Will The City Council Finally Pass The Small Business Jobs Survival Act?
Sick of the chain pharmacies plastering New York’s corners with stock photos of grotesquely happy people? The Windex windows,…
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California Dreaming? This Developer Could Be a Nightmare for Crown Heights
A proposal to build a series of luxury high-rises near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is drawing opposition from tenant…
Seeing Green: A Developer Envisions 30-story Towers Near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Megatowers, shady developers, community resistance — it’s a story so commonplace these days it is almost a bad joke.…
Saheed Vassell: Killed by Gentrification?
An influx of affluent white residents and police abuses often go hand-in-hand, but the reality, in this case, may be murkier.
Mujeres de color y de clase trabajadora y jóvenes socialistas blancos juntan sus fuerzas contra propietarios de firma de capital privado. Vea el primer episodio de la serie ‘Battle For New York’ de The Indy.
Turn up the Heat on Your Landlord
“We haven’t had heat for over a week,” says JoAnn Broaddus of the Bronx. “When it comes up, it…
Working-class women of color and young white socialists join forces against a private equity slumlord. Watch the first installment in The Indy’s ‘Battle For New York’ series.
Early mornings, the scene at the LeFrak Center ice rink in Prospect Park is a model of comfort and…
A Chance at New Life for an LES Community Hub
After fighting for almost 20 years to save and regain a beloved neighborhood community space, Lower East Side activists…
City Council Candidate Jabari Brisport Arrested Protesting Luxury Condos
Jabari Brisport, a New York City Council candidate for District 35, which covers the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Clinton Hill,…