The Opportunity Zone initiative was designed to re-structure incentives to encourage development in underserved areas. But it could also exacerbate the affordability crisis in Brooklyn by giving huge tax breaks to upscale developments.
Category: <span>News</span>
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MTA Announces $5.5 Billion Accessibility Investment
Disability advocates say they’ll believe it when they see it.
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A Multi-Million Dollar Construction Project Fails to Support Bike Safety in Greenpoint
Both a raised bike path and action by police has been ineffective in deterring delivery vehicles from parking in the bike lanes, endangering cyclists, advocates say.
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Park Slope: A Public School Preps for New Homeless Students
Parents of children at P.S. 124 are both welcoming and worried.
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Bed-Stuy Smells a Rat
The city has a plan to kill 70% of the rodents there, but some residents will believe it when they see it.
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Park Slope and the Homeless: Looking Back to Look Forward
The mayor recently promised that his own neighborhood of Park Slope will carry its share of the load of expanding homeless shelters. How has it fared with the shelter it already has?
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The Shrinking Landscape of Brooklyn News
Local news matters. But what’s the matter with local news?
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Do NYC Schools Need Cops With Guns?
Albany is considering requiring armed police officers in all NYC schools. In Bed-Stuy, some parents and educators are not sure this is a good idea.
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What It Takes To Get Something Fixed in the Red Hook Houses
Humbelina Batallan, 93, goes to court