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Brooklyn Oil Workers Hope Strike Puts Heat on Billionaire Boss Catsimatidis

May 2, 2021, 7:07 p.m.May 2, 2021, 7:07 p.m.

United Metro Energy employees said they make far less than their peers even after getting customers through the pandemic winter. Owner John Catsimatidis says he’s willing to negotiate, even as he’s brought on “replacement” workers.

Campaign 2021

Eric Adams Wants To Bring Back The NYPD’s Most Controversial Unit

April 27, 2021, 5:00 a.m.May 4, 2021, 2:51 p.m.

The Police Department scrapped its Anti-Crime teams last year amid the racial justice protests. Will the mayoral candidate’s tough-on-crime stance pay off in the June 22nd primary?

Small Business

De Blasio’s ‘Open Streets’ Closed to Ailing Businesses Scraping to Raise Cash

April 21, 2021, 8:19 p.m.April 21, 2021, 8:29 p.m.

The mayor’s pandemic program to close off corridors to cars provided a lifeline to many businesses last year. But restaurants and merchants along a heavily Hispanic stretch of Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue say they can’t fully come back without financial help.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Hospital Ramps Up Pre-Pandemic Expansion Plans Amid Local Skepticism

April 18, 2021, 8:44 p.m.April 18, 2021, 8:44 p.m.

Aging medical center’s reuse of its valuable real estate aims to spin off new housing and health care, building on political ties and goodwill won in the COVID crisis. But community concerns over Fort Greene Park and more could snag progress.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Group Battles for Bushwick Building — and the Future of Affordable Housing

April 15, 2021, 9:40 p.m.April 16, 2021, 8:45 a.m.

State Attorney General Letitia James and city’s top lawyer federal appeals court fight against corporate investor that refuses to hand over the keys after reaping 15 years of tax benefits.

Campaign 2021

Ranked Choice Voting Opponent Running No-Choice Council Race in Brooklyn

April 7, 2021, 9:10 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:55 a.m.

Kalman Yeger is running as a Democrat, Republican and Conservative — all but guaranteeing victory in November. And most of his constituents are just fine with that, say ers.

Brooklyn

Old Coney Island Amusements Set to Whirl Again Even as New Rides Remain Beached

April 6, 2021, 10:17 p.m.April 6, 2021, 10:17 p.m.

Crowds are expected Friday when Coney Island’s world-famous rides reopen after a year lost to the pandemic. But notably missing from the People’s Playground are several attractions scheduled for completion long ago.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Tenants Sue NYCHA Over Constant Gas Outages

April 2, 2021, 10:36 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Nearly 200 Red Hook Houses residents have been without cooking gas since January, forcing them to use hot plates or spend money on take-out. Tenants say they’re victims of a longstanding pattern of neglect.

Brooklyn

Crown Heights Grocer Sued Over Campaign to Save Supermarket

March 28, 2021, 7:51 p.m.March 28, 2021, 7:52 p.m.

As a neighborhood rallies to rescue Associated grocery on Nostrand Avenue from the bulldozer, landlord alleges a scheme to sabotage planned housing and retail.

Housing

Human Rights Officials Won Big Discrimination Case for Transgender Woman, Then Went Silent

March 25, 2021, 6:50 a.m.March 25, 2021, 10:45 a.m.

City lawyers filed a petition in State Supreme Court seeking additional penalties against a real estate broker who discriminated against Giana Desir but hadn’t paid up in a year. It was news to her.

Gabriel Sandoval

Brooklyn Oil Workers Hope Strike Puts Heat on Billionaire Boss Catsimatidis

Eric Adams Wants To Bring Back The NYPD’s Most Controversial Unit

De Blasio’s ‘Open Streets’ Closed to Ailing Businesses Scraping to Raise Cash

Brooklyn Hospital Ramps Up Pre-Pandemic Expansion Plans Amid Local Skepticism

Brooklyn Group Battles for Bushwick Building — and the Future of Affordable Housing

Ranked Choice Voting Opponent Running No-Choice Council Race in Brooklyn

Old Coney Island Amusements Set to Whirl Again Even as New Rides Remain Beached

Brooklyn Tenants Sue NYCHA Over Constant Gas Outages

Crown Heights Grocer Sued Over Campaign to Save Supermarket

Human Rights Officials Won Big Discrimination Case for Transgender Woman, Then Went Silent

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