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“The problem with EDC’s plan is that most Red Hook residents were never given an opportunity to have in-depth discussions, backed by independent technical research and assistance, about the future…

ByTom Angotti 0Comments

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May 2025

Climate and Environment Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development

Whose Waterfront? Critics Say Brooklyn Terminal Plan Fails to Prioritize Public Input

“I can’t vote yes on a project in which the majority of the community doesn’t know what’s going on,” Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who sits on the task force…

ByEmily Drane 13Comments

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May 2025

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: The Brooklyn Marine Terminal Can Help Solve NYC’s Housing Shortage

“New York City needs to show it can build housing that isn’t prohibitively expensive and comes in without years of delay. EDC can help get it done at the Brooklyn…

ByNicholas Bloom 2Comments

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Mar 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Council Speaker Looks to Link Growing Number of NYCHA Entrepreneurs with Vacant Space, Capital

Adams will announce a proposal during her State of the City speech Wednesday to support and expand NYCHA tenant-owned businesses, the number of which has jumped significantly in recent years as…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Mar 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Sunnyside Yards Master Plan Sits on a Deck of Myths

‘Decking over the180 acres of these rail yards isn’t the answer to the challenges facing Queens residents.’

ByKristen Hackett

ByJenny Dubnau 4Comments

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Mar 2020

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Immediate Steps Seen for Sunnyside Development Plan

The de Blasio administration’s vision will take decades to realize. But in the near term, a subway station must be funded and a nonprofit steering entity created, amid deep concerns…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Aug 2019

Health Housing and Homelessness

NYC to Get New Hub for Locally Grown Food

The new Bronx distribution facility for regional food will boost supply and potentially lower price, backers say.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 8Comments

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Jul 2019

Housing and Homelessness

In Amazon’s Wake, Huge Sunnyside Yards Master Plan Takes Shape

Not far from the site where Amazon would have established its New York HQ2, city planners and community members have been talking—thoughtfully, by most accounts—about a development project that could…

ByShannon Ayala 2Comments

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Mar 2018

Housing and Homelessness