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