NYC Government subsidized affordable Housing

Want developers to build affordable housing?

Sell them land for $1, with lots of conditions:
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140716/REAL_ESTATE/140719903/city-to-sell-flushing-parking-lot-for-a-buck

Only two firms were interested in helping the city gets its head around how it would implement Inclusionary Zoning by the deadline.

As a result, the city has given firms more time:

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/08/19/city-looking-for-firms-to-help-with-affordable-housing-plan/

A well written piece about the conundrums: 

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/09/de-blasio-affordable-housing-queens.html