The New York City Council yesterday approved a bill sponsored by local Council member Margaret Chin to require the city to notify communities when urban renewal areas are set to expire. (thelodownny.com)
UPDATE 12/14: In this story, we noted that there are no more active urban renewal areas on the Lower East Side. (thelodownny.com)
A State Supreme Court judge starting tomorrow is scheduled to rule on a motion to block the city from rezoning the so - called Broadway Triangle urban renewal area in Brooklyn, a 31 - acre site that activists say has favored politically connected members of the Hasidic community in Williamsburg over African American residents of Bedford Stuyvesant. (therealdeal.com)