Art at the Limits
What Bushwick’s Children Think About Trump’s Wall
Jarrett Murphy |
Among those who did come to the Brooklyn neighborhood from overseas, there are feelings of deep vulnerability.
Brooklyn
Bushwick +10: A Changing Neighborhood Faces a Tighter Housing Crunch
Jarrett Murphy |
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.
affordability
One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up
Sadef Ali Kully |
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.
Brooklyn
MTA to Keep Offering Discounted LIRR Rides to Atlantic Terminal
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Transit advocates hope to see the LIRR model of in-city dicounts expanded to other outer borough areas, including those served by Metro-North.
Agenda 2019
Call to Study New Transit Line Linking Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Has the time come for a 20-year-old idea to give outer-borough residents a path to work or home that doesn’t involve a subway through Manhattan?
2021
Max & Murphy: Eric Adams Says Speaker & Comptroller Are Both Wrong on Campaign Finance
Jarrett Murphy |
The beep weighed in on the beef between two of his likely 2021 rivals and also talked about borough jails, NYCHA develpment and the Queens DA’s race. Plus, a look at end-of-session politics in Albany.
2020
Video: Talking Rezonings, Rent Regs, Retail and Running for President
Jarrett Murphy |
City Limits’ editor appeared on BRIC-TVs 112BK to discusses the Gowanus rezoning, combined sewer overflows, the Queens DA race and Bill de Blasio’s run for president, among other things. Somehow, they got on to the topic of ‘mole people.’
Agenda 2019
Special Election Marked a Political Milestone Long in Coming for NYC’s Haitians
Alain Gaillard |
When Farah Louis formally takes office, New York will for the first time have two Haitian-Americans in the City Council—a major milestone for the largest and one of the oldest ex patriate Haitian communities in the world.
Brooklyn
Rezoning Could Bring 18,000 New Residents to Bushwick
Sadef Ali Kully |
The city released a draft scope of its proposed rezoning, which is projected to create 5,600 units of housing.
affordability
Doubts on the Details of the City’s Bushwick Rezoning Proposal
Sadef Ali Kully |
Some are worried proposed height limits leave too much room for developers, or too little room for homeowners who want to sell. Affordability options and a playground project are also on residents’ minds.
