via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Renters Evicted From Civic Group
If you can't join 'em, beat 'em. That's the mantra of some Manhattan Beac…
Housing
Union Slams Senior Care Company
Union-backed protesters railed against labor and living conditions at one of the nation’s largest senior care providers’ facilities Feb. 27 on the Upper West Side. The company accused protest organizers of waging a publicity stunt to collect more union dues.
via New York Daily News
New Housing To End Garden Party
At first it sounds like a typical tale of gentrification: Spanish Harlem residents battle to save a community garden from being bulldozed to make way for apartments. But the gardeners are fighting neighbors, not outside developers. The 116th St. Block Association plans to build low-income housing on the garden site.
via The Queens Courier
Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
The Reverend Jesse Jackson led a march to a Laurelton house surrounded by weeds after calling for a new civil rights movement to fight rising foreclosures and high-cost lending that have plagued minorities disproportionately - and southeast Queens, in particular. “This is the economic crisis of our time,†Jackson said.
Multi-Media: Venice on the Gowanus
The battle to redevelop Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal has been going on since th…
via New York Daily News
Whole Latte Love in Riverdale
Daniel Wright got so tired of Riverdale's lack of a Starbucks that he recru…
Chairman of the Board
Vincent Abate may have a Brooklyn playground named after him - but even as he approaches 90, he's not ready rest on his laurels.
via Highbridge Horizon
Tenants, New Landlord Clash
Some South Bronx tenants contend already-poor housing conditions have worsened since a group of private investors took over their buildings. But the buildings’ new manager says a multi-million-dollar rehabilitation of the properties is underway.