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.
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