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Self Storage on McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Rosa Goldensohn, this article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/10/26/21535328/self-storage-auctions-evictions-rent-pandemic-new-york] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] You can’t be booted from your home yet during the pandemic. But you can still lose
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Conceptual renderings of the new Brooklyn Hospital Center by Fort Greene Park. Street level. By Robert A.M. Stern ArchitectsThe 175-year-old Brooklyn Hospital Center (Brooklyn Hospital) filed a preliminary application on September 24 to begin public review of the plan to modernize its campus. Located between Long Island University and
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability at City Hall on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Greg B. Smith, This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2020/10/22/21528781/nycha-lead-paint-more-apartments-identified] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Thousands more young children
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The Fountains in East NY. Credit: Gerri HernandezEast New York, NY – The Fountains was envisioned to provide good quality, affordable homes to low-income households and those with disabilities, as part of Governor Cuomo’s overall plan to revitalize communities and grow the economy. On Tuesday, October 20, a ribbon was
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Stores for rent along Flatbush Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed an Executive Order extending the state’s moratorium on COVID-related commercial evictions and foreclosures through January 1. The extension of this protection gives commercial tenants and mortgagors additional time to get back on their feet and
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Neo-Renaissance row houses on the 300 block of East 25th Street. Residents are looking for landmark status to preserve their community amid rapid development in East Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerWhen Julia Charles was pushed out of her Far Rockaway home after Hurricane Sandy, she and her family decided to plant
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Brooklyn Community Board 14 will be hosting two public hearings [https://cb14brooklyn.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4a2503b5d85bca56fb11363ff&id=c66fecb111&e=edff6ac595] on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, beginning at 6:30 PM online about a 190-bed men’s shelter in Flatbush and new residential development on Cortelyou
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With one exception all apartments available for rent through affordable housing lottery are aimed at residents making 130% of Area Median Income (AMI), which puts them out of reach for the majority of Brooklyn’s residents, and in one case seems to make hard to fill. Scroll down to Johnson
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As City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca faces off with developers and his own colleagues [/is-the-industry-city-rezoning-doa/] over the plan to rezone Industry City, affordable housing advocates warn that the rising rents, gentrification and displacement that the plan’s opponents fear it could bring to the neighborhood are already well underway thanks to
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Industry City. August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/14/21436907/brooklyn-industry-city-expansion-plan-city-council-sahadis] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Jackie Capriles and Ana Diaz, who met while attending Long Island University, started a business eight years ago specializing in electrical work in
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City Point, 445 Albee Square West in February of 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Century 21 will be closing all of its 13 stores, located mostly across the city and nearby suburbs [https://www.c21stores.com/stores], and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy [https://cases.stretto.com/Century21]. The
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Sushi Katsuei, on 7th Ave in Park Slope, preparing for their 5 o’clock outdoor dinner service. Keira Wingate/BklynerMembers of the City Council’s Transportation Committee voiced their concerns with the Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg in a hearing Wednesday over the department’s response to COVID-19