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Artist Rusty Zimmerman poses at his painting work table at Industry City’s Building 8.
Posted inBrooklyn

‘An Elaborate Ruse to Trick Neighbors Into Saying Hello’ Comes to a Bittersweet End

March 22, 2024, 5:01 a.m.March 21, 2024, 9:49 p.m.
After more than a thousand hours of painting, artist Rusty Zimmerman is ready to return the oil portraits he’s made to their subjects, the people of Southern Brooklyn.
Posted inReal Estate

City Employees Make Mass Move to Sunset Park in Latest Assist to Ailing Landlord

May 24, 2023, 5:01 a.m.May 24, 2023, 1:24 p.m.
A massive industrial building — until recently home to a Bed Bath & Beyond — is slated to get an influx of government employees relocating from Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.
Posted inBrooklyn

Sunset Park Vendors Seek Market’s Resurrection After Easter Sunday Shutdown

May 5, 2023, 6:00 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.
‘We just want a dignified place to sell,’ one vendor at the unpermitted Brooklyn pop-up market implored at a community meeting that drew more than 100 attendees.
Posted inRedistricting

Brooklyn Could Get a Majority Asian Council District — and Some Asian Groups Are Objecting

Aug. 16, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 15, 2022, 9:41 p.m.
Asian American groups are divided over how best to build lasting power, as a city redistricting commission gears up to meet this weekend in Brooklyn.
Posted inEnvironment

Amazon, FedEx and UPS Deliver New NYC Warehouses, Bringing a Package of Environmental Challenges

Dec. 15, 2021, 9:47 a.m.Dec. 15, 2021, 10:37 a.m.
Warehouses and “last-mile” facilities are popping up with little regulation. A new city plan calls for more use of waterways, bike deliveries and other measures to cut truck traffic. But increased pollution concerns are fueling criticism against a new wave of “environmental racism.”  
Posted inBrooklyn

Engineer Pleads Guilty in Worker’s Brooklyn Construction Collapse Death — But Will Likely Avoid Prison

Dec. 7, 2021, 6:03 p.m.Dec. 8, 2021, 10:39 a.m.
Plea deal for Paul Bailey in the 2018 Sunset Park worksite death of Luis Sánchez Almonte aims to get a felony rap dismissed. A contractor and foreperson still face charges after allegedly ignoring OSHA violations for dangerous conditions.
Posted inPolitics

Chinese Voters Came Out in Force for the GOP in NYC, Shaking Up Politics

Nov. 11, 2021, 7:34 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:00 a.m.
From Sunset Park in Brooklyn to Elmhurst and Flushing in Queens, frustrations over Democratic stances on schools and crime helped mobilize votes for Republican Curtis Sliwa for mayor and conservative Council candidates.
Posted inSmall 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.
Posted inSunset Park

Meet the Green Agitators Who Planted Seeds for Brooklyn’s Coming Wind Turbine Assembly Hub

Jan. 17, 2021, 6:24 p.m.Jan. 17, 2021, 7:46 p.m.
Decades of activism by UPROSE and other environmental justice groups paid off when Gov. Cuomo announced last week that a Norwegian energy giant will revitalize a dormant Sunset Park port.
Posted inDevelopment

Stuck Waterfront Ferris Wheel Plan Takes Center Stage in Staten Island Political Races

Dec. 15, 2020, 8:34 p.m.Dec. 15, 2020, 8:34 p.m.
The unbuilt wheel has enjoyed the unfettered of virtually all of the borough’s politicians. But the current class of City Council candidates is split — echoing development battles waged from Amazon to Industry City.

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