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Report suggests building housing in downtown LI

Quick ReadLong Island Index 2010 report says new housing can be built in 111 village downtowns and 45 train station areas.

Downtown Mineola (Jan. 20, 2010)

Photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek | Downtown Mineola (Jan. 20, 2010)

Build it on a parking lot downtown.

So suggests the Long Island Index 2010 report out Thursday that focuses on places where new housing can be built in 111 village downtowns and 45 train station areas.

The report identified about 8,300 acres of unbuilt land near the downtowns and rail stations - parking lots, unprotected open space, and other vacant land. More than half of the acreage...

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