Developers notched a major victory Thursday when they reached a deal to allow their Innovation QNS project in Astoria. But amid the celebrations, there was an elephant in the room: A tax break that the industry has deemed essential to such projects has expired. The pachyderm peering over the negotiating table as officials carefully balanced the project’s affordable housing component against its financial feasibility was 421a. Developers have long argued that it is virtually impossible

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