Education
EAST FLATBUSH — Two Brooklyn councilmembers voted against Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan in 2016 saying the measure “largely ignores [the] most vulnerable communities.” One of those lawmakers is now the city’s public advocate and he still feels the city needs to “fix it.” Jumaane Williams. (Photo: Zainab
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CONEY ISLAND/WEST BRIGHTON – Firefighters battled a ninth-floor fire in an apartment in Trump Village this morning, injuring one person and forcing the evacuation of numerous residents from apartments on several floors because of spreading smoke. Residents of the building evacuate through smoke-filled stairways as battled a high rise fire
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Roxanne Crumbley at her apartment.RED HOOK – Ten years after Roxanne Crumbley’s daughter showed signs of lead poisoning, her two-bedroom public housing apartment still has not been inspected for lead. Crumbley has lived in Red Hook West since 1991. Her problems began after she had her daughter, Angellina, and
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The mostly black neighborhoods of Canarsie and East New York had the highest numbers of foreclosures in Brooklyn in 2017, and local officials blame the city’s foreclosure program. Created to help the city tackle urban blight, the Third Party Transfer program [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/developers/development-programs/
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BERGEN BEACH – Work began today on a $62 million project to fix the streets in Bergen Beach. The project, which is being managed by the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC), NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), is scheduled to be completed in
Events
Earlier this year, the city announced an international design competition [/logo-design-competition-for-pops/] seeking a new logo for more than 550 POPS—Privately Owned Public Spaces—across New York City. Starting Wednesday, March 20, the public is invited to check out the 607 submissions received and vote for a favorite. Via popslogo.
Business
CONEY ISLAND – At its Tuesday, March 12, meeting, the City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission greenlighted the way to the redevelopment of the long boarded up Shore Theater. The commission had sent the developer back after initial hearing to revise a number of elements [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Droves of people came out to a scoping hearing Tuesday where opponents and supporters battled it out over a rezoning plan that would allow the building of two 39-story mixed use towers along Franklin Avenue at the site of the old Spice Factory. A crowd gathers outside of
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* Eater put out its Ultimate Guide to Chinese Food in NYC – Everything to know about the Chinese food renaissance in the city right now [https://ny.eater.com/2019/2/25/18232491/best-chinese-food-restaurants-nyc] – and it is soooo good. Here are the spots they recommend [https://ny.eater.com/2019/2/
Announcements
Council Members Treyger, Reynoso and Rivera are allocating $5M to rehab Woodhull Hospital’s emergency room/department. Kadia Goba/BklynerBROADWAY TRIANGLE – NYC Health + Hospitals Woodhull is getting a much-needed infusion of capital funds thanks to the Speaker Corey Johnson and Council members Mark Treyger, Antonio Reynoso and Carlina Rivera. When
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Prospect Lefferts Gardens/East Flatbush – This morning Lynne Patton was on tour at her new temporary home in Brooklyn. Patton, who is the regional director of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, moved in last night with Leonard and Gwendolyn Jones who reside in one of 36 apartments at
affordable housing
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN — Developers are accepting applications for four affordable units at a new rental development at 346 Rutland Rd. between New York and Nostrand Avenues. New building in PLG listing four affordable housing units. (Renderings: Nooklyn) The 4-story building features 9,693 sq. ft. of residential space across 13 units