affordable housing
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
Business
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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Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman, and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https:
Announcements
P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team sent the following letter [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCUYtP54SWLxb4zzOezaIfKMQ8f3AbffmFW0yvUkIqY/edit] to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Chancellor Richard Carranza Wednesday, August 19, outlining their concerns over plans to reopen schools. The letter reads: We are the P.
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Industry City, August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/19/21376132/industry-city-expansion-brooklyn-council-corey-johnson-menchaca-amazon] published by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The City Planning Commission’s decision Wednesday to approve and send on to the City Council a major redevelopment of Brooklyn’s Industry
affordable housing
Glo Hotel is located at 850 4th Avenue. Photo by a reader.All of the signs that Glo Hotel is a hotel have been covered up, and it looks like the Best Western chain hotel is now providing emergency housing services to the City of New York. Glo Hotel is
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District 20 Outgoing Superintendent Carina Kostantino with schoolchildren [https://www.facebook.com/CECDistrict20/photos/a.1217949231635561/1217953831635101/?type=1&theater] ., via CEC20 Facebook page.BAY RIDGE – On Friday, it was revealed that Superintendent Karina Costantino of District 20 (D20) will be retiring, effective Monday, August 31st. The announcement was
COVID-19
Covid Testing Site in the community. Via NYC Mayor’s Office.Mayor Bill De Blasio announced this morning that the city will attempt to reach 38,000 residents of Sunset Park by Friday, August 21st, and encourage them to get tested. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message&
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Warehouses in Brooklyn’s Industry City | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/30/21348752/brooklyn-industry-city-waterfront-development-housing-gentrification] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A Brooklyn City Council member’s decision to oppose an expansion of Industry City that promised 20,000 new jobs
Announcements
Blackout in Mill Basin, July 21, 2019. Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner“We got a warning this morning from Con Edison, and there is a problem in Southern Brooklyn,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at this morning’s press conference. “We’ve got to protect our electricity supply for all New
Development
Photo by Donny Levit / BklynerThis past week an appeals court in New York reversed a state supreme court judge’s decision to block a controversial 59-block rezoning of Inwood in upper Manhattan spearheaded by the De Blasio administration. The Inwood rezoning had been put on pause [https://www.6sqft.com/
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Sunset Park Pool. Courtesy NYC Parks.No, it will not be as crowded as before, but some relief is coming within easy distance of residents of Sunset Park and Bed Stuy when the community pools open tomorrow, and when Betsy Head Pool [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B008/facilities/outdoor-pools]