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The Developers Trying to Make New York’s 485-x Multifamily Incentive Work

It’s become fashionable in New York City commercial real estate to bash the state’s 485-x program, which provides tax incentives for new residential development in certain areas of the five boroughs i

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It’s become fashionable in New York City commercial real estate to bash the state’s 485-x program, which provides tax incentives for new residential development in certain areas of the five boroughs in exchange for including affordable housing.

The criticism revolves around 485-x’s higher construction wage requirements in much of Manhattan and large swaths of the […]

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