Norman Oder, Author at City Limits

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The new development team—the third since the megaproject was announced in 2003—has agreed to pay $12 million as they plan a new way forward. A key advocate deemed that “insufficient”…

ByNorman Oder 27 minRead time

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Mar 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development

Brooklyn’s Stalled Atlantic Yards Plan Faces More Questions Than Answers

More than 21 years after it was announced, the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park megaproject has delivered the Barclays Center and eight towers, but remains about half-finished. With foreclosure pending and an affordable…

ByNorman Oder 25 minRead time

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Feb 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

As Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan Nears Vote, How Much Can Affordability Be Pushed?

The plan could deliver 4,600 new apartments and other investments in Central Brooklyn. But passage by City Council may involve negotiations to increase the amount—and affordability—of housing at publicly owned…

ByNorman Oder 16 minRead time

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Jul 2024

Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Despite New Owner’s Promised Upgrades, ‘100% Affordable’ Atlantic Yards Building Endures Hot Water Outages, Broken Door, Even Bees

Only after a local councilmember’s push did landlord Avanath meet with the tenant group at 38 Sixth Ave., but progress has come slowly, and tenants scorned a proposed partial rent…

ByNorman Oder 22 minRead time

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development

State Weighs Tax Deal, Plans ‘Public Engagement’ for Atlantic Yards as Housing Deadline Nears

The developer and MTA have come to agreement on the platform needed for three towers, but Greenland USA won’t proceed without a key tax break. As Empire State Development floats…

ByNorman Oder 15 minRead time

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Nonprofit Shares Atlantic Ave. Rezoning Deal Docs, A Year After Developers Should Have

The contracts underlying the rezonings suggest that both the affordable housing nonprofits and Brooklyn Councilmember Crystal Hudson could have acted earlier to ensure that the key information came out.

ByNorman Oder 13 minRead time

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Dec 2022

Housing and Homelessness

Seven Months After Contested Atlantic Ave. Upzonings, Details Finally Emerge

Brooklyn Councilmember Crystal Hudson claimed victory after two April rezonings yielded 35 percent affordable housing. But details on non-profit partners and anti-displacement commitments were revealed only after repeated inquiries. Even…

ByNorman Oder 31 minRead time

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Jun 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Shaun Donovan Praises Atlantic Yards, But It’s No Model Housing Partnership

A 2005 media event promised more affordability than what’s been produced. The next mayor may face tough decisions, as 876 more income-linked units must be built in four years.

ByNorman Oder 17 minRead time

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Sep 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Stop Echoing Industry City’s Bogus Math on Jobs

Industry City’s ‘Plan for 20,000 Jobs’ included jobs that already exist, jobs that it expected tenant companies to generate, and jobs that murky projections said would be spurred off site.

ByNorman Oder 12 minRead time

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Apr 2019

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Ever-Shifting Pacific Park Plan Highlights Uncertainty of Big Development Schemes

From the Amazon MOU to the BAM site, alluring menus of public benefits are often dangled as the payoff for large subsidies and lucrative development rights. The project formerly known…

ByNorman Oder 18 minRead time

Norman Oder

New Development Team Promises Atlantic Yards Progress, But Housing Penalties Called ‘Insufficient’