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What Greenpoint’s transformation reveals about NYC's housing crisis
A giant swath of the Brooklyn waterfront was opened up to high-rise residential buildings. What happened next depends on how much your rent is.
By
David Brand
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NYC residents get a leg up in housing lotteries in their own neighborhoods. Does that perpetuate segregation?
A lawsuit that raises the question has been cleared for trial in federal district court.
By
Arya Sundaram
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The African American exodus from New York City
While the city’s overall population grows, the number of non-Hispanic Blacks continues to tumble; an epicenter of the change is Bed-Stuy.
By
Arya Sundaram
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Widow kicked out of home, African art collection in jeopardy, as city orders demo of Bed-Stuy building
The building owner won a temporary reprieve after Gothamist began making inquiries.
By
Gwynne Hogan
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City Planning Commission Approves Contested Lenox Terrace Development Plan
The rezoning proposal is now headed for a decisive vote by the City Council.
By
Elizabeth Kim
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Facing A Possible Rezoning Defeat, Harlem Developer Tweaks Massive Lenox Terrace Project
The changes, which does not reduce the number of units or amount of retail space, may not be enough to save the project.
By
Elizabeth Kim
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Tells NYC Newcomers To 'Go Back To Ohio'
"Go back to Iowa. You go back to Ohio. New York City belongs to the people that were here and made New York City what it is."
By
Sydney Pereira
Arts & Entertainment
Photographer Documents Manhattan's Endangered Single-Story Buildings
'These [single-story] ones are the most vulnerable... Nobody is going to build a new one.'
By
Elizabeth Kim
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'We're Not Going Anywhere': Brooklyn Protesters Arrested At Controversial High-Rise Development
"The police department is ignoring the temporary restraining order and refusing to recognize it."
By
Elizabeth Kim
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Jacob Dobkin
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Greenwich Village Developer Seeks To Demolish Historic Building For Luxury Condo Tower
'No building of this scale has ever been approved in a historic district.'
By
Elizabeth Kim
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