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As housing justice advocates across the city review the outcomes in East New York, many say the results attest to the power of community organizing, especially when stakeholders put forth…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Mar 2016

Video

Video: Rezoning Brooklyn and Beyond as De Blasio Housing Plan Rolls On

What are housing experts and neighborhood advocates looking forward to, and worried about, as those rezonings take shape?

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2016

Economy In Depth Video

Can De Blasio Save Brooklyn Manufacturing?

After a brutal start to the century, manufacturing is rebounding in Brooklyn. But with competition for space only intensifying, can the new growth last?

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

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Mar 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Council Sees 5 Sticking Points on De Blasio Rezoning Plan

Legislators’ concerns over the plan to rezone East New York mirror their worries about the mayor’s citywide proposals. A deal seems likely. Its exact shape remains anybody’s guess.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Mar 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: Distorting Downtown Brooklyn’s Past Can Only Obscure Its Future

Could a ‘model’ Central Business District have been created by building luxury housing? Only if we listen to the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.

ByNorman Oder 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Video

Video: Brooklyn’s Superfund Scorecard

Checking in on the three sites whose industrial past and polluted present are now a federal issue.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2016

Economy In Depth Investigations Video

Video: One Man’s Path to a Green Job

James Eleby turns discarded scrap wood into new tables at a Brooklyn factory. Learn how he got a foothold in the green economy.

ByOlivia Leach 0Comments

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Jan 2016

Video

Keeping Bullets Out of Beefs: Stopping Gun Violence in Brooklyn

Guns are a hot topic nationally as well as in the city. A lot of that talk rightly focuses on systemic problems, like gun trafficking. But what about the “demand…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Housing Chief Rebuts Critics of East N.Y. Plan

Testifying about a controversial rezoning proposal, the HPD commissioner rejected the idea that city-subsidized apartments would charge rents out of step with prevailing rents or average incomes in the Brooklyn…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Brooklyn Community Gardeners React to De Blasio Admin. Deal

For months volunteers at dozens of community gardens have wondered which ones might be targeted for affordable housing. Our partners at Brooklyn Deep were in the room when gardeners learned…

ByCole Rosengren 0Comments

Other Nabes and de Blasio Team Draw Lessons from East New York Rezoning Struggle

Video: Rezoning Brooklyn and Beyond as De Blasio Housing Plan Rolls On

Can De Blasio Save Brooklyn Manufacturing?

Council Sees 5 Sticking Points on De Blasio Rezoning Plan

CityViews: Distorting Downtown Brooklyn’s Past Can Only Obscure Its Future

Video: Brooklyn’s Superfund Scorecard

Video: One Man’s Path to a Green Job

Keeping Bullets Out of Beefs: Stopping Gun Violence in Brooklyn

De Blasio Housing Chief Rebuts Critics of East N.Y. Plan

Brooklyn Community Gardeners React to De Blasio Admin. Deal

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