Gabriel Sandoval, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

Budget

City Council Bringing Back Participatory Budgeting for Some, Not All

March 22, 2021, 4:58 a.m.March 21, 2021, 10:26 p.m.

Four lawmakers — three running for higher office — are offering online adaptations of the program that allows community to pick programs to fund. But the delayed citywide version remains on a pandemic pause.

NYPD

NYPD Commissioners Cleared Cops Found Guilty of Everything From Chokeholds to Pushing Man Into Traffic

March 14, 2021, 10:22 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

The city’s top cop can overturn internal trial verdicts and change penalties. It’s happened over 40 times in the last four years — even with misconduct captured on video, THE CITY found. Here are some cases fueling calls for reform.

Brooklyn

Restoration of Red Hook Rec Center Finally Moving Forward Following Sandy Damage

March 10, 2021, 8:48 p.m.Oct. 28, 2022, 2:33 p.m.

Nearly a decade after the superstorm, the Parks Department seeks architect to fortify historic sports hub. Meanwhile, surrounding ballfields remain fenced off for epic toxic soil cleanup.

Taxes

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

Feb. 25, 2021, 8:35 p.m.Feb. 25, 2021, 8:37 p.m.

“Opportunity Zone” benefits will come to investors in a controversial Crown Heights real estate project whether or not affordable housing remains in the picture. A bill would end New York’s part of the program.

Brooklyn

Crown Heights Botanic Garden-Shadowing Developer Unveils Shorter Alternatives — With Little or No Affordable Housing

Feb. 23, 2021, 3:53 p.m.Feb. 23, 2021, 6:04 p.m.

Continuum Company says it can build 500+ luxury condominiums without any additional clearances. It’s also offering to scale down the project and its affordable housing, but garden tenders say the threat of harm to plants still looms large.

Brooklyn

With Hunger Growing, Brooklyn Food Pantries Look to Expand Before over

Feb. 17, 2021, 6:27 p.m.Feb. 17, 2021, 8:05 p.m.

Masbia, which operates around the clock, five days a week with two pantries in Brooklyn and one in Queens, is expanding its capacity ahead of what is traditionally the busiest time of the year.

Coronavirus

Some Bodega Workers Get VIP Vaccines at Citi Field, But Most Have No Shot

Feb. 9, 2021, 8:27 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

State enlists Yemeni merchants’ group to help sign up grocers for some set-aside appointments. Meanwhile, many immigrant workers are struggling to navigate the vaccination system — and fear of authorities.

Transportation

NYC Ferry Gets New $64 Million Boost From de Blasio-Controlled Board

Feb. 4, 2021, 10:02 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

Despite a pandemic ridership plummet and city budget woes, boats remain on course for route expansions to Staten Island, Manhattan’s west side and Coney Island — with a torrent of additional funding from the NYC Economic Development Corporation.

Housing

Freezing Brooklyn Tenants Still Waiting Long After Deal to Rescue Buildings From Bankrupt ‘Worst Landlord’ Nonprofit

Feb. 1, 2021, 7:50 p.m.April 15, 2021, 4:51 p.m.

More than a year after a court ordered the sale of five dilapidated Brooklyn buildings tied to NEBHDCo, red tape keeps frustrated residents on ice.

Immigrants

New Yorkers Celebrate Biden’s End to Trump’s ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban and Rally for More Change

Jan. 21, 2021, 9:24 p.m.Jan. 22, 2021, 8:32 a.m.

Hopes for broader immigration reform rise as restrictions on visits from Yemen, Iran, Syria and other nations dissolve by order of the new president. Families are now planning reunions.

Gabriel Sandoval

City Council Bringing Back Participatory Budgeting for Some, Not All

NYPD Commissioners Cleared Cops Found Guilty of Everything From Chokeholds to Pushing Man Into Traffic

Restoration of Red Hook Rec Center Finally Moving Forward Following Sandy Damage

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

Crown Heights Botanic Garden-Shadowing Developer Unveils Shorter Alternatives — With Little or No Affordable Housing

With Hunger Growing, Brooklyn Food Pantries Look to Expand Before over

Some Bodega Workers Get VIP Vaccines at Citi Field, But Most Have No Shot

NYC Ferry Gets New $64 Million Boost From de Blasio-Controlled Board

Freezing Brooklyn Tenants Still Waiting Long After Deal to Rescue Buildings From Bankrupt ‘Worst Landlord’ Nonprofit

New Yorkers Celebrate Biden’s End to Trump’s ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban and Rally for More Change

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