Joshua Sirefman is returning to the Economic Development Corporation as interim president, filling the spot left by Andrew Alper, who officially left June 2. The interim part is bit mystifying–Sirefman was chief operating officer of the E.D.C. for a while before becoming chief of staff to Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, such that he Read More
Neighborhood Nerd Alert: If you get dizzy when the topic is zoning, stop reading now.
Here at the Real Estate we always have a hard time balancing your interest in neighborhood issues and city planning against the unbelievably impenetrable jargon of the field.
Which is why we found ourselves thumbing through, then reading almost cover-to-cover, Read More
Last night, Brooklyn Community Board 6 held a public meeting with representatives from the Economic Development Corporation to discuss future plans for Piers 7 through 12 in Red Hook.
(The piers are located roughly in the center of Brooklyn’s much-hyped waterfront-renewal project, a map of which is posted to the left; the Brooklyn Bridge Park Read More
The Politicker isn’t going to ease into the 2006 races over the course of this month, so expect relatively light posting for a little while.
Other people are in more of a hurry, like the operative, who shall remain nameless, who woke me up yesterday (OK, yesterday afternoon) with a voicemail that began: “Wake up Read More
