Opinion: Why We Need Emergency Rental Assistance Program
"We live in a delicate housing ecosystem where one person’s rent payment is another person’s income, which becomes a mortgage payment, a water bill payment, and a property tax payment - it's all connected," explains Sen. Gounardes.
Why do working class neighborhoods face relentless increases in property taxes, while landlords in upscale, politically connected neighborhoods pay far less?
A reader wonders why the property taxes on their Bensonhurst three family are more than Mayor de Blasio pays on his two Park Slope properties combined.
‘It was a roller coaster’: A job running a Brooklyn after-school program transformed into triage during the pandemic
Schools like P.S. 89 have long served as safety nets for parents and students by forging strong bonds with community organizations. But those needs took on a new urgency during the pandemic.
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Stops Admitting Patients as Delayed Shutdown Proceeds
The phased shutdown of a hospital serving eastern Brooklyn hit a turning point Wednesday: It marked the first day in more than 90 years that Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center didn’t admit patients to beds.
‘Una gran familia’: How WhatsApp helped a small Brooklyn school remain a big family in the face of isolation and grief
By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York
The messages pinged at all hours, pleas from parents frantically trying to keep
up
OPINION: For Brooklyn to Come Back, Everyone Must Share in Economic Prosperity
Industry City was a terrible missed opportunity and a mistake we cannot make again. It is easier to destroy than to build - but we won’t bring Brooklyn back by refusing to negotiate new development, argues Robert Cornegy, currently running for Brooklyn Borough President in the upcoming election.
Battle Over Rent Hikes Turns to Who’s Suffered More: Tenants or Landlords?
The Rent Guidelines Board is slated this month to announce its final decision on rent increases for leases beginning in October or later after establishing a range of 0% to 2% for one-year leases.
Who’s the NYC Business Community’s Choice for Mayor?
Business leaders have divided the Democratic candidates for mayor into those they believe embrace business — and those who do not, writes THE CITY's Greg David.
Southern Brooklyn’s Ongoing COVID Suffering Shows Toll of Disinformation and Disconnection
In a city celebrating a vaccine-powered decline in COVID cases, the southern shore of Brooklyn stands out as a landscape of extended suffering and loss.
Opinion: The BQE is in a State of Total Crisis — and So are the Local Residents Who, Literally, Need a Breath of Fresh Air
By April Somboun [www.aprilsomboun.com ], Candidate for City Council in District
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We cannot ignore the Brooklyn Queens Expressway
