Op-Ed: The New Major Owens Community Center Is the Solution to Ending the Gun Violence Epidemic in Our CommunityOctober 7, 2021By: Councilmember Laurie Cumbo, Brooklyn’s 35th District On September 26th, 2021, I took a call from Gabriel Sandoval of The…Read more
Affordable housing lottery opens at Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights, from $367/monthJune 24, 2021The city on Thursday launched an affordable housing lottery for 55 rentals at the Bedford Union Armory redevelopment in Crown Heights. Recently renamed the Major…Read more
Affordable Housing Lottery Launches For 400 Units At Coney Island Phase I In BrooklynJune 19, 2021The affordable housing lottery has launched for Coney Island Phase I, a residential building addressed as both 2926 West 19th…Read more
A More than Century-Old Armory is Getting a New Beginning and NameFebruary 26, 2021BROOKLYN, N.Y. – It was an emotional moment for Chris Owens. He received a first look at a plaque honoring…Read more
Finding Community Even in a PandemicDecember 7, 2020Original Article Courtesy of NY Times: Read Article HereRead more
Celebrating 50 years of Caribbean Culture in Crown HeightsApril 24, 2017For a half century, the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has been the beating heart of Caribbean culture…Read more
Revealed: 12-Story, 305-Unit Affordable Mixed-Use Project PlannedJanuary 17, 2017Renderings have been revealed of the 12-story, 305-unit mixed-use project at 443 East 162nd Street, located on the corner of…Read more
Staten Island change-makers honored on Wall Street: From Urby to NY WheelOctober 10, 2016STATEN ISLAND — Beneath a constellation of LED lights and the historic columns of Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan, four influential leaders…Read more
Proposed Ingersoll Senior Residence Explained at Informational MeetingSeptember 28, 2016Future residents and member’s of NYCHA’s Ingersoll Association attended a community meeting last night at the Ingersoll Community Center to…Read more
Essex Crossing’s first condos are officially up for grabsSeptember 28, 2016Name/Address: 242 Broome Street Developer: Delancey Street Associates Architect: SHoP Architects (exterior), DXA Studio (interior) Size: 14 stories, 55 apartments…Read more
Sales launch with new renderings at 242 Broome Street, Essex Crossing’s first condosSeptember 28, 2016Only one of the 10 towers at Essex Crossing–the 1.65 million-square-foot, mixed-use, mega-development underway on the Lower East Side–will offer…Read more
Watch: Construction at Empire Outlets takes shapeSeptember 28, 2016STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A whole lot of concrete was poured at Empire Outlets between Friday and Saturday. It was…Read more