Rafael Espinal Archives

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The project would create about 664 housing units, two commercial towers and a new park in place of vehicle lots and low-rise buildings in an area that city officials have…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Nov 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Said East New York’s Rezoning Would Spur Industrial Jobs Boom. That Hasn’t Happened.

In 2016, the mayor and city officials committed to doubling the manufacturing capacity of the East New York Industrial Business Zone, which they say would help create 3,900 local jobs…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Mar 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Downzoning Differences: Clash Over Housing Projections Led to Bushwick Stalemate

The two sides disagreed on what might seem like a simple, factual question: whether or not the stakeholders’ vision for the neighborhood was a ‘downzoning.’

BySadef Ali Kully 21Comments

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Jul 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Bushwick Official on Rezoning: ‘It’s a Shame This Didn’t Happen Earlier’

Rafael Espinal, one of two Democratic Councilmembers representing the neighborhood, sizes up the potential for saving low- and moderate-income Bushwick.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2019

Housing and Homelessness

One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up

There are some similarities between the community and city rezoning proposals but the differences are important to Bushwick community members who say they have waited for decades for serious public…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Apr 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Memo Reveals Tensions Over City’s Plans for Broadway Junction

The memo lists the coalition’s serious concerns regarding the potential displacement of current residents around Broadway Junction, and states that they are opposed to any rezoning of the area.

ByNick Shaffer 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Government Podcasts

Get Your Public Advocate Special Election Voters’ Guide!

Do your homework on the 16 candidates running in the February 26 election to be the No. 2 citywide official.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2019

Government Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Rafael Espinal, Candidate for Public Advocate

At midnight on January 1, a ball dropped in Manhattan, former Public Advocate Letitia James became the state attorney general, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson became the acting public advocate,…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Aug 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Pilot Program to Legalize Some Basement Homes Takes Shape in E. New York

Tenants in illegal basement and cellar apartments typically have no lease and limited rights while living in substandard conditions.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Aug 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Bushwick Plan’s Unveiling Nears Amid Tension Over Possible Rezoning

Two Councilmembers invited neighborhood stakeholders to draft a rezoning plan. But it could encounter the same misgivings that top-down plans have faced.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

Brooklyn Developer’s Rezoning Proposal Would Add 400-Foot Towers to Broadway Junction

De Blasio Said East New York’s Rezoning Would Spur Industrial Jobs Boom. That Hasn’t Happened.

Downzoning Differences: Clash Over Housing Projections Led to Bushwick Stalemate

Bushwick Official on Rezoning: ‘It’s a Shame This Didn’t Happen Earlier’

One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up

Memo Reveals Tensions Over City’s Plans for Broadway Junction

Get Your Public Advocate Special Election Voters’ Guide!

Max & Murphy: Rafael Espinal, Candidate for Public Advocate

Pilot Program to Legalize Some Basement Homes Takes Shape in E. New York

Bushwick Plan’s Unveiling Nears Amid Tension Over Possible Rezoning

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