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Jun
26
Pandemic-Emptied Hotels Could Become Affordable Housing, City Officials Suggest

Pandemic-Emptied Hotels Could Become Affordable Housing, City Officials Suggest

928 Coney Island Avenue was built as a hotel. Will it open as a homeless shelter? Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Yoav
5 min read
Jun
25
De Blasio Floated Layoffs to Save $1 Billion. But the City’s Financial Future Teeters on Many Unknowns

De Blasio Floated Layoffs to Save $1 Billion. But the City’s Financial Future Teeters on Many Unknowns

Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his executive budget at City Hall, April 25, 2019. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David,
6 min read
Jun
19
Has Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Renovation Been Permanently Delayed?

Has Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Renovation Been Permanently Delayed?

Rendering of Flatbush Avenue facade of LIU Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Paramount signage. Rendering by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture. Used
5 min read
Jun
16
HPD Launches Improved Housing Connect Site for Affordable Housing

HPD Launches Improved Housing Connect Site for Affordable Housing

Today, Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) launched the newly improved Housing Connect website, designed to make applying for the city’
2 min read
Jun
10
Brooklyn’s Accidental New Town Square

Brooklyn’s Accidental New Town Square

MLK quote at Barclays center. Norman Oder/BklynerWhen the Barclays Center was designated [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/
8 min read
Jun
04
What if… the Barclays Center Had Been the Jackie Robinson Arena?

What if… the Barclays Center Had Been the Jackie Robinson Arena?

Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd – By Adrian Childress/BklynerOn June 2, on the fifth day of protests against police brutality, activists
5 min read
Jun
03
How to Apply For Affordable Housing

How to Apply For Affordable Housing

187 Kent Ave, rendering via CW RealtyAfter our last post on Brooklyn’s “affordable” housing lotteries [/brooklyn-affordable-housing-lottery/], we received numerous
2 min read
Jun
02
Rent Is Due and Relief in the Works — for Those Fortunate Enough to Qualify

Rent Is Due and Relief in the Works — for Those Fortunate Enough to Qualify

By Josefa Velasquez and Ese Olumhense, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2020/5/31/21276364/
7 min read
May
29
All Of Brooklyn’s Affordable Housing Lotteries That Are Open Now

All Of Brooklyn’s Affordable Housing Lotteries That Are Open Now

555 Waverly Avenue. Image from Google Maps.While we still aren’t quite sure why some of these apartments are
8 min read
May
29
Breaking Down The Affordable Housing Problem in Brooklyn (OPINION)

Breaking Down The Affordable Housing Problem in Brooklyn (OPINION)

Lutchi Gayot is running for Congress in NY9 District. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Lutchi Gayot [https://www.teamgayot.com/], candidate for
5 min read