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In the final installment of our series, a look at the challenges facing workers at the businesses the Bloomberg administration has decided don’t belong there anymore.

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Nov 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Lessons of Willets Point: Trading Parkland for Developer's Donation

In the second of part of our series on a development process that spanned much of the Bloomberg administration, we look at how parks fare under this deal—and others.

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Oct 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Lessons of Willets Point: Will A New Mayor Do Development Differently?

Perhaps no project embodied the Bloomberg administration’s development style better than Willets Point. Will Joe Lhota or Bill de Blasio change that approach?

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Jul 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Plan to Build on Vacant Lots Stirs Displacement Fears

A plan to build housing on property once part of the Rheingold brewery in Bushwick has aroused concern about the project’s impact on housing prices across the neighborhood.

ByTobias Salinger 0Comments

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Jul 2013

Housing and Homelessness

FreshDirect Foes Say They'll Appeal

Opponents of the plan to locate a headquarters for the grocery delivery firm in Mott Haven want to overturn a ruling last month that rejected their bid to block the…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2013

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

East New York Elderly Fight Displacement

A new senior housing development in the neighborhood aims not just to address a citywide senior housing shortage, but also to create a foothold for the aged amid new real-estate…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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May 2013

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

City Shouldn't Overload Bronx Nabe With Social Services

This Bronx resident says a planned concentration of supportive housing and other social services in his neighborhood threatens to undermine city plans to spur investment.

ByJay Shuffield 0Comments

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May 2013

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

How the M-train is Gentrifying Bushwick

A shift in transit routes has triggered a wave of social change south of Myrtle Avenue, spurring a familiar mix of optimism and fear among residents.

ByOrlando Lee Rodriguez 0Comments

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Mar 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Forgotten History Behind New Brooklyn Waterfront Plan

Behind the new and shiny plan for the Domino factory site is a saga of labor strife, lawsuits, and waterfront politics—one City Limits started telling back in 1983.

ByTom Robbins 0Comments

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Aug 2012

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Agency, Developer Wrestle Over Atlantic Yards Affordability

Documents reveal tense negotiations between city housing officials and Forest City Ratner over the kind of affordable housing the first Atlantic Yards residential tower will provide. Turns out it’s different…

ByNorman Oder 0Comments

Lessons of Willets Point: Relocation Fears for Workers

Lessons of Willets Point: Trading Parkland for Developer's Donation

Lessons of Willets Point: Will A New Mayor Do Development Differently?

Plan to Build on Vacant Lots Stirs Displacement Fears

FreshDirect Foes Say They'll Appeal

East New York Elderly Fight Displacement

City Shouldn't Overload Bronx Nabe With Social Services

How the M-train is Gentrifying Bushwick

Forgotten History Behind New Brooklyn Waterfront Plan

Agency, Developer Wrestle Over Atlantic Yards Affordability

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