COMET: Communities of Maspeth & Elmhurst Together

Issues


The main issues that COMET is currently addressing are:


  • A plan by the City of New York to house the homeless in a former convent at 86-18 58th Avenue in Elmhurst
  • Commuter vans operating illegally throughout Maspeth, WInfield and Elmhurst
  • The proposed and approved Maspeth High School to be built on a contaminated site at 74th Street and 57th Avenue
  • A new park at the site of what formerly was St. Saviour's Church in West Maspeth
  • Graffiti and other quality-of-life issues