NYC City Council

Boerum Hill

80 Flatbush Gets City Council Approval

BOERUM HILL – The New York City Council voted 48-2 on Wednesday to approve Alloy Development’s controversial 80 Flatbush project. 80 Flatbush school rendering, courtesy of Alloy Development and LuxigonLast Thursday, theNYC Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises [https://council.nyc.gov/committees/land-use/subcommittee-on-zoning-and-franchises/] unanimously approved Alloy’s reduced

bath beach

Newly-Elected Brooklyn Councilmembers Join Progressive Caucus

Members of the 2018-2021 New York City Council Progressive Caucus (Photo via nycprogressives.com)Two fresh faces have been added to the ranks of the New York City Council’s Progressive Caucus in Brooklyn Councilmembers Alicka Ampry-Samuel and Justin Brannan, both recently sworn in for their first terms on the

Central Brooklyn

NYCHA Chair Answers To City Council About Lack Of Lead Testing In Public Housing Developments

The City Council held a hearing on Tuesday to grill NYCHA Chair, Shola Olatoye, about the agency’s failure to properly conduct lead paint inspections in thousands of public housing apartments. Red Hook Houses (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)NYCHA did not conduct inspections between 2012 to 2016 in 55,000