The New York City Planning Commission approved plans for a 2.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Astoria, Queens, dubbed Innovation QNS, even after the project was shot down by the borough president and local community board.
City Planning approved the plan by a vote of 10 to 3 on Wednesday morning, with City Planning Commission chair Dan Garodnick lauding the plan as something that will stimulate the local economy, providing not only a number of affordable dwellings built without any city subsidies, but also jobs and green space.
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