Bushwick Residents March to Block New DeKalb Monolith
Leave your thoughtsFew intersections are more focal for Bushwick residents than the corner of Wyckoff and DeKalb avenues: There’s a post office…
Category: Housing & Environmental Justice
NYC Board To Consider Rent Hikes Thursday
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK, NY — The city’s Rent Guidelines Board will begin considering rent hikes for New York City’s 1 million…
With De Blasio Rezonings, City’s Scarce Industrial Land Becomes Scarcer
Leave your thoughtsTo the De Blasio administration, the Bay Street area in northern Staten Island represents a great opportunity for housing and…
New Head of Zoning Subcommittee Stresses Balanced Growth, Deep Affordability
Leave your thoughtsLast week’s hearing on the Jerome Avenue rezoning in the western Bronx was facilitated by a new member of the…
Brooklyn tenants asking for repairs allegedly harassed, threatened with immigration call
Leave your thoughtsBUSHWICK, Brooklyn (WABC) –Tenants in a building in Brooklyn claim their landlord has failed to make desperately needed repairs. They…
Ridgewood landlord allegedly retaliates against immigrant tenants who reported rights violations
Leave your thoughtsThe city’s Human Rights Commission has charged a Ridgewood landlord for allegedly harassing immigrant tenants in his building — including…
The Stand-Up Desk: Nick Petrie on Bay Street and Rezoning
Leave your thoughtsVictoria Edwards Petrie talked about the incredible diversity of the area around the city’s potential rezoning footprint. Only one of…
Subirá la renta, se acaba un alivio y siguen los retos
Leave your thoughtsLa Junta Reguladora de Alquileres aprobó en la noche del martes acabar con dos años de congelación de renta estabilizada y a…
Bay Street rezoning will enhance North Shore real estate boom
Leave your thoughtsCITY HALL — Current North Shore homeowners will likely benefit from the city’s plans to rezone a stretch of Bay…
Protest held against rent hike for rent-controlled apartments in NYC
Leave your thoughtsDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN (WABC) — With just a week left until the vote, another rally was held Monday night to protest…