In places like Sheepshead Bay, people who repaired their own homes after the storm but didn’t take steps to deal with new flooding risks may have to leave for as long as six months so the structures can be elevated.
If Industry City’s new owners are hoping to paint themselves as the saviors of Sunset Park, it’s a message that has backfired with some of its neighbors.
A City Councilman, a rebuilding leader and a neighborhood advocate weigh in on the 2012 storm’s legacy. Watch the video.
The projects supported by a new philanthropic fund composed of major foundations and big financial players don’t look shiny, new or glamorously innovative. They do, however, appear to work.
The Brooklyn property owner is alleged to be employing the tactics to gentrify its buildings.
The first residential tower at the controversial Brooklyn development was supposed to pave the way for faster, cheaper housing construction using modular design. Internal state documents suggest the unique approach ran into serious trouble.
The mayor’s housing and rezoning plan could trigger tenant harassment and displacement, so the city is funding teams of tenant specialists to assist renters in affected areas. Some local advocates cheer the purpose but question the program.
The city has identified 181 small city-owned sites for potential affordable-housing development. Eighteen currently have community gardens on them. Ten of those gardens are in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
But there’s still lots of daylight between what the de Blasio administration proposes and what a coalition of local groups and activists wants to see.
The experiment in direct democracy has expanded quickly in New York. An overall success, there are questions about how inclusive the process is, and whether it actually leads to deeper civic engagement.
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