Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan, but its Select Board chairman says the town won’t follow in Milton’s footsteps.

NEEDHAM — Voters in Needham Tuesday soundly rejected a plan that would have paved the way for the production of more multifamily housing in this suburban town of 32,000 and aligned it with a much-debated state housing law.

A new zoning plan is back up in the air in Needham, Massachusetts, with voters set to decide on Tuesday whether to add new multifamily housing, which would comply with the MBTA’s Community Act. The plan has received heavy pushback over the past several months in several communities,