Emily Gallagher

May 6, 2024 | cityandstateny.com | Andrew Gounardes |Emily Gallagher

On a cold night this January, the driver of a 5,000-pound Dodge Ram pickup truck with an “NDERTAKER” license plate made a sharp left turn onto Bay Ridge Avenue in Dyker Heights and slammed into a 52-year-old mother named Xiaohong Chen, killing her. On the other end of the borough, 49-year-old Greenpoint resident Danielle Aber was killed while walking home from the supermarket in February when the driver of another pickup truck crashed into her in a crosswalk.

Feb 7, 2024 | 6sqft.com | Aaron Ginsburg |Emily Gallagher

Photo courtesy of edwardhblake on Flickr New York lawmakers want to create a new publicly-funded agency to address the state’s ongoing affordable housing crisis. State Sen. Cordell Cleare and Assembly Member Emily Gallagher on Tuesday introduced a bill proposing the creation of the Social Housing Development Authority (SHDA), a new agency that would use state money to finance the creation of permanently affordable, 100 percent union-built housing, instead of relying on private developers.