Brooklyn Rep. Nydia Velazquez introduced legislation this week that would provide $70 billion in federal funding for public housing repairs across the country, as Democrats are set to take control of all three chambers of government in Washington.
Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters marched through Brooklyn on Thursday to call for the president’s impeachment after his supporters launched an insurrection at the US Capitol Building.
The former tenants of a Dean Street building are looking to be included in the city’s lawsuit against their former landlords, saying the property owners mounted an illegal eviction and harassment campaign against them over the summer.
Membership applications for the borough’s 18 geography-based community boards are open until February 12, and local elected officials are encouraging first-timers to apply.
A judge struck down a controversial Crown Heights rezoning the same day Mayor de Blasio effectively killed another controversial rezoning nearby of the Spice Factory.
Council Speaker Corey Johnson unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would completely overhaul the city’s land use process, which critics have long derided as “broken.”
A Brooklyn judge tossed a temporary restraining order that was halting progress on the controversial Spice Factory development.
The City Council’s Land Use sub-committee voted unanimously to approve the controversial 312 Coney Island Avenue rezoning in Windsor Terrace after the area’s Councilman, Brad Lander, voiced support for the project during the December 7 hearing.
Sunset Park’s Community Board 7 voted to approve a hotly debated rezoning on 4th Avenue on Wednesday, paving the way for a 14-story, 135-unit apartment building between 24th and 25th streets.
The city is suing a high-profile pair of Brooklyn landlords for an alleged attempt to evict tenants from their Crown Heights townhouse amid the state’s eviction moratorium, the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants announced Tuesday.
