While some are excited about possible improvements to the neighborhood, others are worried about displacement.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Gowanus Planning Framework is Out
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‘We believe this framework gets the balance right for thoughtful growth with truly shared benefits.’
auto
Can the Auto-Repair Sector Survive the Jerome Ave. Rezoning?
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Every time a zoning change or development project pushes the auto industry out of one neighborhood, it gets harder to find it a new home.
Affordable Housing
De Blasio Emails Shed Light on how ‘Affordable Housing’ is Packaged for the Press
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The emails show a developer scripting quotes from a grateful new tenant; a mayoral aide transforming a corporate press release into a governmental statement; and a lack of support from affordable housing advocates who once strongly backed a Brooklyn megaproject.
Affordable Housing
Housing Supply Growing, But Getting Outpaced by Population’s Swell, Jobs Boom
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Why are rents climbing even as the number of housing units soars?
at risk community services
Group Assisting NYCHA Tenant Leaders has a New Name but a Long History
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At-Risk Community Services, the nonprofit advising the Citywide Council of Presidents in its dealings with the mayor, Council and governor, was only founded in November. But its parent organization has trod a long and successful—if occasionally bumpy—road.
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The Challenge of Making Housing Fair and Affordable in NYC: Video Highlights
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When New Yorkers discuss housing, they typically talk about affordability, not fairness. That doesn’t mean the two goals are totally exclusive. But it does mean they will not always or easily align.
Affordable Housing
Watch it Here: Is Affordable Housing Really Fair Housing?
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What does it mean to take into account “fair housing” concerns as the city implements Housing New York and as it pursues neighborhood rezonings?
BROOKLYN BUREAU
The Gray Saga: A Two-Century Struggle to Preserve Black Wealth in Brooklyn
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Through the Civil War and Jim Crow, depression and boom, redlining and deregulation, one Black family near the historic Weeksville settlement managed to preserve its hold on the family property. Until it didn’t.
Affordable Housing
Opinion Split at City Planning Commission Hearing on Proposed Inwood Rezoning
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Some Planning Commission members expressed concerns during their questioning of city officials.
displacement
Video: Displacement Around the World, Lessons for and from NYC
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An author from our recent ‘Global Squeeze’ series discusses the project and its findings.