Build it Back seeks Brooklyn landlords to speed-up Sandy recovery construction
Nearing its projected date of completion, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Build it Back Program—an initiative set on rebuilding homes badly devastated by Hurricane Sandy throughout the city — is still working on putting New Yorkers back in their homes.
While construction on an estimated 1,496 homes citywide has been completed, roughly 1,000 are still under construction. In Brooklyn, the program aimed to build back 815 homes, 503 of which have been completed.
Local leaders are now calling on Brooklyn landlords to help accelerate the process, so that the more than 300 still-under-construction homes in the borough can welcome their families home before the end of the year.