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Pratt Center 60th Anniversary Kicked Off with First-Ever Taste of Made in NYC
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Sixth Annual Made in NYC Week Opens to the Public on May 10th culminating with Tasting Event on May 18
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State Budget Authorizes Major Expansion of Basement and Cellar Apartment Legalization
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Housing and Climate Policy in the NY State Budget: Missed Opportunities and Next Steps
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Notes on Centering Communities: A framework for meaningful community participation at Pratt Center
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News from Pratt Center: April 2024
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Director’s Update (April 2024)
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Devour food and drinks from local eateries at this unique NYC festival
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‘Taste Of Made In NYC’ Hopes To Tell City’s Story Through Culinary Experiences
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Housing deal may include provision to let landlords increase rents on vacant rent-stabilized apartments
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Stalemate between real estate industry, unions complicating NY budget talks
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‘Landlords Just Went Wild’: A Brief History of Vacancy Deregulation in New York
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New Policy Brief: Attack on Affordability
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Comments on City of Yes for Economic Opportunity Zoning Text Amendment
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Notes on reviving the Bronx’s Westchester Avenue train station
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Removing Barriers to Enable Basement Apartment Conversions in NYC
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Notes on the Hudson River Access Project
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NYC basement legalization plan caught in Albany’s housing gridlock
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Ensuring equity in building decarbonization
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Zoned In: What “City of Yes” Means for Nightlife & Creative Spaces
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Director’s Update (December 2023)
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They’re currently illegal, but the mayor is betting on basement apartments to boost housing supply
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Directions to Pratt Center
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Comments on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity Draft Scope
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Why the New York City floods should be a wake-up call
Friday’s floods and our call to action
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So…what ever happened to setting up safer basement apartments in New York?
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Basement apartments can be deadly in rain storms. Why does the city want to legalize them?
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NYC Flooding Renews Calls for Safer Basement Apartments
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‘Predictable Emergencies:’ NYC Flash Floods Spur Renewed Calls for Basement Legalization
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Disrupting DC Book Talk: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City
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2 years after Hurricane Ida deaths, are NYC’s basement apartments any safer?
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News from Pratt Center: September 2023
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Director’s Update (September 2023)
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A Traveling Memorial for the Victims of Ida
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Meet our 2023-2024 Graduate Fellows
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BK’s 4 Community Land Trusts Could Revolutionize Affordable Housing, Experts Say
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Gaining Ground Panel Discussion
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Rabble Rousers Film Screening
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Alexa Kasdan appointed Executive Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development
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A Message from Pratt Center’s New Executive Director
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Alexa Kasdan Named Executive Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development
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NYC residents get a leg up in housing lotteries in their own neighborhoods. Does that perpetuate segregation?
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Opinion: Albany, stop making excuses for keeping basement homes unsafe
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Notes on Project Green Light
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Surveillance City
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Battle for Legal and Safe Basement Apartments
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Supporting New York City as a Place of Makers
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Mujeres Atrevidas Film Screening
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To spur green manufacturing and jobs, will NYC change its industrial zoning?
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Shop owners promote products made in New York
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Notes on Documenting Women at Work
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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
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The Pratt Center has moved!
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Pratt Center Announces Search For Next Executive Director
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In Support of a Pathway to Basement Legalization
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Notes on Surveillance as a Planning Issue
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Pratt Center’s Response to the Get Stuff Built Recommendations
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Transportation Equity and the Future of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
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10 Years After Sandy, Renters Remain Most Vulnerable to the Impacts of Climate Change
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News from Pratt Center: October 2022
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Four Notes on Riis Beach
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Op-Ed: Basement Apartments Shouldn’t Be Death Traps
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In NYC’s Basement Apartments, Deadly Flood Risks Remain
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Notes on a Year After Hurricane Ida
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Comptroller Proposes Roadmap to Legalize NYC’s Basement Apartments
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A Year After Hurricane Ida Flooding, Families in Hotels and Basement Protections in Limbo
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In Conversation: Tara Duvivier
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Notes on Slow Disasters
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News from Pratt Center: July 2022
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Pratt Institute Libraries Unveils Pratt Center Archives
Notes on the L Train
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How to Make New York a City of Dreams for Black Women
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Notes on Nighttime Governance
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Notes On: A Pratt Center Blog
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In response to arrival of hurricane season, Mayor Eric Adams unveils Rainfall Ready NYC Action Plan
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Another hurricane season is underway and NYC's basement tenants are as unsafe as ever
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News from Pratt Center: June 2022
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Mayor rolls out community-drafted plan to revitalize Hunts Point
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The fight to safely legalize basement apartments
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Harnessing the Power of Free Data
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Opinion: Pass good cause eviction to keep New Yorkers housed
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News from Pratt Center: May 2022
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Report seeks to rebut concerns about ‘good cause’ legislation and new construction
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Lawmakers change strategy for legalizing NYC’s basement apartments
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Visualizing Data for Greater Impact: An Intro to Visualizing with Tableau Public
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Out of the Box: Empowering Community, the Birth and Future of a Movement
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Will Ending a Lucrative Tax Break Ease or Fuel the NYC Housing Crisis?
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News from Pratt Center: March 2022
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Managing Data Responsibly: How nonprofits can protect their sensitive information
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New Report Underscores the need for Good Cause Eviction to Protect Black Renters
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Fate of basement unit ‘census’ effort unclear, five months after Ida
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New Leadership at Pratt Center
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News from Pratt Center: December 2021
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A big community win for Gowanus
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Tackling Everyday Data: How well-designed spreadsheets & databases can help streamline your work
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How These N.Y.C. Companies Are Skirting the Supply Chain Crisis
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Gowanus Rezoning Gets 1st Yes Votes In City Council After Deal
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Agreement On Gowanus Rezoning Will Bring 8,000 New Apartments, Public Housing Investment
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Gowanus rezoning agreement paves way for 8K new homes
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News from Pratt Center: October 2021
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New risks from flash floods increase urgency to regulate basements
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Pratt leads process for resident involvement in NYCHA Sustainability & Climate Plans
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In Support of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Special District
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Meet the 2021-2022 Taconic Fellows
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NYC Funded a Pilot to Make Basement Apartments Safer, But Then It Went Off Track
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Made in NYC Week Reimagines the Future of Local Manufacturing
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The Role of Local Governments in Accessory Dwelling Units
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Made in NYC Week 2021 runs from October 1–9
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Cities And Homeowners Look For Ways To Prevent Flood Deaths In Basement Apartments
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Meet the 2021-2022 Graduate Fellows
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New York floods: calls for action after 11 die in basement apartments
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In wake of deadly flooding, city confronts complex problem of basement units
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Deadly floods expose dangers of New York’s basements
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Those Flooded Basement Apartments are a Deadly Part of the Housing Crisis
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After Fatal Storm, NYC Will Employ Travel Bans And Basement Evacuations
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Victims of New York’s flash floods show how climate change hits the poorest the hardest
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NYC Basement Apartment Storm Deaths Renew Housing Advocates’ Calls for Legalization
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Adams announces support for Gowanus rezoning, with NYCHA repairs paramount
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The Future of Hotel Development in NYC
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News from Pratt Center: June 2021
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Network for Climate Action Selected 15 NYCHA Residents to Engage in Climate Solutions
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Starting your data journey: Borrowing tips from tech for your non-profit data team
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Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Needs to Revamp City Planning for Equity
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In Conversation with Daphany Sanchez
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Want To Support Asian Americans In Fashion? Start In The Garment District
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News from Pratt Center: May 2021
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In Conversation with Taylor McGinnis
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Why equity must be central to EV infrastructure planning
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Talking Hunts Point Forward on BronxNet
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Stitching Together A Business In The Garment District During COVID
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Big fight brewing in NY over what to do with possibly polluted area
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How Oral Histories Can Spark Dialogue Across Communities
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News from Pratt Center: March 2021
Getting the Data You Need: What’s in the Census
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Stop Asian Hate
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Hunts Point Forward process kicks off in South Bronx
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Farewell to Deputy Director Elena Conte
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Comprehensive Planning for a more just, resilient NYC
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Hunts Point’s Next Chapter
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What’s happening with basement apartments
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Coalition pushes legal basement conversion
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Tell the Truth
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BASE Unveils Blueprint for Basement Apartments
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Community-driven, social ownership of land for a more equitable city
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Rezonings are about race
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News from Pratt Center: December 2020
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City Council Speaker Unveils Comprehensive Planning Legislation
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Housing Fights to Be Heard in the Mayoral Race
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Next Year’s Local Elections Could Bring Racial Equity into New York’s Land Use Process
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How good design advances mission
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Embodying democracy, equity and sustainability: Our new website
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News from Pratt Center: November 2020
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Four Common Mistakes to Avoid when Designing Your Nonprofit’s Website
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Land value recovery virtual forum
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Free Training: Visualizing Data for Greater Impact
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News from Pratt Center: October 2020
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These Wetlands Helped Stop Flooding From Sandy. Now a BJ’s May Move In.
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Oversight on Local Sourcing of Personal Protective Equipment
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Opinion: NY Is Not Anti-Business. But It’s Not a Pushover, Either
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Introducing the 2020-2021 Graduate Fellows
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NYC is ready for businesses of the future, not the past
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Now is not the time to rezone Industry City
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Why digital does not equal green: A leaner, cleaner website for Pratt Center
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Free Data Training for NYIC Member Orgs
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RPA releases plan to create 500,000 apartments from single family homes
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Rezoning by the Book, When the Book Ignores Race
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News from Pratt Center: June 2020
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Mayor's short-sighted cuts forfeit opportunity to create up to 200,000 basement apartments in NYC
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Commitment through Action
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De Blasio Knocks Foundation Out from Under His Tiny Houses Push
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City’s Basement Apartment Program Buried by COVID-19 Budget Cuts
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News from Pratt Center: April 2020
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PPE shortage shows need for local manufacturing
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Local Manufacturing, Buffeted by Development, Gets COVID-19 Spotlight
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A message from Pratt Center
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Pratt Center Staff Working Remotely
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Free Training (Open Data Week)
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In/Visibility in NYC’s Fashion Industry
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Basements: “The key to unlocking more housing for New Yorkers”
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NYCHA Capital Needs Must be Addressed as part of Gowanus Rezoning
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Comprehensive Planning for a more just, equitable NYC
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NYCHA buildings in Brooklyn cut out of rezoning that could generate much-needed cash: report
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Underwater Drones, Mars Rover Parts and a High-Tech Revival
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In Conversation with New York Immigration Coalition
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Brooklyn Pilot Program Eases Restrictions on Basement Apartment
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Talking Congestion Pricing and Transit Equity with Elena Conte
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Would a Comprehensive Plan Map a Better Future for NYC?
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Preserving an Important Industry and a Vibrant Ecosystem
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Support for Hotel Special Permits
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Restoring Commercial Vitality to New York City
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So You Want to Change Zoning to Allow for More Housing
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Learning from Garment Center Misses and Wins When Seeking Future Mixed-Use Solutions
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Left Behind by the Nation’s Largest Subway System
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Pushing New Yorkers Beyond the End of the Line
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A hated, mile-long highway shows an overlooked problem with America's infrastructure — but it could soon come crumbling down
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Editorial: A Grand Bronx Plan Requires Local Input
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Cuomo Plots Demise of Bronx’s Unloved Sheridan Expressway
Report Finds Rezonings Threaten Auto-Repair Industry
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Transportation Equity Atlas Debuts
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Pratt releases online map of NYC's socioeconomic data and built environment
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Made in NYC Looks to Give Manufacturing a Handcrafted Image
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Made in NYC launches ad campaign: locavores and guitarists welcome
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25 Kent Ave. office project is criticized at Borough Hall hearing
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First public hearing for Williamsburg office project 25 Kent Ave.
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Pratt Center Maps the Urgent Need for Better Transit in Low-Income Areas
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New York's Double-Edged Hotel Boom
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It Really Does Take a Village to Rebuild After Sandy
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How NYC’s decade of rezoning changed the City of Industry
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Bus Rapid Transit Rolls: Pratt Center vision informs agency studies and a City Council bill
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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
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Urban Manufacturing Alliance Wins Commitment From Clinton Global Initiative
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Participatory Planning: The Sustainability Plan’s Missing Piece
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In Opposition to 421-a Real Estate Tax Abatement Rule Change
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One Tunnel: Two Views of the Future
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Tour the Sheridan Expressway Community Plan
Plan to Remove Bronx Expressway Gains Traction
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Training for Green Jobs, Green Buildings
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Concrete Plant Park Brings the Bronx to its River
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Partitioned Apartments Are Risky, but Common in New York
Pushing a New Vision for Willets Point
Housing feud halts $3B Willets Pt. plan
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Regarding the Willets Point Redevelopment Plan
The City Is Their Laboratory
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From Spare Parts, a Plan to Make Area in Queens a Gem
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Testimony Re: Willets Point Draft Scope for Environmental Impact Statement
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Testimony on Reform of the 421-a Property Tax Exemption Program
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Task Force Set to Overhaul Program for Development Tax Breaks (WNYC)
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Statement Calling for the Cancellation of the NYC Economic Development Corporation’s Willets Point RFP
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