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The 'Broadway Triangle' settlement could set precedence and affect future rezoning and development plans Photo credit: City Room Blog, NY Times An eight-year legal battle over racial discrimination in the proposed "Broadway Triangle" development is e

During Thursday's forum, four main requests were voiced: to rehabilitate existing NYCHA units, to allocate capital for new affordable units, to use vacant NYCHA land for senior housing and to hold landlords accountable for illegal evictions (Left to

The CONH pilot program will first focus on neighborhoods identified as vulnerable, including Bushwick and Bed-Stuy, and requires landlords to prove that they have not engaged in tenant harassment On Thursday, City Council passed two bills to provide

The report, released by 'Hunger Free America,' reveals: Brooklyn has the largest number of working adults experiencing food insecurity in NYC Photo credit: NY Daily News Despite unemployment dropping and wages rising, hunger rates in New York City ar

The suit challenges the current plan for the Crown Heights development as well as the city's land use decisions, arguing that the city's impact studies don't take tenant displacement into account Photo credit: Legal Aid Society Just a week after the

The $7 million investment will expand the BP's 'Growing Brooklyn's Future' initiative to seven new schools in Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bergen Beach, Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay Photo credit: caresgs.

Giving Tuesday is the global day of giving when individuals and organizations are encouraged to be generous and philanthropic to those nonprofit organizations that serve as the backbone and strength of every community After Thanksgiving, Black Friday

The end of TPS affects 50,000 Haitians in the U.S.

The revised project will provide the greatest level of low-income and affordable housing that the Crown Heights community has seen in decade, said City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo After nearly a year of protests from Crown Heights residents around the

'Dear Father,' featuring actor Malik Yoba and Councilmember Robert Cornegy, shares honest conversations around fatherhood and legacy, and healing "Dear Father," an honest and intimate conversation analyzing fatherhood, legacy and forgiveness, is a sh