> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://bklyner.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Roundup: Construction, Landmarking, Hate, Hope and More - URL: https://bklyner.com/roundup-property-taxes-landmarking-hate-hope-and-more/ - Published: 2019-01-23T21:52:58.000Z - Updated: 2019-01-23T22:08:38.000Z - Author: Liena Zagare - Tags: News, Nonsponsored, #wp ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Hope-2019.jpg) - Senator Simcha Felder and Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein who both represent Boro Park were the only Brooklyn lawmakers to vote against [the reproductive health act](https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s240?ref=bklyner.com), which the Governor signed into law last night. - DREAM Act Passes NY Senate and heads to Governor: > The Jose Peralta NY DREAM Act has passed the New York [@NYSenate](https://twitter.com/NYSenate?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com). [pic.twitter.com/I5HXYVGRfx](https://t.co/I5HXYVGRfx?ref=bklyner.com) > > — Sen. Stewart-Cousins (@AndreaSCousins) [January 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/AndreaSCousins/status/1088165374963650561?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) > REMINDER: there’s no state funding or aid paying for the [#NYDREAMAct](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYDREAMAct?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com). A commission will have to raise the funds to help some undocumented students with their college/university expenses. [pic.twitter.com/XslyMxNQzo](https://t.co/XslyMxNQzo?ref=bklyner.com) > > — Juan Manuel Benítez (@JuanMaBenitez) [January 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/JuanMaBenitez/status/1088170463052947457?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) Even Felder voted for it. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sunset-Park-Historic-Districts-map.jpg) - [Four historic districts in Sunset Park will get landmark consideration](https://www.6sqft.com/four-historic-districts-in-sunset-park-will-get-landmark-consideration/?ref=bklyner.com) (6sqft) Coney Island’s Shore Theater: [not much survives](http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/blog/coney-islands-shore-theater-what-survives?ref=bklyner.com). (Coney Island History project) [Construction is N.Y.C.’s deadliest industry](https://commercialobserver.com/2019/01/nyc-construction-death-data-2017-2018/?ref=bklyner.com) – the cost of the building boom (Commercial Observer) - “Contractors and developers filed for nearly 166,000 permits last year, [according to the Department of Buildings](https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/buildings/html/dob-development-report.html?ref=bklyner.com). While that is only a slight dip from a record-setting 2017, it was the first decline since 2009,” [Crain’s New York reports.](https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/end-era-construction-permits-declined-2018?utm%5Fsource=daily-alert-wednesday&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=20190123&utm%5Fcontent=article4-headline) [Brooklyn’s investment sales market saw more than $7B in deals last year](https://therealdeal.com/2019/01/23/brooklyns-investment-sales-market-saw-more-than-7b-in-deals-last-year/?ref=bklyner.com) (The Real Deal) - Did you get your property tax notice? Folks outside the brownstone belt not happy. > I contacted Mayor Bill de Blasio [@NYCMayor](https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) > in 2015 about the discrepancy between his home’s assessed value & ours. de Blasio still has not corrected this problem. He and his wife [@NYCFirstLady](https://twitter.com/NYCFirstLady?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) don’t want to pay more! [#PayYourFairAmount](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PayYourFairAmount?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) Mayor and First Lady! [#TaleOfTwoCities](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TaleOfTwoCities?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [pic.twitter.com/MrkITyAh50](https://t.co/MrkITyAh50?ref=bklyner.com) > > — Queen of the Click?☕️ (@queenoftheclick) [January 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/queenoftheclick/status/1087905579232837633?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [2 buildings evacuated in Fort Greene after crack found, 13 displaced](https://abc7ny.com/2-buildings-evacuated-in-brooklyn-after-crack-found/5101261/?ref=bklyner.com), ABC7 reports. - It’s cold, so NYCHA is having heat issues. Again and again and again. If only fuming could warm – [Come hell or hot water: NYCHA residents demand heat on ](https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-nycha-heat-residents-20190121-story.html?ref=bklyner.com)coldest[ day of the year](https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-nycha-heat-residents-20190121-story.html?ref=bklyner.com) (Daily News) - “A fringe religious zealot from Brooklyn admitted to The Post on Tuesday that he touched off the controversial face-off outside the Lincoln Memorial by viciously berating a group of Catholic high school students from Kentucky,” [New York Post reports](https://nypost.com/2019/01/22/this-hebrew-israelite-from-brooklyn-sparked-the-covington-controversy/?ref=bklyner.com). - A bicyclist who said he was badly hurt when a [cop grabbed him as he rode down a street](https://nypost.com/2018/10/24/video-appears-to-show-nypd-cop-grabbing-cyclist-in-crash-suit/?ref=bklyner.com) in Canarsie causing him to crash and suffer serious injuries [just won a $2.25 million settlement from the city.](https://nypost.com/2019/01/22/cyclist-who-alleged-cop-grabbed-him-scores-2-25m-settlement/?ref=bklyner.com) (NYPost) - [‘A Hate Contagion’: From School Bathrooms To Parked Cars, Swastikas Surge In NY & NJ Since 2016 Election](http://gothamist.com/2019/01/22/swastikas%5Fhate%5Fcrime%5Fnyc.php?utm%5Fsource=Newsletter%3A+WNYC+Daily+Newsletter&utm%5Fcampaign=473076ead0-Daily%5FBrief%5FJuly%5F4%5F20141%5F26%5F2014%5FCOPY%5F01&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=0%5Fedd6b58c0d-473076ead0-69822765&mc%5Fcid=473076ead0&mc%5Feid=9a92c0214c) (Gothamist/WNYC) > Swastikas Everywhere…swastikas are showing up in middle school bathrooms, college dorms, subway cars & public parks…written in marker, silly string, paint & soap…Listen to 1st of 2 parts of my look at the surge in swastikas [@WNYC](https://twitter.com/WNYC?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) & read [@Gothamist](https://twitter.com/Gothamist?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [https://t.co/L7JegvIAC5](https://t.co/L7JegvIAC5?ref=bklyner.com) > > — Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) [January 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/mattkatz00/status/1087689406956359680?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)