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With a $5 billion commitment for infrastructure upgrades, the city looks to add another 80,000 residential units over the next 15 years.
Elected Officials, Housing Advocates Rally for Displaced Bushwick ...
8 小时之前 · Residents, local elected officials and housing advocates rallied on Friday to call on a private equity landlord of a Bushwick rental building to allow the city to investigate the property after several fires displaced tenants from their homes. Isabella Bastiani and …
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City Hall officials discussed the city's depleted water reservoir system, among other things, at the regular weekly press conference on Monday. There are thousands of Russian and Ukrainian immigrants in south Brooklyn. Their age and when they immigrated to the U.S. will likely sway who they vote for ...
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2024年11月5日 · Firefighters responded to 921 Montgomery St. just after 7:15pm on Nov. 3, where they found heavy flames
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The developer, garden and city officials have a new rezoning plan for 962–972 Franklin Ave. in Crown Heights.
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Brooklyn’s Forgotten Black Historical Stories Shine in New Book
4 天之前 · Brooklyn’s past as a slaveholding capital, and later a center for free Black life, is explored in Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story Of The Free Black Communities That Shaped A Borough, a new book by Prithi Kanakamedala. “There is an idea that in the 19th century, enslaved people only existed in the south, and people of African descent were all free in the north,” said Kanakamedala, a ...
DOT Tightens Safety Measures to Brooklyn Bike Lanes
5 天之前 · The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) began implementing safety enhancements to bike lanes along Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn in response to community feedback. This development comes after Asher Helpert, a Williamsburg father, said his son who was struck by a cyclist. Helpert, still ...
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2024年11月8日 · Against the backdrop of the presidential election, poet Hanif Abdurraqib curated "I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long," a poetry, live music and storytelling event series ...