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    Blocked Brooklyn Bridge View Claim Defeated

    Department Of Buildings  •  Height Limitations

    2 Furman Street in Brooklyn seen from the Brooklyn Promenade. Image credit: CityLaw.

    Development corporation constructed buildings in Brooklyn Bridge Park that blocked view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn Promenade. In 2005 Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation and Empire State Development Corporation adopted a general project plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park that included the development of a hotel, restaurant, and residential units upland of Brooklyn’s Pier 1. Community members demanded during the initial environmental review that the new buildings not block the view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn Promenade.  The final environmental impact statement limited the northern building to a height of 100 feet and the southern building to a height of 55 feet.  (more…)

    Tags : bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Promenade, Hurrican Sandy
    Date: 07/10/2018
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    City Invests $40 Million In Brooklyn Navy Yards Project

    Mayor  •  Development  •  Brooklyn Navy Yard

    Rendering of 399 Sands Street. Image credit: Steiner NYC.

    Addition of manufacturing and creative space supports City goals to provide more middle-class jobs. On June 13, 2018, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Alicia Glen, together with the Brooklyn Navy Yards and Steiner NYC, announced the beginning of construction at 399 Sands Street. The project will add manufacturing and creative office space at the 300-acre Brooklyn Navy Yard, an urban manufacturing center, and is expected to bring manufacturing jobs to the area. The project is also part of Steiner’s Admirals Row Development, a six-acre site at the southwest corner of the Navy Yard being developed for commercial and industrial use. (more…)

    Tags : Admirals Row, Alicia Glen, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Creative space, Industrial, Manufacturing, New York Works, Steiner NYC
    Date: 06/15/2018
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    Brooklyn Daycare Center Approved Despite C of O

    Department Of Buildings  •  DayCare Center  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant

    Licensed family daycare center operated in dwelling with residential C of O. Diversity Learning Center, located on the first floor of a three-story building at 193 Sumpter Street in Brooklyn, has operated for 10 years providing day care and educational services. On December 9, 2014, a Buildings officer determined that the operation of Diversity Learning Center conflicted, the certificate of occupancy for the premises. The officer issued a summons charging the owner, Moses Otote, with violating the New York City Administration Code Section 28-119.3.2, which prohibits any change in occupancy or use inconsistent with that allowed by the issued certification of occupancy. (more…)

    Date: 02/19/2018
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    Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 77 Opens After $185 Million Renovation

    Office of the Mayor  •  Economic Development  •  Brooklyn Navy Yard

    Photographer/Mayoral Photography Officer

    The building is expected to expand the City’s manufacturing industry and create more middle class jobs. On November 9, 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio opened Building 77, one of the central buildings within the Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park. The building and its $185 million renovation is a part of a billion dollar investment financed by Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, the Mayoral City Capital, the City Council, and the Brooklyn Borough President to develop Brooklyn Navy Yard’s 300-acre industrial campus in order to meet the demand and growth of manufacturing and industry in New York. The Yard’s renovation is also a part of the Mayor’s New York Works plan to build 100,000 jobs for the City.

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    Tags : Alicia Glen, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date: 11/21/2017
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    Schneiderman Announces Guilty Verdict Against Harassing Brooklyn Landlord

    NY Attorney General  •  Tenant Harassment  •  Crown Heights, Brooklyn

    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaking at New York Law School. Image credit: CityLaw

    Schneiderman announces guilty verdict for Brooklyn landlord who harassed rent-stabilized tenants. On June 20, 2017, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the guilty verdict of Brooklyn landlord Daniel Melamed on three counts of Unlawful Eviction of rent-stabilized tenants. Melamed is scheduled to be sentenced on September 13, 2017 and could face up to one year in jail. (more…)

    Tags : Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Crown Heights, Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force
    Date: 06/23/2017
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