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The City Council would like IBZs to get basline funding. (janelle/flickr).

City Council Pushes for $1.4M in Annual Funding to Protect Industrial Zones

In a move to protect IBZs, the City Council has proposed $1.4 million in baseline funding in its recently-released budget response, an set level that Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito argued would allow industrial businesses to plan for the future with greater certainty.
By Kim Velsey

Jed Walentas and the Mayor Want to Destroy the Last of Industrial Williamsburg

The corner of North 11th Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg looks much the way it has for decades–a hulking
By Matt Chaban

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