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
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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A Toolkit to Fight Displacement in NYC Neighborhoods, Other U.S. Cities
Advocates from Buffalo to Brownsville and the LES to LA are voicing concerns about displacement. One local group has compiled a menu of policies to fight it.
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Bushwick Plan’s Unveiling Nears Amid Tension Over Possible Rezoning
Two Councilmembers invited neighborhood stakeholders to draft a rezoning plan. But it could encounter the same misgivings that top-down plans have faced.
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City Launches Online Tracking Tool for Rezoning Commitments
There will be new tabs added to this tracker before the mayor is done, but it’s not easy to say how many.
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