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More than 21 years after it was announced, the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park megaproject has delivered the Barclays Center and eight towers, but remains about half-finished. With foreclosure pending and an affordable…

ByNorman Oder 3Comments

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Jul 2024

Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Despite New Owner’s Promised Upgrades, ‘100% Affordable’ Atlantic Yards Building Endures Hot Water Outages, Broken Door, Even Bees

Only after a local councilmember’s push did landlord Avanath meet with the tenant group at 38 Sixth Ave., but progress has come slowly, and tenants scorned a proposed partial rent…

ByNorman Oder 3Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development

State Weighs Tax Deal, Plans ‘Public Engagement’ for Atlantic Yards as Housing Deadline Nears

The developer and MTA have come to agreement on the platform needed for three towers, but Greenland USA won’t proceed without a key tax break. As Empire State Development floats…

ByNorman Oder 2Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Pledged Amenity Space at Atlantic Yards Was Never Built. What Will That Mean for Promised Affordable Housing?

The developer’s failed promise to build a glass-enclosed public plaza in front of the Barclay’s Center is a bad sign for its other pledges to the community yet to be…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

When Developers Promise Community Benefits, Who Holds Them Accountable?

One big problem with Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs), experts say, is that they’re not laws, but rather private contracts between a developer and community groups. And if those groups aren’t…

ByNeil deMause 5Comments

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Jun 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Shaun Donovan Praises Atlantic Yards, But It’s No Model Housing Partnership

A 2005 media event promised more affordability than what’s been produced. The next mayor may face tough decisions, as 876 more income-linked units must be built in four years.

ByNorman Oder 1Comment

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Apr 2019

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Ever-Shifting Pacific Park Plan Highlights Uncertainty of Big Development Schemes

From the Amazon MOU to the BAM site, alluring menus of public benefits are often dangled as the payoff for large subsidies and lucrative development rights. The project formerly known…

ByNorman Oder 2Comments

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Nov 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Atlantic Yards Developers Struggle to Find Tenants for Higher-Income Affordable Units

Nearly 100 apartments that were up for grabs at Pacific Park (the site formerly known as Atlantic Yards) through the city’s affordable housing lottery a year ago are now being…

ByRachel Holliday Smith 8Comments

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Oct 2017

Housing and Homelessness

With 421-a Maneuver, Pacific Park Developer Could Save Buyers $50 Million More in Taxes

To sell 550 Vanderbilt luxury condos, they’d piggyback onto affordable building well down the block.

ByNorman Oder 5Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

The Real Math of An Affordable Housing Lottery: Huge Disconnect Between Need and Allotment

A close look at those who applied for spots in one Pacific Park building reveals a vast gap between which income groups expressed need and what income levels the apartments…

ByNorman Oder 14Comments

Brooklyn’s Stalled Atlantic Yards Plan Faces More Questions Than Answers

Despite New Owner’s Promised Upgrades, ‘100% Affordable’ Atlantic Yards Building Endures Hot Water Outages, Broken Door, Even Bees

State Weighs Tax Deal, Plans ‘Public Engagement’ for Atlantic Yards as Housing Deadline Nears

Pledged Amenity Space at Atlantic Yards Was Never Built. What Will That Mean for Promised Affordable Housing?

When Developers Promise Community Benefits, Who Holds Them Accountable?

Opinion: Shaun Donovan Praises Atlantic Yards, But It’s No Model Housing Partnership

Ever-Shifting Pacific Park Plan Highlights Uncertainty of Big Development Schemes

Atlantic Yards Developers Struggle to Find Tenants for Higher-Income Affordable Units

With 421-a Maneuver, Pacific Park Developer Could Save Buyers $50 Million More in Taxes

The Real Math of An Affordable Housing Lottery: Huge Disconnect Between Need and Allotment

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