After failing to meet his own deadline, Queens council member returns thousands in real estate donations
By Kathryn Brenzel | August 19, 2019 05:37PM
Council member Jimmy Van Bramer says his campaign cut checks to various developers and landlords on Monday, following criticism that he hadn’t lived up...
After failing to meet his own deadline, Queens council member returns thousands in real estate donations
Council member asks DOB to suspend contractor on Rabsky site
TRD Staff | August 10, 2017 01:00PM
UPDATED, Aug. 10, 3:15 p.m.: City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer wants the Department of Buildings to suspend a contractor...
Council member asks DOB to suspend contractor on Rabsky site
Council bill seeks to bring transparency to Public Design Commission
TRD Staff | October 24, 2016 12:48PM
A new City Council bill is seeking to crack open the enigma that is the city’s Public Design Commission....
Council bill seeks to bring transparency to Public Design Commission
Oh no he didn’t! Jimmy Van Bramer claims de Blasio “disrespected” him
TRD Staff | August 25, 2016 12:21PM
You don’t disrespect Council member Jimmy Van Bramer and get away with it, according to Council member Jimmy Van...
Oh no he didn’t! Jimmy Van Bramer claims de Blasio “disrespected” him
City Councilman rails against Phipps Houses’ proposed affordable project
TRD Staff | July 15, 2016 07:00AM
Phipps Houses is missing a key ally in its efforts to build an affordable housing project in Sunnyside.
City Councilman rails against Phipps Houses’ proposed affordable project
Queens residents “terrified” of 50-story resi towers: Van Bramer
TRD Staff | December 02, 2015 12:44PM
City Council majority leader Jimmy Van Bramer said his constituents “are terrified” about the prospect of “50-story mega-towers” rising...
Queens residents “terrified” of 50-story resi towers: Van Bramer
City should punish tenants renting affordable units on Airbnb: Jimmy Van Bramer
TRD Staff | November 23, 2015 12:48PM
New York City should crack down on affordable housing tenants who rent out their units on Airbnb, according to...
City should punish tenants renting affordable units on Airbnb: Jimmy Van Bramer
Astoria complex to receive $4M in new lights
TRD Staff | April 19, 2014 03:00PM
Amid safety concerns, the Ravenswood Houses in Astoria will receive a new lighting system, updating a decades-old dilapidated system....
Astoria complex to receive $4M in new lights
Landmarks votes down Queens aluminum house project
TRD Staff | January 21, 2014 11:49AM
The Landmarks Preservation Commission rejected a plan late last week to relocate the so-called Aluminaire House — the first...
Landmarks votes down Queens aluminum house project
Workers, tenants petition TF Cornerstone in LIC
TRD Staff | February 15, 2012 09:30AM
The Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ petitioned TF Cornerstone yesterday in Long Island City, the New York Daily...
Workers, tenants petition TF Cornerstone in LIC
