Sunset Park Studio Squeeze for Artists
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Kate Hawes has been making custom solid wood furniture in Brooklyn for 20 years until her landlord decided to raise the rent by 25 percent in one year.
C is for Childcare: English Class Offers Free Babysitting Too
Co-published with WNYC Studios. A new program in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is trying to make it easier for moms who don't speak English to improve their language skills.
Flagging It: A Sunset Park Resident’s Call For Unity
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Brooklyn resident Junior Allende is planting a flag â actually many of them â along the Fifth Avenue entrance to Sunset Park as a protest against gentrification.
Uninsured and in Need of Healthcare
Co-published with WNYC Studios. There's a patchwork of primary care available to New Yorkers who don't have health insurance. But if you need extensive medical care, your options are limited.
Chinese Restaurant Workers Travel Far For Work
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Chinese immigrants based in New York City have long taken jobs in restaurants as far away as Pennsylvania, Alabama, and even Florida.
Does This Avocado Toast Come With A Side of Gentrification?
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Businesses like Avocaderia are creating jobs in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. But at what cost?
Birth of the NYC Co-op. Thank You, Finland.
Co-published with WNYC Studios. To understand why cooperative apartments outnumber condos in NYC, you have to visit Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Free Summer Stuff: NYC’s Public Pools
Co-published with WNYC Studios. When it's hot, over 50 free public pools in NYC become a real life saver.
Newark Tenants Try to Tighten Rent Control as Downtown Booms
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Housing advocates are trying to take multi-pronged approach to manage what they see as the slow encroachment of gentrification.
Is the Garment Center Out of Fashion?
Co-published with WNYC Studios. These days, the Garment District is shrinking as companies struggle with competition overseas and high rents at home.
6 Things to Know About Worker Coops
Co-published with WNYC Studios. How can we improve neighborhoods and at the same time, keep the same neighbors?
How Landlords Push Out Tenants for Profit
Co-published with WNYC Studios. How New York landlords use "predatory equity" to push out rent stabilized tenants.