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Dec
20
Gounardes Took Donations From A Landlord On the City’s Worst Landlord’s List

Gounardes Took Donations From A Landlord On the City’s Worst Landlord’s List

8517 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge belongs to the 82nd worst landlord in New York City, according to the NYC
2 min read
Dec
20
Disappointed By Waterfront Development, Greenpoint Residents Look For Answers

Disappointed By Waterfront Development, Greenpoint Residents Look For Answers

Construction at Greenpoint Landing continues apace, with a second tower rising next to One Blue Slip (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT
4 min read
Dec
20
Candidates For Public Advocate Gather in Brooklyn

Candidates For Public Advocate Gather in Brooklyn

A packed house for the Brooklyn Heights Public Advocate’s forum at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights.
6 min read
Dec
19
Public Advocate’s Worst Landlords List Puts NYCHA At The Top

Public Advocate’s Worst Landlords List Puts NYCHA At The Top

Photo from archives.The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) was added to the list that since 2010 has focused
5 min read
Dec
19
Teen Found Murdered on Rooftop in Bed-Stuy, Man Falls to Death From Rooftop in Gravesend

Teen Found Murdered on Rooftop in Bed-Stuy, Man Falls to Death From Rooftop in Gravesend

An 18-year-old was found murdered on the roof of a Brevoort Houses building yesterday (Screenshot via Google Maps)Two men
2 min read
Dec
18
Playground Versus Dog Run, or Old Bushwick Versus New Bushwick?

Playground Versus Dog Run, or Old Bushwick Versus New Bushwick?

Irving Square Park occupies a full city block in Bushwick, along Halsey Street between Knickerbocker and Wilson Avenues (Paul Stremple/
5 min read
Dec
17
Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue RezoningCROWN HEIGHTS — The City Council Land Use Committee voted to approve the controversial Franklin Avenue Rezoning Plan [/franklin-avenue-rezoning-shadows-and-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-position/
2 min read
Dec
14
Mark-Viverito Promises To Continue The Worst Landlords List As She Campaigns For Public Advocate At Newkirk Station

Mark-Viverito Promises To Continue The Worst Landlords List As She Campaigns For Public Advocate At Newkirk Station

Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark Viverito on the Q train platform at the Newkirk Avenue station in Flatbush (Photo credit:
3 min read
Dec
13
Would Secular Education Destroy The Haredim? YAFFED Panel On Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas

Would Secular Education Destroy The Haredim? YAFFED Panel On Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas

Inside Oholei Torah, a Crown Heights Yeshiva. (Photo credit: Rabbi Yossi Newfield)CROWN HEIGHTS — Young Advocates For Fair Education (YAFFED)
5 min read
Dec
13
A New Plan For The North Brooklyn Industrial Zone, But With Concrete Answers To Come

A New Plan For The North Brooklyn Industrial Zone, But With Concrete Answers To Come

The North Brooklyn Industrial Zone study area (Via Department of City Planning) This week, representatives from the NYC Department of
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