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Astoria Cove Developer Is Jacking Up The Rent In Brooklyn


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Christopher Robbins

Published Oct 20, 2014

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Astoria Cove, the de Blasio administration's "first test" for mandatory inclusionary zoning
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Published Oct 20, 2014

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Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.

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