane Melissa, New York-born attorney Michelle Robinson is among those bracing for the impact. "You know that disaster is ...