This Building Was Supposed to be Luxury Apartments. Now It Will House 183 Families From Homeless Shelters
Tara Gilbert spent months looking for an apartment with her city-funded housing voucher while living in a Staten Island women’s shelter since January. She had leads on several apartments throughout the year, only to have them disappear and get rented to someone else. Click here to read more.
Brooklyn Gains Affordable Housing For Shelter Voucher Holders
The first Affordable Housing Services site in Brooklyn opened at 2886 Atlantic Ave. in Cypress Hills. The city opened a deeply affordable apartment building in Cypress Hills on Thursday, where New Yorkers exiting the shelter system can find a new home using the CityFHEPS voucher. Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park and Institute of […]
Camber Property JV Debuts Affordable Brooklyn Property
A partnership of Camber Property Group, Institute for Community Living and New York City’s Department of Social Services has officially opened 2886 Atlantic Ave., bringing online 182 affordable apartments in Brooklyn, N.Y. Click here to read more.
Medical respite expansion could ease looming funding crunch, providers say
NEW YORK — New York City’s only two medical respite operators are pressing for state investments and regulatory changes to expand health care options for homeless people, while potentially saving hospitals millions of dollars. Details: Comunilife and the Institute for Community Living manage 113 medical respite beds citywide, offering short-term stays to patients who need medical […]
The 2025 Latino Trailblazers
Latinos are still hunting for a political breakthrough in New York. Two state senators with Hispanic heritage, Jessica Ramos and Zellnor Myrie, launched promising campaigns for New York City mayor, but they ultimately failed to gain traction. Meanwhile, in Albany, New York’s lieutenant governor, Afro-Latino politician Antonio Delgado, is mounting a long-shot challenge against his […]
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Queens: Camber Property Group And Bowery Residents Committee Open $100M Affordable Apartments
In Brooklyn, Camber and the Institute for Community Living (ICL) recently closed on a nearly $100 million transaction to convert a vacant residential building into “The Atlantic,” a permanent supportive housing community at 2886 Atlantic Avenue in the Cypress Hills neighborhood. Click here to read more.
Medicaid cuts could force Brooklyn’s safety-net hospitals to close, leave thousands uninsured
On the 65th anniversary of Medicaid, Brooklyn residents — and many of its hospitals – were bracing for the impact of massive federal health spending cuts included in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Click here to read more.
Top 5 NYC Multifamily Building Sales—June 2025
A roundup of recent major transactions put together by PropertyShark. Click here to read more.
Redevelopment of Emerson-Davis Residence in Broklyn to add supportive, affordable housing for families at risk
Construction is set to begin on a new 11-story residential building in Clinton Hill that will expand a unique housing model designed to help parents living with serious mental illness or substance use disorders reunify with their children. Click here to read more.