Brooklyn
Opinion: A Film About Bushwick Has a Simple Message—’See Us’
Stefanie Joshua |
‘How do you reconcile 30 years of change within the Bushwick community? How do you make sense of development and the subsequent displacement that occurs?’
The Bushwick Project
Facing Massive Repair Needs, Public Housing in Bushwick is Undergoing a Huge Shift
Sadef Ali Kully |
The Hope Gardens renovations will be the sixth transaction under NYCHA’s Permanent Affordability Commitment Together public and private partnership program.
Brooklyn
Bushwick Official on Rezoning: ‘It’s a Shame This Didn’t Happen Earlier’
Jarrett Murphy |
Rafael Espinal, one of two Democratic Councilmembers representing the neighborhood, sizes up the potential for saving low- and moderate-income Bushwick.
The Bushwick Project
In Bushwick, (and the City) Families are the Majority of the Homeless
Harry DiPrinzio |
Families and homeless students makeup the majority of homeless people living in Bushwick. 1,039 of the neighborhood’s 1,462 shelter residents (71 percent) lived in family shelters in April.
Albany
Loft Law Update Stirs Tensions Among Tenants, Housing Advocates, Pols
Sadef Ali Kully |
This year’s update left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth, from loft-tenant advocacy groups, to North Brooklyn community groups worried about displacement, to elected officials who say they tried to craft a fair bill.
Brooklyn
Bushwick Tenants Sue to Force City Takeover of ‘Reprehensible’ Building
Sadef Ali Kully |
The building at 299 Troutman Street has eight units with only four units being utilized. The other four units sit burned and empty on the third and fourth floors after a 2008 fire.
Art at the Limits
What Bushwick’s Children Think About Trump’s Wall
Jarrett Murphy |
Among those who did come to the Brooklyn neighborhood from overseas, there are feelings of deep vulnerability.
Brooklyn
Bushwick +10: A Changing Neighborhood Faces a Tighter Housing Crunch
Jarrett Murphy |
With a major rezoning looming for Bushwick, it’s time for another deep look. So, over the next four weeks, City Limits’ reporting staff will spend the bulk of its time in Bushwick, looking for stories, interviewing people and distributing information.
affordability
One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up
Sadef Ali Kully |
There are some similarities between the community and city rezoning proposals but the differences are important to Bushwick community members who say they have waited for decades for serious public investments in their neighborhood.
Brooklyn
MTA to Keep Offering Discounted LIRR Rides to Atlantic Terminal
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Transit advocates hope to see the LIRR model of in-city dicounts expanded to other outer borough areas, including those served by Metro-North.
