The Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corporation has
been chosen to purchase and develop a site in Queens into low- and
moderate-income senior housing, according to a press release from the
New York State Housing Finance Agency. Construction at the Howard Beach
site, which is currently the location of the Bernard Fineson
Developmental Disabilities Senior Office and is in the process of being
closed, is expected to take 15 to 18 months. Eighty of the units at
155-55 Cross Bay Boulevard in Southwest Queens will be reserved for
people over age 60. The other 20 units will go to individuals supported
by the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities. TRD [more]