J. Silberberg
People walk passed a mural near a high school in Bushwick, 2009.
With a major rezoning looming for Bushwick, it’s time for another deep look. So, over the next four weeks, City Limits’ reporting staff will spend the bulk of its time in Bushwick, looking for stories, interviewing people and distributing information.
There are some similarities between the community and city rezoning proposals but the differences are important to Bushwick community members who say they have waited for decades for serious public investments in their neighborhood.
What rules do the proponents for legalizing prostitution have in mind? How can I get racial demographics for Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island School Districts?
HireNYC gets a lot of hype from the de Blasio administration, but four years in, 80 percent of applications through the initiative are listed as ‘pending.’
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