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Community Ownership Is Now Part of Kingsbridge Armory Revival Project
A longtime Bronx community organizing group and the team picked by the city to develop the Kingsbridge Armory have announced an unprecedented deal that will allow the nonprofit to own 20% of the long-abandoned landmark. The Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition and 8th Regiment Partners LLC, a joint venture between real estate firm Maddd […]
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Airbnb Pouring PAC Money Into Bronx City Council Races
Affordable New York, a local super PAC affiliated with property rental company Airbnb, is spending $100,000 on a City Council contest to replace term-limited Democrat Diana Ayala in the South Bronx and East Harlem, according to the latest campaign finance disclosures. The super PAC is throwing its weight behind Ayala’s chief of staff, Elsie Encarnacion […]
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Almost Every NYPD Cop Charged with Excessive Force During the George Floyd Protests Escaped Serious Punishment
Ten minutes after the city’s emergency curfew kicked in on a sunny evening five years ago, NYPD detective Jason Ragoo stood over a female protester he had just taken to the ground on West Street in Lower Manhattan. As the woman covered her head and bent her knees in a fetal position, Ragoo gripped his […]
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Asian Neighborhoods Sat Out the Presidential Election — and Democratic Candidates for Mayor Are Paying Attention
In the race to become the next mayor of New York City, Democratic candidates in this month’s primary face a challenge and an opportunity: winning over Asian voters in their party who sat out last year’s presidential election. While some heavily Asian neighborhoods like South Ozone Park and Richmond Hill in Queens shifted towards Trump, […]
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First Lien Sale in Years Has Struggling Homeowners Fearing the Worst
When Petal Sandiford stepped into the Flatbush YMCA several weeks ago, the 63-year-old home care worker had just one thing in mind: To get her late uncle’s house in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, where she and six of her relatives live, off the list for the property lien sale happening this Tuesday. The controversial sale, created […]
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