After three decades of city ownership of the empty Kingsbridge Armory — possibly the world’s largest at more than 500,000 square feet — it is now time for the community to take charge.
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By Juan Nunez
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3/17/23
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It’s back to the drawing board for the commission that was set up to reconfigure the new city council district lines. That’s because, in a highly unexpected move, the latest round of draft maps were rejected by eight of its 15 members in a meeting on Thursday.
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By Sachi McClendon
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9/30/22
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Pigeons nest in its ceiling trusses while powdery white efflorescence fans out across its masonry — a sure sign of too much moisture.
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By Abigail Nehring
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9/2/22
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When the city council’s redistricting commission held a hearing last Wednesday on redrawing the city’s 51 council districts, some talk centered around the future of the Kingsbridge Armory.
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By Sachi McClendon
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8/26/22
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The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition is reviving its campaign to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory as ideas begin to pour in on redevelopment of the 575,000-square-foot landmarked building on Jerome Avenue.
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By Abigail Nehring
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8/26/22
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Tens of thousands of Section 8 vouchers remain in jeopardy as the New York City Housing Authority pores over case files caught up in a computer glitch that went unnoticed for eight months — and now it’s slowly being corrected.
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By Abigail Nehring
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8/18/22
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It may have come in a week late, but the $212 billion state budget is packed to the gills. And some state lawmakers say the extra deliberation was worth it. In previous years, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi said she felt disheartened by the budget process. Gov. Andrew Cuomo almost completely controlled the process, according to law, and rarely would he yield to some of the more liberal big-ticket items she and other newer lawmakers craved. But this year felt entirely different.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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4/15/21
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