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February 25th, 2026
Daily Links: New Director Tapped for Department of City Planning
- What the Snowstorm Looked Like Across the Northeast [NYT]
- The Workers Who Couldn’t Stay Home [NYT]
- Black NYC Homeowners Slam Proposed Property Tax Increase [NYP]
- Brooklyn Mavens Are Reclaiming the Borough, One Story at a Time [BP]
- Bar Now Open in Former Home of Pencil Factory [Greenpointers]
- Brooklyn Mirage’s VIP Artist Pods for Sale, Demo Begins [Bushwick Daily]
- Mayor to Appoint Racial Equity Advocate to Lead City Planning [The City]
- Can I Borrow Your Sled? [Hell Gate]
- Now the Trees Are Falling Down [Curbed]
- Former Dyker Heights Rite Aid Sells for $10 Million [Crain’s]
- Redeveloped Cobble Hill Townhouse Tops Brooklyn Luxury Deals [TRD]
- Hospital Facility at SUNY Downstate in East Flatbush Progresses [NYY]
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