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Marlon Ramirez, left, and a colleague. They're among the 1,700 workers whose employers will have to relocate as the city's Willets Point redevelopment plan rolls ahead.

Patrick Arden

Government

Lessons of Willets Point: Relocation Fears for Workers

Patrick Arden | November 1, 2013

In the final installment of our series, a look at the challenges facing workers at the businesses the Bloomberg administration has decided don’t belong there anymore.

Housing and Homelessness

Lessons of Willets Point: Trading Parkland for Developer's Donation

Patrick Arden | November 1, 2013

In the second of part of our series on a development process that spanned much of the Bloomberg administration, we look at how parks fare under this deal—and others.

Housing and Homelessness

Lessons of Willets Point: Will A New Mayor Do Development Differently?

Patrick Arden | October 30, 2013

Perhaps no project embodied the Bloomberg administration’s development style better than Willets Point. Will Joe Lhota or Bill de Blasio change that approach?

Housing and Homelessness

Willets Point Developers Pitched a Casino

Patrick Arden | February 5, 2013

The current development plan doesn’t include a gaming facility. But the casino proposal sheds new light on the bid by Related Companies and Sterling Equities.

Health and Environment

Legal Questions Emerge About Citi Field Mall

Patrick Arden | July 30, 2012

A new version of the Willets Point redevelopment plan envisions a shopping mall in what is now a parking lot—on what is technically parkland. The city and some advocates disagree on whether a Robert Moses-era law paves the way for the project.

Health and Environment

For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green

Patrick Arden | April 23, 2012

If New York is to meet PlanNYC’s goals, apartment buildings must get greener. While property owners and tenants both benefit from more efficient systems, getting them up and running takes a different kind of green.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Three-Quarter Houses Mix Problems with Positives

Patrick Arden | March 7, 2012

The unregulated rooming houses often feature crowded, unsafe conditions. But even some critics point out that they play an important role in keeping people off the street.

Housing and Homelessness

Lawsuits Target Three-Quarter Operators

Patrick Arden | March 7, 2012

At some dormitories for homeless people, lawyers allege, landlords forced tenants to attend particular drug programs and failed to provide safe housing. But operators say they were trying to do good—or at least following the law.

Housing and Homelessness

Deep Concerns about ‘Three-Quarter’ Housing

Patrick Arden | March 7, 2012

Three-quarter homes give people who are homeless, leaving prison or seeking substance-abuse treatment a place to stay. But critics say the houses are unregulated and sometimes unsafe.

Health and Environment

City, AIDS Activists Clash Over Fees

Patrick Arden | December 12, 2011

Advocates say a Bloomberg administration reduction of brokers’ fees paid under an HIV/AIDS housing program has made life harder for HIV-positive clients.

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