In addition to extending the eviction moratorium until mid-January, legislators added $300 million in federal funds to the state’s rental relief program, allowed local governments to hold meetings virtually, and approved appointments to a board overseeing marijuana legalization, reports THE CITY.
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August album releases by Brandee Younger, Steve Gunn and Lori Scacco, a "Bop" by Olive T, and more.
Record-breaking rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida fell on Brooklyn and the rest of the New York region Wednesday night, turning streets into rivers, flooding subway stations, damaging buildings and causing numerous fatalities.
Another week, another tropical storm. Today what remains of Hurricane Ida that pummeled Louisiana earlier this week is making its way up the coast, and is expected to dump up to 6" of water on Brooklyn. There will be localized flooding and the potential for flash floods. You know
A new cannabis education program could take college students to new heights.
But 11 years later, residents of the four buildings on Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant say that living conditions have slumped to an all-time low, reports Gabriel Sandoval for THE CITY.
A new 145-bed shelter is coming to Greenpoint, and it will cost the taxpayer $5,273 per bed/month over the next eight years and two months.
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A major subway service disruption that saw service on at least eight lines severely curtailed was caused by a power anomaly and a failed alert system.
From zoning and funding to prevailing wage, ever-shrinking space standards and the need for human-scale neighborhoods, architect Carmi Bee of RKTB shared with me his take on why it is so hard to build housing.
The outcry over plans to demolish the beloved Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope continued Monday morning, as protestors gathered outside the shuttered event space to demand the city take action and Mayor Bill de Blasio voiced support for their cause.