
David Brand
@davidfbrand
Covering housing for @WNYC @Gothamist | [email protected] | Past: @CityLimitsNews, @QueensEagle, @CityWatchWBAI & before that, a Licensed Social Worker
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23-02-2009 03:04:17
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After two decades of abandonment and a major federal funding cut, the former Parkway Hospital (located next to my elementary school in Forest Hills) is finally being transformed into 144 affordable apartments for low-income seniors and formerly homeless New Yorkers. David Brand



NYC appears to have lost $112 million in federal funds to build the The QueensWay linear park after the grant was canceled by the "Big, Beautiful Bill." Mayor Eric Adams had celebrated the award last year as the biggest infrastructure grant of his tenure. ebx.sh/HVHmDZ


The federal investigation into former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and his twin brother’s work as a consultant in the nightlife industry has been “deprioritized,” a government official familiar with the case told Gothamist. w/ Charles Lane gothamist.com/news/corruptio…



Could your NY weed dispensary have to move? Caroline Lewis and I mapped out the 108 dispensaries who were suddenly told they’re too close to schools. Most are in NYC, unsurprisingly. gothamist.com/news/could-you…

Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate, a Gothamist investigation has found. w David Brand and Brigid Bergin gothamist.com/news/forged-si…

Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent - impressive work from Clayton Guse David Brand Brigid Bergin gothamist.com/news/forged-si…

🧵1. The petition process is supposed to demonstrate a minimum threshold of support for a candidate. Petitions are presumed valid when submitted to the NYC Board of Elections Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent gothamist.com/news/forged-si… via @gothamist

“I don’t write like that at all,” said one woman whose signature was forged. “That sucks, whoever did that.” killer investigation from Clayton Guse David Brand Brigid Bergin gothamist.com/news/forged-si…

