
David Brand
Housing Reporter at WNYC (New York, NY)
Housing Reporter at Gothamist
Covering housing for @WNYC @Gothamist | [email protected] | Past: @CityLimitsNews, @QueensEagle, @CityWatchWBAI & before that, a Licensed Social Worker
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | David Brand
The owners of the stalled Atlantic Yards megaproject surrounding the Barclays Center in Brooklyn reached a deal back in 2014: Build hundreds of affordable apartments by May 31, 2025, or face millions of dollars in monthly penalties. But while the housing hasn’t materialized, the fines won’t either — at least not anytime soon. New York’s economic development arm is letting the owners off the hook for now.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | David Brand
The panel that sets the rent for tenants in roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments is meeting next week to vote on a revised range of potential increases — possibly leading to a lower final rent hike on new 2-year leases, according to three people directly familiar with deliberations who asked not to be named in order to discuss confidential information.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | David Brand
At more than 120 acres, the Rochdale Village co-op complex in southeast Queens is big enough to fit four CitiFields inside its borders, with some room left over for a Little League diamond.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | David Brand
A dozen building workers at a luxury condo tower in the Financial District, where units sell for up to $20 million, have said they are preparing for a rare strike after months of failed negotiations with the developer-controlled board.
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3 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | David Brand
When state Sen. Liz Krueger arrived at a fundraiser for Gov. Kathy Hochul in Manhattan one morning in December 2021, she was surprised to learn that the venue was the same unassuming four-story Midtown office building that she’d been in a battle over.
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