RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Make incentive programs work for the businesses that need and want to be in LIC and look for
creative ways to build more space for businesses.
2. Work with the City to incentivize new commercial office construction through appropriate zoning
and incentives to serve pent-up demand, take advantage of new growth, and simultaneously
reduce pressures on viable industrial and cultural space.
3. Capture and retain growing, entrepreneurial businesses in LIC to anchor their job creation here.
4. Increase opportunities for cultural institutions and artist to maintain and operate active,
permanent spaces in LIC and expand the integration of arts and culture into the LIC urban fabric
and communities.
5. Develop a strategy to foster a cluster of biotechnology, life sciences, and technology related
industries in LIC by leveraging LIC’s relevant and unique advantages, anchoring an important
sector for NYC.
6. Work to relieve parking strain on LIC businesses and organizations. Maintain truck and vehicular
movement necessary for efficient business activity.
7. Work with transportation agencies to update routes and frequencies of buses and subways in
order to move people within LIC from where they are to where they need to go.
8. Bridge neighborhood barriers and improve connections between sub-areas of LIC.
9. Maximize economic benefits for LIC residents and businesses.