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fromBrooklyn Paper
2 weeks ago

City Council approves Parks acquisition of Prospect Farm amid bridge concerns * Brooklyn Paper

NYC Council approved Parks Department acquisition of Prospect Farm community garden, which will enable infrastructure improvements, though DOT's planned Seeley Street Bridge reconstruction raises concerns about potential negative impacts on garden operations.
fromCity Limits
1 month ago

Opinon: The Hole-in-One Solution for NYC's Housing Crisis

The New York Real Estate Board recently confirmed what every New Yorker feels: we are in a housing free-fall. With a staggering shortfall of up to 540,000 units and a vacancy rate of just 1.4 percent, the pace of new construction is glacially slow. But the solution might be hiding in plain sight, tucked away behind the chain-link fences of our city's woefully underutilized golf courses.
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fromStreetsblog
4 months ago

Vision Zero Cities: Fund Transit - Or Lose It - Streetsblog USA

Quality public transit can thrive in auto-centric American cities with steady public subsidy, supportive land use, and frequent, well-connected service.
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