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.

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 ...

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.