Borough President and Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams announced his support for the Gowanus Rezoning on Friday, as the neighborhood-wide scheme snakes its way through the city’s land-use change process. Adams, whose say as borough president is advisory, but whose influence as the presumed mayor-to-be is significant, hinged his support on the millions of dollars in capital improvements needed in the area’s public housing complexes, the Gowanus Houses and the Wyckoff Gardens. “This is about investing in public housing,” Adams said. “Buildings cannot go up around …
Elected officials and tenants launch divestment campaign against private equity landlord Greenbrook Partners
Activists and elected officials from Brooklyn and Texas have joined forces to launch a divestment campaign against the predatory equity landlord Greenbrook Partners, which has kicked scores of Brooklynites out of their homes after going on a pandemic buying spree. The effort is targeting the Texas Permanent School Fund, an organization meant to benefit public schools in the Lone Star State that has a $100 million stake in the United Kingdom-based real estate investment firm NW1, which in turn…
Park Slope pol plans bill to protect whistle-blowing healthcare workers
Park Slope Councilman Brad Lander plans to introduce legislation aimed at protecting healthcare workers from being fired or punished for speaking out about health and safety conditions, the legislator announced on Friday. “At a time when the very lives of our hospital and health care workers are on the line, it is unconscionable that they would be fired for ringing the alarm bell about health and safety issues,” said Lander in a statement. “It is imperative that we stand up for these doctors, nurses, and health care workers, listen to and lift up their concerns, and ensure that they cannot be unjustly fired for telling the truth about the conditions they face.” The proposed …