Category Archives: Developments

Real estate investors continue to bet on the future of Gowanus | Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Real estate investors continue to bet on the future of Gowanus | Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

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Comprehensive Platform to Reinvigorate NYC’s Industrial and Manufacturing Sectors

VIA http://council.nyc.gov/html/pr/111914eo.shtml New York— Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council issued a comprehensive report detailing the state of New York City’s industrial sector and proposed new approaches to reinvigorating New York’s manufacturing districts as engines of economic opportunity. The report identifies new zoning and land use tools that can help New […]

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Gowanus United Mobilization Meeting. Thursday October 23

As you know, NYS is constructing a large-scale parole facility in the heart of Gowanus. The building will open as early as December. To fight this, residents, business owners, artists and civic groups have mobilized and formed Gowanus United (GU). Together we are determined to do what we could never do alone — and we […]

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NBC Report Regarding Parole Facility

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Transparency & Fairness in Brooklyn Parole Headquarters Siting

If you oppose current plans for parolee facility in Gowanus, please take a moment to sign this petition. http://docfacility-bradlander.nationbuilder.com/doc_petition?utm_campaign=doccs&utm_medium=email&utm_source=bradlander

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Potential Sites for Retention Tanks

View file below ShortList of Potential Sites

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Public Meeting Regarding New Parolee Facility on 9/29

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Pardon Me For Asking: From 86 To 14 Possible Locations: Deadline Nearing For DEP To Site CSO Retention Basins Mandated By EPA

Pardon Me For Asking: From 86 To 14 Possible Locations: Deadline Nearing For DEP To Site CSO Retention Basins Mandated By EPA.   WATCH FULL VIDEO FROM SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING BELOW

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Important Public Meeting to Discuss Potential Retention Tank Locations

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Hamill: Decades-old Brooklyn family business becomes victim of red tape – NY Daily News

Statewide Fireproof Door Co. in Carroll Gardens, which has been in business for 49 years, will soon close its doors after seeing its workman comp insurance rates increase 380% for six workers. President Darrel Caneiro appealed to a number of pols to fix the problem, but says, ultimately, ‘bureaucracy killed us.’   Hamill: Decades-old Brooklyn […]

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