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Aug
09
Treyger: ‘Unreasonable’ Build It Back Deadlines Put Homeowners At Risk Of Being Dropped From Program

Treyger: ‘Unreasonable’ Build It Back Deadlines Put Homeowners At Risk Of Being Dropped From Program

A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Mark Treyger, chair of City Council’s Committee on Recovery
4 min read
Jun
30
Seth Low & Success Academy Principals Say Co-Location Has Improved Both Schools

Seth Low & Success Academy Principals Say Co-Location Has Improved Both Schools

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanDespite the hoopla several years ago [/charter-school-mess-grows/#.V3VTGpMrLos] over the city’s decision to create an elementary-level
2 min read
Apr
19
Bloomberg’s Fantasy! Nine-Story Development Planned For Coney Island Waterfront

Bloomberg’s Fantasy! Nine-Story Development Planned For Coney Island Waterfront

The site of a proposed nine-story residential building between the Abe Stark Skating Arena and the Child’s Restaurant. (Photo:
2 min read
Feb
24
Renderings: Calvert Vaux Park To Get Gorgeous New Restrooms

Renderings: Calvert Vaux Park To Get Gorgeous New Restrooms

Calvert Vaux Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/1038] — Gravesend’s lovely, overgrown, long-neglected [/7-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-calvert-vaux-park/] green space — will
3 min read
Oct
29

Three Years After Sandy, Build It Back Makes Headway In Sheepshead Bay

A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Three years after Superstorm Sandy’s flood waters swept through Sheepshead
2 min read
Aug
03
Five New York Medical Marijuana Manufacturers Approved, But None Will Serve Brooklyn Or Staten Island

Five New York Medical Marijuana Manufacturers Approved, But None Will Serve Brooklyn Or Staten Island

Medical marijuana (Photo by dankdepot [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dankdepot/5457588074/]/Flickr)New York just took a huge step
3 min read
Mar
31
Build It Back A Boondoggle Paying Millions To Contractors For Bungled Work, Says Audit

Build It Back A Boondoggle Paying Millions To Contractors For Bungled Work, Says Audit

A house damaged in Superstorm SandyNew York City’s Superstorm Sandy recovery program Build it Back [/tag/build-it-back/] paid more
3 min read
Jan
27
City To Sell Fort Greene Real Estate At Dollar Store Price

City To Sell Fort Greene Real Estate At Dollar Store Price

Image courtesy of Jonathan Rose Companies.It’s one for the real estate record books: $1 for a 120,000-square-foot
1 min read
Oct
22

Mayor: Build It Back Construction To Begin On 1,000 Homes By End Of Year

Photo by Erica ShermanAfter successfully fulfilling [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/08/build_it_back_to_meet_
2 min read
Jun
25

Concrete Boardwalk Better For Storms, Says Sandy Recovery Head

The head of the New York City Office of Recovery and Resiliency is getting behind the Bloomberg-era plan to replace
1 min read