The developer defrayed the city's costs, helping to save the treasured ride but amplifying questions about whether private donations to favored causes influence policymakers. Continue Reading →
City Downplays Ratner's Role In Carousel Recovery
Housing and Development
The Brooklyn Bureau provides in-depth stories on local and national housing initiatives, development and public housing.
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How the M-train is Gentrifying Bushwick
A shift in transit routes has triggered a wave of social change south of Myrtle Avenue, spurring a familiar mix of optimism and fear among residents. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Housing and Development, Affordable Housing, Community Boards, Community Development, Development, Gentrification
Call for More Regulation of New York City Co-ops
Some 1 million New Yorkers live in co-ops, an affordable ownership option for many families. But some say the companies that sponsor coops are retaining too much control—at residents' expense. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Housing and Development, Tenants
Decisions New York's Next Mayor Will Face on Public Housing
Though federally funded, NYCHA is in part steered by choices at the municipal level. What public-housing policy choices will New York's next mayor have to make? Continue Reading →
Filed under: Housing and Development, Campaign 2013, NYCHA
Forgotten History Behind New Brooklyn Waterfront Plan
Behind the new and shiny plan for the Domino factory site is a saga of labor strife, lawsuits, and waterfront politics—one City Limits started telling back in 1983. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Housing and Development, Development, DUMBO, Economic Development
Canarsie Braces for Foreclosure Wave After Sandy
The neighborhood was a hotbed for defaults even before the superstorm's devastating flood. Now, advocates fear a flood of housing emergencies. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health and Environment, Housing and Development, Foreclosures, Hurricane Sandy
City Picks Plan to Replace Shuttered Housing Project
A stalled redevelopment left Prospect Plaza vacant for a decade. The new scheme replaces some—if not all—of the public housing, and adds hundreds of affordable units. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Housing and Development, NYCHA, Urban Planning and Policy
Many Are Responsible for Housing Project's Stall
After the city rezoned Williamsburg, affordable housing was supposed to be built on the grounds of a NYCHA project there. Seven years later, ground has not been broken. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Housing and Development, Affordable Housing, NYCHA, Urban Planning and Policy
Are Nets' Promised Cheap Seats for Sale?
Atlantic Yards said thousands of cheap seats would be available for each home game. But fans are having a lot of trouble tracking down those promised discounts. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Housing and Development
Jobless Find Hope in NYCHA's Post-Sandy Cleanup
Hundreds of low-income New Yorkers who've struggled to find jobs have found work doing post-storm cleanup, including public housing tenants. The question is: how long will it last? Continue Reading →
