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Asthma Act Will Help Tenants Breathe Easier
By Eleanor J. BaderIt started with a bad cough, began Margarita Pabon, who lives in Sunset Park.
Whose Coney Island?
By Michael MillerOn a cold January evening, rain poured down onto the dimly-lit asphalt of Coney Islands Mermaid Avenue, pooling in clogged gutters and dark, cigarette-stained alleys.
Rethinking Growth: One City/One Futures Blueprint
By Richard WellsBack in late March, One City/One Future, a group of community advocates and planners, labor unions, scholars, and others released A Blueprint for Growth that Works for All New Yorkers.
Development Takes Center Stage In 33rd District City Council Debate
By James Trimarco and Krista HansonThe list of neighborhoods that lie within Brooklyns 33rd City Council district reads like something out of a real estate developers wet dream: Greenpoint; parts of Williamsburg including the waterfront and the Southside; Boerum Hill; Downtown Brooklyn; Brooklyn Heights; DUMBO; and Vinegar Hill.