The first phase of the huge Hunter’s Point South project on a 30-acre waterfront parcel in Long Island City, Queens, will be 100% affordable housing, Deputy Mayor Robert Steel announced Wednesday afternoon

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• Housing Towers [Wall Street Journal]
• Creek & Cave Review [Queens Chronicle]
• Questions for Transportation [Streetsblog]
• Building Enemies [Curbed]
• Hunter’s Point Housing Project Revealed [Queens Gazette]

• A few more ferries to HPS [Queens Chronicle]
• New housing views coming to everyone [Daily News]
• More on Hunters Point South [Queens Courier]
• Can you get enough news [Property Magazine]
• More semi-details [Daily News]
• More opinions [Daily News]
• The dream team [New York Post]

• 908 rental apartments
• 685 for working and middle class
• 10 acre park

The Bloomberg administration announced Wednesday morning that it had selected a development team led by Related Companies to build the first phase of a development on the Queens waterfront, which, when completed, will be the largest middle-income complex built since the 1970s.

Developer Chosen to Start Long Island City Hosing Complex (www.nytimes.com)

NY1 VIDEO: While some Queens residents are excited about the prospect of a massive affordable-housing development in Hunters Point South, many business owners have their concerns.

Hunters Point South Residents Split Over Housing Development (www.ny1.com)