Governor Kathy Hochul is allocating $5 million to Astoria’s Variety Boys & Girls Club to build a new clubhouse, expand the nonprofit’s programming and build new affordable housing, making the Astoria location the largest club in the country.
The governor announced the funding to a larger crowd than such budget events would normally bring because it was made alongside the assemblymember who currently represents Astoria’s Variety Boys & Girls Club – mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.
The funding will allow the club to expand from 4,000 kids served to 16,000 with a new 14-story facility…