Oct. 16, 2024 By Adam Daly Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that an estimated 71,000 new apartments will be added to New York City’s housing stock after she extended the deadline for the 421-a affordable housing tax break. The extension allows for an additional six years to complete projects already in the pipeline, including…
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‘Intense’ fire breaks out in Brooklyn apartment building
Apr. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
An all-hands fire tore through a Bath Beach apartment building on Sunday night after a resident said she dropped a candle inside her apartment.
Fire breaks out in East Flatbush apartment building with record of code violations
Nov. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
Firefighters quickly doused an all-hands fire that broke out on the first floor of a residential building in East Flatbush Sunday morning.
Firefighters battle all-hands blaze at East Flatbush apartment building with history of safety issues
Aug. 11, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters battled an all-hands fire at the top of an East Flatbush apartment building with a long history of safety violations on Aug. 10.
Progress slow in pilot program to make East New York basement apartments legal, safe
Jun. 2, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Three years into a pilot program launched in East New York to convert illegal basement apartments into safe and regulated dwellings, the scheme has shown minimal progress, according to a new report.
Seven months after Bushwick fire, tenants tally to oust ‘negligent’ landlord, get back home
Mar. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
On August 12, 2022, Mercedes Toribio woke up early to feed her elderly mother and was hit by the smell of smoke in her Bushwick apartment. She immediately got her mother out of bed and onto the street and called 911. She then frantically alerted her neighbors to get them out of the building, she said.