gentrification

A giant swath of the Brooklyn waterfront was opened up to high-rise residential buildings. What happened next depends on how much your rent is.

A lawsuit that raises the question has been cleared for trial in federal district court.

While the city’s overall population grows, the number of non-Hispanic Blacks continues to tumble; an epicenter of the change is Bed-Stuy.

The building owner won a temporary reprieve after Gothamist began making inquiries.

The rezoning proposal is now headed for a decisive vote by the City Council.

The changes, which does not reduce the number of units or amount of retail space, may not be enough to save the project.

"Go back to Iowa. You go back to Ohio. New York City belongs to the people that were here and made New York City what it is."

'These [single-story] ones are the most vulnerable... Nobody is going to build a new one.'

"The police department is ignoring the temporary restraining order and refusing to recognize it."

'No building of this scale has ever been approved in a historic district.'