Boerum Hill
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBOERUM HILL—As the process for the city’s plan to build borough-based jails to replace Rikers Island moves forward, Brooklynites weighed in this week on the proposed Brooklyn jail and the initiative as a whole. Ahead of Wednesday’s City Planning Commission hearing on the four
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – On Wednesday night, Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] voted “no” on a land-use proposal which outlines plans for the jail to be expanded at 275 Atlantic Avenue. The vote was razor-thin with 17 board members voting no, 16 voting yes, two
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE/BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/BOERUM HILL – Brian Lehrer’s “Ask The Mayor” segment [https://www.wnyc.org/story/askthemayor-10122018] returned on Friday after a two week hiatus with Mayor Bill de Blasio speaking with the radio host for more than thirty minutes, covering several Brooklyn-related topics. Affordable Housing advocates confront
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A view of the detention center at 275 Atlantic (Via Google Maps)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Six months after the Mayor proposed expanding the Atlantic Avenue Detention Center to facilitate the closure of Riker’s Island [/expanding-atlantic-ave-detention-center-part-mayors-plan-close-rikers/], new details have emerged about the plan to move inmates into smaller, borough-based facilities. In