Bushwick
Bushwick Councilmen Antonio Reynoso and Rafael Espinal are working with a steering committee to craft a neighborhood rezoning plan.
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William Alatriste for the New York City Council
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Councilmember Rafael Espinal: 'East New York was a neighborhood that has been neglected for a very long time. ... Bushwick is like a flame or a fire that's out of control.'
William Mathis
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Anthony Rosado (left) and Christopher Stout at an installation Rosado curated for a Bushwick art criticism group that Stout founded and Rosado had criticized.
Eli Duke
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View of Bedford-Stuyvesant from above. Along with Crown Heights and Bushwick, it's where real-estate gurus see room for investment now.
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Members of the Bushwick Housing Independence Project rally outside the home of landlord Joel Israel, linked to several Brooklyn buildings with high numbers of housing-code violations.
News
Call for City to Assess Racial Impact as it Reviews Impact of Real-Estate Development
Proponents wonder why an environmental impact study that explores so many facets of a neighborhood—its workforce, open space, traffic, housing market and even shadows—cannot also look at racial impacts.
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De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings
The mayor in 2015 set a goal of rezoning up to 15 neighborhoods in a drive to create more density and more affordable housing. Five rezonings have passed and at least three are likely to move forward in 2019.
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Max & Murphy: Rafael Espinal, Candidate for Public Advocate
At midnight on January 1, a ball dropped in Manhattan, former Public Advocate Letitia James became the state attorney general, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson became the acting public advocate, and a race to fill James’ seat that had been stewing for months came to a boil.
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Bushwick Community Plan Calls for Changes in Zoning—and in the Process
The plan calls for the environmental review to include ‘alternate methods for predicting secondary displacement.’
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