White Plains housing project brings nearly 300 apartments to North White Plains

Construction is underway to develop 296 new apartments in the city of White Plains. Located on Harlem Avenue, it's just steps away from the North White Plains Metro North train station. The property will contain a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, along with ground-floor retail space and a publicly accessible park. Officials say five affordable units will be reserved for households earning up to 60% of the area median income. Twenty-five will be reserved for households earning up to 110%. The remaining will be market rate. Gary and Benjamin are longtime White Plains residents who are part of an organization called Citizens Advocating for White Plains, A group advocating for several issues, one being affordability. Our concern is that if affordability is not top of the list. What's going to happen is kids are not going to be able to live here, grandkids are not going to be able to live here. And while they welcome new development, they say they want to make sure that affordable housing really will be affordable. These affordable housing programs are something a lot of people really care about, you know, getting it right. We want it to be substantial and to really, you know, meet serious affordability targets. There's no timeline of when this project will be completed. In White Plains, Westchester County, Jackie Gillis, News 12.