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Projects not covered by 421-a workaround remain in limbo

State lawmakers' refusal to extend eligibility rules for a controversial property tax break could imperil projects to build 2,600 apartments for working and middle-income tenants across the housing-starved city, The Post has learned.

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Everyone is talking about building new housing. With rezonings under the microscope, will development sway City Council elections?

We won’t further needle Councilwoman Julie Won for one month ago smearing Innovation QNS — which then promised 2,800 housing units, about 1,100 or 40% of which would be permanently affordable, and half of those reserved for people at very low incomes — as “a $2 billion luxury development that has the potential to displace hundreds of local working-class immigrant families.”

It’s no secret that our city’s affordable housing crisis is getting worse. The gap between lower incomes and higher rents continues to grow, while inflation remains painfully high.

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards talks Innovation Queens, a soccer stadium in Willets Point and how the community views development.

This week New York City Council approved plans for Hallets North, a three-tower residential development that will create 1,340 apartments.

Every new unit must be built in someone’s backyard, but the current approval process stymies building, say developers and some advocates.