Red Hook’s Zoning Battle: Housing versus Industry
By Lea Khayata. Jay Amato thought he had it all planned. He was going to build his own house on a piece of land he bought at the corner of Van Brunt and Conover streets [...]
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Housing in Brooklyn is All About Location
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Throughout most of Brooklyn, the housing market has rebounded from the slump that followed the economic collapse of 2008. While the number of new properties being sold in America is currently the lowest in recorded [...]
Brooklyn, How Ya Doin’? An Election Report
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Brooklyn, like the rest of the country, heads into the midterm elections amid voter anger and dissatisfaction with the ailing economy. The Brooklyn Ink looked at the numbers, and talked with the residents to see how statistics figure into their discontent.
Tenant v. Landlord: A Day in Housing Court
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
By Abigail Ronck Depending on which judge hears your case in Kings County Housing Court you might not be able to go home. There are no juries here. There are just hundreds of people coming [...]
Ft. Greene SNAP Works to Improve Family Housing
Monday, October 18, 2010
By Caitlin Kasunich Last July, a 25-year-old victim of domestic abuse packed up her belongings, left her apartment with her two children and arrived at the Auburn Family Shelter in Fort Greene in hopes of starting a new life.
Moshe Piller: How a New York Landlord Works the System
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
A team of six reporters spent four months investigating the New York housing system through the prism of one landlord, his buildings and his tenants in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Read on for our findings.
Brooklyn Residents Fear Loss of Housing Vouchers
Thursday, April 15, 2010
By Yaffi Spodek Olga Ovanesyan, 53, is a Russian immigrant and single mom from Brooklyn. As a student studying to be a physician’s assistant, she has no job or income and lives mostly off disability [...]
Boom in Brooklyn home sales
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Home sales in Brooklyn were up 57 % in the first quarter compared to last year, according to a report out today. However, property values in the borough are down 14% from their peak in [...]
In Bushwick, Low-Income Tenants Brace for Bad News
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thousands of low-income Brooklyn residents may find their Section 8 housing assistance revoked thanks to a city budget shortfall. In Bushwick, tenants of one project react to this week's bad news.
Brooklyn Still Better Off Than 2000, Report Says
Friday, March 26, 2010
NYU has released a new report, asking the age-old question, “Where’s the money?” (in Brooklyn). It’s 20 pages, so you probably shouldn’t take an hour from the work day to read it. Instead, we did [...]
The Brooklyn Lens Webcast
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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