The New York Building Congress says there must be comprehensive, regional planning to meet the increased risk of flooding—and imaginative thinking about how to live amid higher waters.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Housing Update: New Worries About Children in Lead-Tainted Apartments
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The housing headlines you missed this week
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Bushwick Tenants Sue to Force City Takeover of ‘Reprehensible’ Building
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The building at 299 Troutman Street has eight units with only four units being utilized. The other four units sit burned and empty on the third and fourth floors after a 2008 fire.
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In Amazon’s Wake, Huge Sunnyside Yards Master Plan Takes Shape
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Not far from the site where Amazon would have established its New York HQ2, city planners and community members have been talking—thoughtfully, by most accounts—about a development project that could span decades and reshape western Queens.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Bushwick +10: A Changing Neighborhood Faces a Tighter Housing Crunch
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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.
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One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up
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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.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Housing Update: Tenant Blacklist Ban, Sewage in the Gowanus, Facebook Investigated For Housing Discrimination
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The housing headlines you missed this week.
City Limits en Español
La desaparición de 3 dormitorios: Las familias más grandes tienen pocas opciones
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El mercado de la vivienda está perdiendo unidades de tres habitaciones, y el plan de vivienda asequible del alcalde está produciendo pocas de ellas, dejando a las familias más grandes en lugares reducidos.
affordability
Housing Update: Landlords Push Back, NYCHA Budget Doesn’t Budge, Bay St. Rezoning Approved
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Housing headlines you might have missed.
City Limits en Español
Aumento de Renta de 1.5% Enoja a Inquilinos y Caseros
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El aumento, que afectará a contratos firmados después del 1 de octubre, llega pese a los llamados a congelar la renta por grupos de defensa de inquilinos, mientras que los caseros reclaman subidas más generosas.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Seven Years After Sandy, Slow Moves Toward Resiliency in High-Risk Nabes
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There has been some progress toward making New York City as a whole—and the Resilient Neighborhoods in particular—safer. But much remains undone.