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Backfill: construction starts on Perry & Main, a $38M, 53-unit transit-oriented affordable development in Port Jefferson; Hochul and Mamdani announce $8.4M Queens flood-resilience medians
Two Aug 27 afternoon announcements the prior windows missed: (1) construction started on Perry & Main, a $38M mixed-use development with 53 affordable units in Port Jefferson/Brookhaven, Suffolk County — progress under the $25B/100,000-homes housing plan; (2) with Mayor Mamdani, an $8.4M investment converting concrete roadway medians in Whitestone, Forest Hills and Queens Village into green-infrastructure stormwater "sponges." Flood-medians release: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-and-mayor-mamdani-announce-84-million-transform-concrete-medians-flood
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Source: Governor's office · Aug 28, 2026 · Credibility Tier 1 · Permalink https://reviewhochul.com/news/perry-main-38m-and-queens-medians-backfill-2026-08-27
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