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Director's Update (February 2025)

Celebrating a Decade of Impact in NYC

These Brooklyn Homeowners Couldn’t Afford to Go Green. Then Help Arrived.

Flipping Out: How Home Flipping Reduces Affordability in NYC Neighborhoods of Color

Celebrating 10 Years of Taconic Fellowship

A Report on Pratt Center's Taconic Fellowship: A Decade of Community-Engaged Projects

Comments on sessions related to the LMI Portfolio and New Efficiency New York proceeding

Pratt Center 60th Anniversary Kicked Off with First-Ever Taste of Made in NYC

Sixth Annual Made in NYC Week Opens to the Public on May 10th culminating with Tasting Event on May 18

State Budget Authorizes Major Expansion of Basement and Cellar Apartment Legalization

Housing and Climate Policy in the NY State Budget: Missed Opportunities and Next Steps

Notes on Centering Communities: A framework for meaningful community participation at Pratt Center

News from Pratt Center: April 2024

Director’s Update (April 2024)

Devour food and drinks from local eateries at this unique NYC festival

‘Taste Of Made In NYC’ Hopes To Tell City’s Story Through Culinary Experiences

Housing deal may include provision to let landlords increase rents on vacant rent-stabilized apartments

Stalemate between real estate industry, unions complicating NY budget talks

‘Landlords Just Went Wild’: A Brief History of Vacancy Deregulation in New York

New Policy Brief: Attack on Affordability

Comments on City of Yes for Economic Opportunity Zoning Text Amendment

Notes on reviving the Bronx’s Westchester Avenue train station

Removing Barriers to Enable Basement Apartment Conversions in NYC

Notes on the Hudson River Access Project

NYC basement legalization plan caught in Albany’s housing gridlock

Ensuring equity in building decarbonization

Zoned In: What “City of Yes” Means for Nightlife & Creative Spaces

Director’s Update (December 2023)

They’re currently illegal, but the mayor is betting on basement apartments to boost housing supply

Directions to Pratt Center

Comments on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity Draft Scope

Why the New York City floods should be a wake-up call
Friday’s floods and our call to action

‘Predictable Emergencies:’ NYC Flash Floods Spur Renewed Calls for Basement Legalization

Basement apartments can be deadly in rain storms. Why does the city want to legalize them?

Disrupting DC Book Talk: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City

NYC Flooding Renews Calls for Safer Basement Apartments

So…what ever happened to setting up safer basement apartments in New York?

2 years after Hurricane Ida deaths, are NYC’s basement apartments any safer?

News from Pratt Center: September 2023

Director’s Update (September 2023)

A Traveling Memorial for the Victims of Ida

Meet our 2023-2024 Graduate Fellows

BK’s 4 Community Land Trusts Could Revolutionize Affordable Housing, Experts Say

Gaining Ground Panel Discussion

Rabble Rousers Film Screening

Alexa Kasdan appointed Executive Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development

A Message from Pratt Center’s New Executive Director

Alexa Kasdan Named Executive Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development

Opinion: Albany, stop making excuses for keeping basement homes unsafe

NYC residents get a leg up in housing lotteries in their own neighborhoods. Does that perpetuate segregation?

Notes on Project Green Light

Surveillance City

Battle for Legal and Safe Basement Apartments

Supporting New York City as a Place of Makers

To spur green manufacturing and jobs, will NYC change its industrial zoning?

Mujeres Atrevidas Film Screening

Notes on Documenting Women at Work

Shop owners promote products made in New York

Photography Students Help NYC Businesses Visualize Their Stories
Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments
Push to make NYC basement apartments safe, legal continues

The Pratt Center has moved!

Pratt Center Announces Search For Next Executive Director

In Support of a Pathway to Basement Legalization

Notes on Surveillance as a Planning Issue

Pratt Center’s Response to the Get Stuff Built Recommendations

Transportation Equity and the Future of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

10 Years After Sandy, Renters Remain Most Vulnerable to the Impacts of Climate Change

News from Pratt Center: October 2022

Four Notes on Riis Beach

In NYC’s Basement Apartments, Deadly Flood Risks Remain

Op-Ed: Basement Apartments Shouldn’t Be Death Traps

Notes on a Year After Hurricane Ida

Comptroller Proposes Roadmap to Legalize NYC’s Basement Apartments

A Year After Hurricane Ida Flooding, Families in Hotels and Basement Protections in Limbo

In Conversation: Tara Duvivier

Notes on Slow Disasters

News from Pratt Center: July 2022
Notes on the L Train

Pratt Institute Libraries Unveils Pratt Center Archives

How to Make New York a City of Dreams for Black Women

Notes on Nighttime Governance

Notes On: A Pratt Center Blog

In response to arrival of hurricane season, Mayor Eric Adams unveils Rainfall Ready NYC Action Plan

Another hurricane season is underway and NYC's basement tenants are as unsafe as ever

News from Pratt Center: June 2022

Mayor rolls out community-drafted plan to revitalize Hunts Point

The fight to safely legalize basement apartments

Harnessing the Power of Free Data

Opinion: Pass good cause eviction to keep New Yorkers housed

News from Pratt Center: May 2022

Report seeks to rebut concerns about ‘good cause’ legislation and new construction

Lawmakers change strategy for legalizing NYC’s basement apartments

Visualizing Data for Greater Impact: An Intro to Visualizing with Tableau Public

Out of the Box: Empowering Community, the Birth and Future of a Movement

Will Ending a Lucrative Tax Break Ease or Fuel the NYC Housing Crisis?

News from Pratt Center: March 2022

Managing Data Responsibly: How nonprofits can protect their sensitive information

New Report Underscores the need for Good Cause Eviction to Protect Black Renters

Fate of basement unit ‘census’ effort unclear, five months after Ida

New Leadership at Pratt Center

News from Pratt Center: December 2021

A big community win for Gowanus

Tackling Everyday Data: How well-designed spreadsheets & databases can help streamline your work

How These N.Y.C. Companies Are Skirting the Supply Chain Crisis

Gowanus rezoning agreement paves way for 8K new homes

Gowanus Rezoning Gets 1st Yes Votes In City Council After Deal

Agreement On Gowanus Rezoning Will Bring 8,000 New Apartments, Public Housing Investment

News from Pratt Center: October 2021

Pratt leads process for resident involvement in NYCHA Sustainability & Climate Plans

New risks from flash floods increase urgency to regulate basements

In Support of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Special District

Meet the 2021-2022 Taconic Fellows

Made in NYC Week Reimagines the Future of Local Manufacturing

NYC Funded a Pilot to Make Basement Apartments Safer, But Then It Went Off Track

The Role of Local Governments in Accessory Dwelling Units

Made in NYC Week 2021 runs from October 1–9

Meet the 2021-2022 Graduate Fellows

Cities And Homeowners Look For Ways To Prevent Flood Deaths In Basement Apartments

New York floods: calls for action after 11 die in basement apartments

In wake of deadly flooding, city confronts complex problem of basement units

Those Flooded Basement Apartments are a Deadly Part of the Housing Crisis

Deadly floods expose dangers of New York’s basements

Victims of New York’s flash floods show how climate change hits the poorest the hardest

NYC Basement Apartment Storm Deaths Renew Housing Advocates’ Calls for Legalization

After Fatal Storm, NYC Will Employ Travel Bans And Basement Evacuations

Adams announces support for Gowanus rezoning, with NYCHA repairs paramount

The Future of Hotel Development in NYC

News from Pratt Center: June 2021

Network for Climate Action Selected 15 NYCHA Residents to Engage in Climate Solutions

Starting your data journey: Borrowing tips from tech for your non-profit data team

In Conversation with Daphany Sanchez

Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Needs to Revamp City Planning for Equity

Want To Support Asian Americans In Fashion? Start In The Garment District

News from Pratt Center: May 2021

In Conversation with Taylor McGinnis

Why equity must be central to EV infrastructure planning

Talking Hunts Point Forward on BronxNet

Stitching Together A Business In The Garment District During COVID

Big fight brewing in NY over what to do with possibly polluted area

How Oral Histories Can Spark Dialogue Across Communities

News from Pratt Center: March 2021
Getting the Data You Need: What’s in the Census

Stop Asian Hate

Hunts Point Forward process kicks off in South Bronx

Farewell to Deputy Director Elena Conte

Comprehensive Planning for a more just, resilient NYC

Hunts Point’s Next Chapter

What’s happening with basement apartments

Coalition pushes legal basement conversion

BASE Unveils Blueprint for Basement Apartments

Tell the Truth

Community-driven, social ownership of land for a more equitable city

Rezonings are about race

News from Pratt Center: December 2020

City Council Speaker Unveils Comprehensive Planning Legislation

Housing Fights to Be Heard in the Mayoral Race

Next Year’s Local Elections Could Bring Racial Equity into New York’s Land Use Process

How good design advances mission

News from Pratt Center: November 2020

Embodying democracy, equity and sustainability: Our new website

Four Common Mistakes to Avoid when Designing Your Nonprofit’s Website

Land value recovery virtual forum

News from Pratt Center: October 2020

Free Training: Visualizing Data for Greater Impact

These Wetlands Helped Stop Flooding From Sandy. Now a BJ’s May Move In.

Opinion: NY Is Not Anti-Business. But It’s Not a Pushover, Either

Oversight on Local Sourcing of Personal Protective Equipment

Introducing the 2020-2021 Graduate Fellows

NYC is ready for businesses of the future, not the past

Now is not the time to rezone Industry City

Free Data Training for NYIC Member Orgs

Why digital does not equal green: A leaner, cleaner website for Pratt Center

RPA releases plan to create 500,000 apartments from single family homes

Rezoning by the Book, When the Book Ignores Race

Mayor's short-sighted cuts forfeit opportunity to create up to 200,000 basement apartments in NYC

News from Pratt Center: June 2020

Commitment through Action

De Blasio Knocks Foundation Out from Under His Tiny Houses Push

City’s Basement Apartment Program Buried by COVID-19 Budget Cuts

News from Pratt Center: April 2020

PPE shortage shows need for local manufacturing

Local Manufacturing, Buffeted by Development, Gets COVID-19 Spotlight

A message from Pratt Center

Pratt Center Staff Working Remotely

Free Training (Open Data Week)

In/Visibility in NYC’s Fashion Industry

Basements: “The key to unlocking more housing for New Yorkers”

NYCHA Capital Needs Must be Addressed as part of Gowanus Rezoning

Comprehensive Planning for a more just, equitable NYC

NYCHA buildings in Brooklyn cut out of rezoning that could generate much-needed cash: report

Underwater Drones, Mars Rover Parts and a High-Tech Revival

In Conversation with New York Immigration Coalition

Brooklyn Pilot Program Eases Restrictions on Basement Apartment

Talking Congestion Pricing and Transit Equity with Elena Conte

Would a Comprehensive Plan Map a Better Future for NYC?

Preserving an Important Industry and a Vibrant Ecosystem

Support for Hotel Special Permits

Restoring Commercial Vitality to New York City

So You Want to Change Zoning to Allow for More Housing

Learning from Garment Center Misses and Wins When Seeking Future Mixed-Use Solutions

Left Behind by the Nation’s Largest Subway System

Pushing New Yorkers Beyond the End of the Line

A hated, mile-long highway shows an overlooked problem with America's infrastructure — but it could soon come crumbling down

Editorial: A Grand Bronx Plan Requires Local Input

Cuomo Plots Demise of Bronx’s Unloved Sheridan Expressway
Report Finds Rezonings Threaten Auto-Repair Industry

Transportation Equity Atlas Debuts

Pratt releases online map of NYC's socioeconomic data and built environment

Made in NYC Looks to Give Manufacturing a Handcrafted Image

Made in NYC launches ad campaign: locavores and guitarists welcome

25 Kent Ave. office project is criticized at Borough Hall hearing

First public hearing for Williamsburg office project 25 Kent Ave.

Pratt Center Maps the Urgent Need for Better Transit in Low-Income Areas

New York's Double-Edged Hotel Boom

It Really Does Take a Village to Rebuild After Sandy

How NYC’s decade of rezoning changed the City of Industry

Bus Rapid Transit Rolls: Pratt Center vision informs agency studies and a City Council bill

Pratt Center to Launch “Amplify Action: Sustainability Through the Arts” Exhibition and Events
Verde Summit Gives Voice to Cypress Hills and East New York Residents

Urban Manufacturing Alliance Wins Commitment From Clinton Global Initiative

Participatory Planning: The Sustainability Plan’s Missing Piece

In Opposition to 421-a Real Estate Tax Abatement Rule Change

One Tunnel: Two Views of the Future

Tour the Sheridan Expressway Community Plan
Plan to Remove Bronx Expressway Gains Traction

Training for Green Jobs, Green Buildings

Concrete Plant Park Brings the Bronx to its River

Partitioned Apartments Are Risky, but Common in New York
Pushing a New Vision for Willets Point
Housing feud halts $3B Willets Pt. plan

Regarding the Willets Point Redevelopment Plan
The City Is Their Laboratory

From Spare Parts, a Plan to Make Area in Queens a Gem

Testimony Re: Willets Point Draft Scope for Environmental Impact Statement

Testimony on Reform of the 421-a Property Tax Exemption Program

Task Force Set to Overhaul Program for Development Tax Breaks (WNYC)

Statement Calling for the Cancellation of the NYC Economic Development Corporation’s Willets Point RFP
