Larisa Karr

Larisa is a reporter and photojournalist studying International Reporting at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

affordable housing

When Should The City Be Allowed To Take Your Home?

The mostly black neighborhoods of Canarsie and East New York had the highest numbers of foreclosures in Brooklyn in 2017, and local officials blame the city’s foreclosure program. Created to help the city tackle urban blight, the Third Party Transfer program [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/developers/development-programs/

Central Brooklyn

What Kind Of Hotel Will This Be? Community Wants Answers.

A hotel is coming here.EAST FLATBUSH – Recent outcries against a hotel being constructed on Kings Highway have spurred a greater discussion in East Flatbush about the amount of input a community should have regarding new commercial developments. “What we’re fundamentally concerned about is development that isn’t contributing

Central Brooklyn

East Flatbush Infants Are Six Times More Likely To Die Than Those From Upper East Side – Local Moms Are Working To Change That

Pedestrians walk the streets of East Flatbush, Brooklyn in October 2018. Photo by Larisa Karr/BklynerDanni Ai dug feverishly with her bare hands through a barrel of medical waste in a restricted part of the hospital. She had just given birth, her daughter was dead and medical personnel had accidentally