Officials are planning six buildings of all affordable housing at the contaminated city-owned site, as well as a park and a public school.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Same Old Crisis: In Bushwick, Hunger and Joblessness Hold Steady in a Bad Place
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From local pols to community leaders, volunteers to residents, no one believes things are getting much better in the neighborhood now, months into the pandemic.
COVID-19
Checking in on New York’s COVID-19 ‘Cluster’ Containment Strategy
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It’s been nearly a month since New York started its ‘Cluster Action Initiative’ to contain the spread of coronavirus by instituting restrictions in specific hotspot neighborhoods. Will it keep a second wave at bay?
aid
La necesidad de comida parece no haber cambiado en Bushwick
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Desde los senadores estatales, pasando por los políticos locales, líderes comunitarios, voluntarios y residentes de Bushwick, ninguno de ellos ve que las cosas estén mejorando en Bushwick.
Election 2020
Breaking Down the 2020 Election Results for NYC (So Far)
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On Staten Island, Nicole Malliotakis claimed victory late Tuesday but incumbent Max Rose refused to concede. In the State Senate, Democrat Andrew Gounardes is trailing Republican Vito Bruno by about 6,000 votes. Plus more updates.
Education
Opinion: ‘Learning to Work’ Program Cuts Threaten the Futures of Students Like Me
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‘While students face different kinds of obstacles in their previous schools, from mental health to family obligations or just a lack of support, they found trusting relationships and a new sense of purpose at their transfer schools.’
Election 2020
Democrats See a Chance to Nab the Assembly Seat Malliotakis is Giving Up
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Brandon Patterson and Michael Tannousis are vying for an Assembly district that shares territory with the only competitive Congressional and Senate races on city ballots Nov. 3.
Affordable Housing
NYCHA Improvements are Bottom Line in Support for Gowanus Rezoning, Local Leaders Say
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At a Brooklyn Community Board 6 meeting Thursday, attendees raised questions about whether repairs for NYCHA complexes and opportunities for public housing residents would be included in the rezoning.
Economic Development
Opinion: NY Is Not Anti-Business. But It’s Not a Pushover, Either
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‘The narrative that New York is anti-business, triggered by the recent defeat of the Industry City proposal, is not only misleading, but simplistic.’
Brooklyn
Assembly Hopeful: Eviction Ban Would ‘Save Lives’
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Phara Souffrant Forest, a nurse turned candidate, is on the verge of unseating an incumbent Democrat in Brooklyn.
Voices of New York
Asian and Black New Yorkers Rally Together Against Racism and Police Brutality
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Speakers talked about how the two groups worked together in the civil and LGBTQ rights movements, the challenges Asian and African immigrants face, and the violence the police have executed on both Asian and Black communities.