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Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily News A gentrifying block of Franklin Ave. in Brooklyn How should Mayor de Blasio take on the affordable housing crisis? In 1986, New York made a huge commitment to an intractable problem of the 80s – our falling-apart neighborhoods. Then-Mayor Koch made an unprecedented investment of city capital and also managed to get investors ...

Mogam Rendering of West Tremont Senior Residences, under construction on a former brownfield at W. Tremont and Grand Aves. in Morris Heights A new development meant for low-income pensioners has broken ground in Morris Heights, promising to turn a derelict patch of overgrown grass into a badly needed asset. The West Tremont Senior Residences (rendering, inset) will provide affordable housing ...