Adi Talwar
A view of 535 Carlton Avenue (right of frame) and 550 Vanderbilt Avenue (left of frame) from Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. The developer wants to treat them as part of the same zoning lot in order to enjoy a bigger tax break.
“The governor’s bill maintains many of the core aspects of 421-a that have been vital to our city’s economic success and is a positive first step.”
Last year, 640 unhoused people died in shelters, hospitals or the streets, 4 percent higher than in 2020, when COVID-19 first struck New York City. The rise in fatalities was fueled by an uptick in drug overdoses, and occurred even as the city’s shelter population reached its lowest level in a decade.
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