City OKs inclusionary zoning in Queens

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The City Council also on Wednesday approved the first inclusionary zoning for Queens, rezoning 110 blocks in the neighborhoods of Woodside and Maspeth. The rezoning allows property owners along these Queens Boulevard blocks to build 33 percent more housing in exchange for creating or preserving 20 percent of the floor area they develop as permanently affordable housing. By Tom Acitelli