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Kathryn Brenzel

New York

Senior Reporter and Newsletter Writer at The Real Deal

Senior reporter, politics editor & newsletter writer @trdny. Formerly: @starledger, Express-Times, @columbiajourn. Pencil enthusiast.

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  • 2 days ago | therealdeal.com | Kathryn Brenzel

    The city has tapped developers Artimus and Phoenix Realty Group to build what officials say will be the largest mass timber residential project in New York City. The city’s Economic Development Corporation announced Monday that the companies will build more than 500 apartments on city-owned sites along the Stapleton waterfront on the North Shore of Staten Island. A quarter of those units will be set aside for households earning between 40 and 80 percent of the area median income.

  • 4 days ago | therealdeal.com | Kathryn Brenzel

    Last year’s budget was all about tax incentives, tenant protections and the potential to upzone parts of NYC for more housing. This year, I had a lot less to talk about. Of course, the looming threat of federal funding cuts means that this year’s spending plan could be chopped up mid-year, and the future of various housing programs is up in the air, so there is no shortage of housing and real estate-related issues to track.

  • 5 days ago | therealdeal.com | Kathryn Brenzel

    Housing policy had top billing in last year’s state budget. This year? Not so much.  The $254 billion state budget, signed into law Friday, did, however, include a new housing voucher program and eases rules for condo conversions in some multifamily buildings.

  • 6 days ago | therealdeal.com | Kathryn Brenzel

    Developer Don Peebles does not want an “upstart” mayor. Peebles, who flirted with a mayoral run to challenge Bill de Blasio in 2017, extolled the virtues of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a favorite within the real estate industry. He emphasized that Cuomo is a “known commodity.”“You have got to be a superhuman being to run New York City,” Peebles said at The Real Deal’s NYC Forum on Wednesday.

  • 6 days ago | therealdeal.com | Kathryn Brenzel

    Mayor Eric Adams says “nothing has changed” about the Elizabeth Street Garden project. But he also mentioned the prospect of “alternate sites.”Before Adams took the stage at TRD’s NYC Forum, I asked the mayor if he would continue to push for the housing planned for the Elizabeth Street Garden, a development known as Haven Green.

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Kathryn Brenzel
Kathryn Brenzel @katiebrenzel
6 May 25

The city & Rabina are planning to replace a 50-year-old office building with more than 1,200 apartments. Scoping hearing is next month: https://t.co/WB4yg7X0vJ

Kathryn Brenzel
Kathryn Brenzel @katiebrenzel
1 May 25

I can't not hear the Simpsons Comic Book Guy when I hear "best budget ever"

Kathryn Brenzel
Kathryn Brenzel @katiebrenzel
26 Mar 25

Whenever I write City of Yes on my phone, I invariably write City of Yea. City of Yea? What do you want?