In another installment of “the rent is too damn high,” Two Bridges residents are demanding that the city increase its oversight of the mega-towers coming…
Should The City Decide Which Businesses Open in the East Village?
Drunk NYU students are ruining the East Village. At least, that’s what a lot of residents and business owners said last night while discussing a…
$13 Million Synagogue Sale Threatened by Power Struggle of Biblical Proportions
A new lawsuit is only the latest sign of an epic power struggle within the Home of the Sages of Israel, a tiny Lower East Side synagogue. The house of…
Despite Rapid Development, Bushwick Community Plan Won’t Happen Until Next Year
When we last checked in with the Bushwick Community Plan that stakeholders are formulating for the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, Antonio Reynoso and Rafael Espinal were…
Westminster Cares? Tenants of Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Say Not So Much
After months of pleading with Westminster City Living to restore cooking gas and address a litany of repairs in her aging East Village tenement building,…
New, Upscale ‘Industrial Arts Complex’ for Bushwick Artists in Search of ‘Dynamic’ Spaces
We’ve known about the impending “injection of luxury” slated for Bushwick– the three- and four-story types have been popping up for a while now, and emerging…
Hoping to Revive Affordable Housing Incentive, Cuomo Appeals to Developers
After a week of “secret talks” with leadership from one of the state’s most powerful interest groups, details are emerging regarding Governor Cuomo’s first major steps…
New Report Shows Housing Inventory’s Up, Brooklyn Rents Drop (Barely)
NYC real estate firm Douglas Elliman published a report this morning, showing that the development boom in New York City has had a significant impact on…
RIP Palisades, Long Live the Palisades Replacement
Last week, the possibility that New York City music fans feared the most became a reality: the space at 906 Broadway that since April 2014…
With City’s Offer Expired, Sun Might Be Setting on Bushwick Inlet Park
After 60 days on the table, the city’s offer to pay the former CitiStorage site’s owner $100 million for the final parcel of the long-promised…