Local Councilmember says she wants more input on Queens housing development Mayor Mamdani pitched to Trump

The effort to revitalize Sunnyside Yards is back on the table after Mayor Mamdani met pitched President Trump on the idea during their Oval Office meeting last week. The Mayor’s office says Mamdani is asking for more than $21 billion dollars in federal grants to build a platform over the railyard in Western Queens. The city would then build about 12,000 affordable homes there. But the local Council member says she’s opposed, because she says the community is being cut out of the planning process.

Julie Won, the local Councilmember for Sunnyside, joins WNYC's Sean Carlson to talk more about it