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City Council Moves Forward With Gowanus Rezoning After Slashing Affordable Housing

Oct. 27, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 27, 2022, 3:02 p.m.

A proposal to build dozens of units on a block near the Gowanus industrial zone was cut in half after locals lobbied Councilmember Shahana Hanif.

Taxes

Prosecutors Allege Bushwick Developers Cashed In on Tax Breaks While Overcharging Tenants

Oct. 19, 2022, 12:58 p.m.Oct. 19, 2022, 4:54 p.m.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office contends six developers ‘fraudulently obtained’ more than $1 million in tax credits aimed at boosting affordable housing.

Brooklyn

NYC Ferry Expansion Pushes Tourist Cruise Company to Jersey

Oct. 12, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 12, 2022, 9:59 a.m.

The city’s Economic Development Corporation displaces TopView across the harbor, citing “unprecedented growth of maritime industry.”

Elections

Redistricting Commission Sends Contentious Draft Maps to City Council After Re-Do

Oct. 6, 2022, 5:15 p.m.Oct. 7, 2022, 10:57 a.m.

Following a surprising rejection of maps in September, the NYC Redistricting Commission was nearly unanimous in pushing a new set of Council district lines through.

Courts

Police-Brutality Protester Gets 18 Months for Sabotaging NYPD Van — With Paid Informant

Oct. 5, 2022, 5:52 p.m.Oct. 5, 2022, 5:52 p.m.

Jeremy Trapp’s lawyer says he was easily influenced by a police source, but the young man was also convicted for a pandemic loan-fraud scheme that was uncovered during the course of the brake-line-cutting investigation.

Brooklyn

New ‘Ghosts’ Haunt Brooklyn Machine as Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn Barely Claims Second Term

Oct. 3, 2022, 8:59 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.

Monday’s chaotic meetings ended with the party leader winning with just 23 of 44 executive committee votes.

Democrats

Brooklyn Dems’ Party Boss Poised To Retain Power

Sept. 30, 2022, 2:58 p.m.May 1, 2023, 11:08 a.m.

After a scandal-filled first term and a big botched meeting earlier this month, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn expects to retain her hold on power in a vote on Monday, party insiders tell THE CITY.

Playgrounds

NYC Economic Development Corporation Abruptly Evicts Beloved Red Hook Playground

Sept. 28, 2022, 7:51 p.m.Sept. 28, 2022, 10:23 p.m.

The nonprofit that built PortSide Park was told on Friday to cease and desist, or get booted off the pier entirely. By Monday, the community space was gone.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Taxi Driver Sues NYPD Alleging Retaliatory Arrest Inside His Mosque

Sept. 27, 2022, 7:32 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.

A Pakistani–American taxi driver says he had his license and livelihood suspended after an NYPD officer accused him of an assault that never happened.

Brooklyn District Attorney

Six Months In Jail for Flatbush Landlord After Tenant Died Jumping From Burning Building

Sept. 27, 2022, 12:51 p.m.Sept. 27, 2022, 2:36 p.m.

Evener Leon didn’t pay his gas or heat bills but instead gave tenants space heaters and hot plates in what a judge said was “an absolute disaster waiting to happen.”

George Joseph

City Council Moves Forward With Gowanus Rezoning After Slashing Affordable Housing

Prosecutors Allege Bushwick Developers Cashed In on Tax Breaks While Overcharging Tenants

NYC Ferry Expansion Pushes Tourist Cruise Company to Jersey

Redistricting Commission Sends Contentious Draft Maps to City Council After Re-Do

Police-Brutality Protester Gets 18 Months for Sabotaging NYPD Van — With Paid Informant

New ‘Ghosts’ Haunt Brooklyn Machine as Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn Barely Claims Second Term

Brooklyn Dems’ Party Boss Poised To Retain Power

NYC Economic Development Corporation Abruptly Evicts Beloved Red Hook Playground

Brooklyn Taxi Driver Sues NYPD Alleging Retaliatory Arrest Inside His Mosque

Six Months In Jail for Flatbush Landlord After Tenant Died Jumping From Burning Building

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