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Gowanus Housing Overhaul and Blood Center Expansion Headed for Approval After Council Strikes Deals

The City Council announced a deal Wednesday with the Mayor’s Office to reshape Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood â€" bringing thousands of affordable apartments and hundreds of millions of dollars for public housing repairs and other crucial infras

The City Council announced a deal Wednesday with the Mayor’s Office to reshape Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood â€" bringing thousands of affordable apartments and hundreds of millions of dollars for public housing repairs and other crucial infrastructure projects.

Meanwhile, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a separate agreement put a significantly scaled down-version of New York Blood Center’s plan for a life-sciences hub is on the verge of full approval, despite the local Council member’s opposition.

Jason Scott Jones/THE CITY Looking north from Union Street onto the Gowanus Canal The City Council announced a deal Wednesday with the Mayor’s Office to reshape Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood â€" bringing thousands of affordable apartments and hundreds of millions of dollars for public housing repairs and other crucial infrastructure [...]




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