More housing, no gentrification: How rezoning gave East New York a new start
June 3, 2026
The Brooklyn neighborhood has seen a boom in new construction — without the gentrification and displacement.
The Brooklyn neighborhood has seen a boom in new construction — without the gentrification and displacement.
The Adams administration promised Sadé Singh she would be able to build a granny flat, or ADU, on her Queens property under new rules.
BROOKLYN REP. YVETTE CLARKE (D-09) on Tuesday introduced the Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2026.
Other details of the housing plan announced Tuesday include new senior housing and growing opportunities for home ownership.
Assemblymember Emily Gallagher told Gothamist she backed the extension after Two Trees agreed to pay higher wages to workers.
Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse, who represents several southeastern Brooklyn neighborhoods, is the bill’s main sponsor.
In its first vote under a new mayor, the Rent Guidelines Board left the door open for a rent increase despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promise
150 Lawrence St., a 25-story apartment building with 101 total units, has launched a housing lottery for 20 affordable units.
TENANT GROUPS STAGED a march on Monday evening from Brooklyn Housing Court to a Rent Guidelines Board hearing.
ICE arrests rise in NYC; mayor cracks down on e-bikes; Columbia risks accreditation; and AOC backs Mamdani for mayor in Dem primary.
178 affordable apartments at The Brook, a 51-story luxury residential tower, are now available through a housing lottery.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED the Atlantic-Avenue Mixed Use Plan, a rezoning in the districts of councilmembers Crystal Hudson and Chi Ossé.
A housing lottery for 217 Eckford St. in Greenpoint, a five-story residential building with 14 units, has launched.
Logan Fountain, a 13-story residential building at 265 Logan Street, has finished construction, offering 343 units.
THE JUST-OPENED AFFORDABLE housing lottery for The Hart offers 18 units for households earning 60 to 90% of the area median income.
CONSTRUCTION is nearly complete on Linden Grove Senior Residences, a 13-story modular building at 223 Linden Street in Bushwick.
Several of the city’s mayoral candidates released housing plans with some offering in-depth prescriptions and others a wish list.
A 328-UNIT, NINE-STORY apartment building built on a former SUNY Downstate Medical Center parking lot topped out this week.
A LONG-VACANT police station in Brooklyn will be demolished to make way for an 11-story affordable housing complex.
GOV. KATHY HOCHUL has announced a request for proposals to redevelop 1024 Fulton St. into a 100% affordable housing project.
Residents, elected officials and community leaders stood united as they spoke of their fight against the placement of a homeless shelter
RESIDENTS ARE UPSET about a new building offering so-called affordable housing through a lottery, with rents starting at $3,600 per month
Updates on the major players: Teamsters for Cuomo, Myrie’s free after-school, Lander’s housing emergency, Cuomo’s new digs and more.
St. PAUL COMMUNITY Baptist Church is planning to develop up to 800 affordable housing units on its parking lots in East New York.
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for 13 affordable units at 1615 Cedar Street, an eight-story apartment complex developed by Ramazi Mitaishuili.
Construction has finished at The Welz, a 19-story, 162-unit apartment building at 159 Boerum St. that first broke ground in 2023.
LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN now apply for a housing lottery for 288 4th Ave. The 14-story tower hosts 66 apartments, with 18 of them affordable.
NEW YORKERS MAKING 130% of the Area Median Income (AMI) can now join the affordable housing lottery for 1024 Manhattan Ave. in Greenpoint.
TENANTS AT THE HYLAN HOUSES AT 131 MOORE STREET in Bushwick are split on how to fund capital repairs that would cost $90 million.
The New York State Bar Association joined the nation in mourning the loss of former President Jimmy Carter.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOTTERY for Shepherd Glenmore at 365 Shepherd Avenue in East New York is now accepting applications.
TRIBUTES POURED IN to celebrate the life of Jimmy Carter, who passed away at his simple home in Plains, Georgia on Sunday at the age of 100.
LEASING HAS BEGUN at the 13-story, mixed-use 655 Union complex in Gowanus, where an affordable housing lottery launched this October.
THE HOUSING LOTTERY FOR 827 STERLING in Crown Heights has opened to the public, with 23 units designated as affordable.
FOUR DEVELOPMENTS IN FORT GREENE, Gowanus and Greenpoint have all opened their affordable housing lotteries.
MAYOR ADAMS, GOVERNOR Hochul, Council Speaker Adams and DCP head Dan Garodnick celebrated the passage of the “City of Yes” zoning plan.