This past year was a busy one for Industry City and its controversial rezoning. The post A look back at this year’s Industry City rezoning battle appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.
ICE attempts two raids in Sunset Park
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers attempted two raids on undocumented Brooklynites in Sunset Park Saturday, but neither resulted in arrests, according to sources and the commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. The city has been prepping for potential raids since President Trump and immigration officials hinted that they would be coming to 10 cities across the country. But with media outlets reporting the raids would be occurring Sunday, Brooklyn — as well as East Harlem — was hit early. “We heard two reports…
UPS halts demolition of a historic Red Hook factory after Nydia Velazquez intervenes
UPS stopped tearing down a section of Red Hook’s historic Lidgerwood Building that’s dear to preservationists’ hearts on Friday following the intervention of a Brooklyn politician. A high-level executive at the delivery-service giant — which has already demolished part of the iconic Valentino Park-facing side of the 1880s foundry — told U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez the company had stopped bulldozing the rest of that section of the building. UPS President of Global Affairs Laura Lane also told Velazquez the company will meet with members of the Red…