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The area’s improvement—thanks to community action and city policy—is undeniable. What’s debated is whether the same displacement seen in Bed-Stuy and Bushwick is headed that way.

ByGerard Flynn 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants Form Union to Fight Gentrification

In the struggle to hold on to their places in neighborhoods where rents are rising rapidly, a group in Crown Heights is hoping there’s strength in numbers.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Churches Become Housing in Bushwick

One former Lutheran church being converted to housing will include affordable units. It’s unclear whether another former house of worship will offer non-market apartments as well.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Cabrera: I'll Vote for Kingsbridge Plan

The Bronx Councilman says he was swayed by last minute concessions by the developer.

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Housing and Homelessness News

Negotiations Over Armory End as Vote Nears

The developer of a proposed ice-center and its community allies are no longer attempting to sway Councilman Fernando Cabrera to support their plan for the Kingsbridge Armory.

ByKate Pastor 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Cabrera Rallies Against Armory Plan

The councilman is trying to build pressure against the plan to turn the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory into an ice sports center.

ByKate Pastor 0Comments

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Nov 2013

Government

Lessons of Willets Point: Relocation Fears for Workers

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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Oct 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Forest City Ratner Again Gets Extension from MTA

The developer has pushed back for a second time the formal start of construction on a new railyard, raising new questions about the timeline for promised housing.

ByNorman Oder 0Comments

Mixed Views of Gentrification's Threat in East New York

Tenants Form Union to Fight Gentrification

Churches Become Housing in Bushwick

Cabrera: I'll Vote for Kingsbridge Plan

Negotiations Over Armory End as Vote Nears

Cabrera Rallies Against Armory Plan

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?

Forest City Ratner Again Gets Extension from MTA

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