Policy & Government

Downtown Brooklyn is getting a much-needed new patch of greenery by 2022

Precincts in Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, East New York and Flatbush will get help to keep violence under control for the summer months

The move comes in the wake of the growing opposition from tenants at NYC rent-stabilized apartment complexes, including Brownsville’s Atlantic Plaza Towers.

Brooklynites have to wait the longest when calling Flatbush's 67th Precinct for help

Over one hundred East Brooklyn homes were placed in foreclosure proceedings as part of the city's Third Party Transfer program

Housing advocates favoring laws that ramp up tenant protections clashed with worker groups fearing the reforms will cost jobs

Residents raised issues like AMI levels and housing affordability, tenant harassment, protections from predatory landlords as well as the City’s Third Party Transfer Program

The former City Council staffer put affordable housing in the center of her campaign and built a diverse coalition of supporters backing her

Under the mayor's proposed budget cuts, senior residents of Sumner Houses will be forced to travel 1.5 miles for social programs

The project will transform 407 acres of East New York's waterfront into NYC's largest state park