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New 14-Story 100% Affordable Apartment Building to Be Built in Brownsville

RiseBoro Community Partnership and Slate Property Group have bought the site for the building at 326 Rockaway Avenue

NYC Immigrant Renters to Get Legal Guidance, Rent Relief Through New Housing Helpline

Legal Aid, Enterprise, Make the Road NY, RiseBoro, CAMBA and Robin Hood Foundation have launched the new helpline to help immigrant NYers access state rental relief program

New York City Can’t Just Gentrify Its Way Back to Normal

On the rare occasions I have left the city over the past few months, I have been asked the same question repeatedly: "How is New York?" People want to know whether they should visit and what it will be like when they do, and I tell them that they sho

Controversial Crown Heights Rec Center Project Creates Tension in Community, City Council Race

The construction of a new community center on Bedford Ave. is creating tension in the City Council race and in the Crown Heights neighborhood it calls home, according to THE CITY

Elevator at Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College Subway Station to Close for Six Months

The elevator closure will leave the station inaccessible to those with disabilities until a new elevator is installed next year

Flower Shop Art Collective to Kick Off Sustainable Summer Series in Brooklyn

Local artists and non-artists alike are invited to a free workshop where they will use natural dyes from vegetables to create "painted poems."

The All-Seeing Eyes of New York’s 15,000 Surveillance Cameras

A new video from human rights organization Amnesty International maps the locations of more than 15,000 cameras used by the New York Police Department, both for routine surveillance and in facial-recognition searches.

East Flatbush Hospital Closure Set For July 1, Despite Community's Pleas

Community members have been fighting to save Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center beds, but say Governor Cuomo and One Brooklyn Health are rapidly moving forward with the closure

Housing Lottery Opens in Bed-Stuy With Apartments Starting at $1,041 a Month

44 affordable apartments are available at the former Cascade Linen Supply Company building
New York Mayors Urge State Lawmakers to Pass ‘Critical’ Gun Control Laws

New York Mayors Urge State Lawmakers to Pass ‘Critical’ Gun Control Laws

Mayors from across New York state have sent a letter to lawmakers urging the passage of strict gun control laws