Daily Links: Mayor Proposes City "Mansion Tax" Again, Barclays Center Could Cut Islanders Loose
Mayor de Blasio says a “mansion tax” is needed to fund affordable housing, and the Islanders might have to find a new arena after 2019.
In the News
- Protesters Bring Literal Spines to Chuck Schumer’s House [BK Paper]
- Apparel Company Lafayette 148 New York Moves to Brooklyn Navy Yard [WSJ]
- De Blasio’s ‘Mansion Tax’ Would Hit Humble Homesteads [WSJ]
- Barclays Center Could be Dumping the Islanders [Bloomberg]
- Opposition Mounts to de Blasio’s Bedford Union Armory Plan [Politico]
- Phipps Houses Files Plans for 403 Apartments in East New York [TRD]
- Two-Building, 518-Unit Development Planned for Crown Heights [NYY]
- Yemeni Bodega Workers Face Uncertainty in Wake of Trump Order [DNA]
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