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Vote Where Your Tax Dollars Should Go in The Bronx!

It’s that time again for New York City Council’s Participatory Budgeting where you get to vote on which projects should get funding in your City Council District. From now through April 15th, make your voices heard on what projects should receive up to $1 million in funding in your district. Once again, all Councilmembers in…

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Fertile Ground for Community Development in the Bronx

This post was written by Syed Ali and originally appeared on CoLab Radio, a publication of the MIT Community Innovators Lab. CoLab Radio has graciously allowed us to reprint this important piece. The Bronx is burning. It has been decades since the infamous line branded the borough, but this is an image countless individuals have conjured…

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Developers Behind the ‘Piano District’ Sell Their Waterfront Property for $165 Million; Highest Sale For Development Site in Bronx History

The Chetrit Group and Somerset Partners, the developers behind the Piano District and Port Morris waterfront development to bring thousands of market-rate luxury housing to the South Bronx, have sold their development for $165 million to Brookfield Properties according to The New York Post. This is the single most expensive transaction for a development site…

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Jerome Avenue Rezoning Will Cost The Bronx Over 100,000 Square Feet of Auto Related Businesses

City Limits reports that New York City is potentially losing hundreds of thousands of square feet of industrial space including automotive related spaces thanks to rezonings. Thanks to the Jerome Avenue Rezoning, The Bronx, in a “reasonable worse case scenario”, is poised to lose 126,802 square feet of auto-related spaces alone. According to the analysis,…

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