Harris is the project director of East New York Farms, which operates three urban farms and a garden, along with nurturing a network of 40 community gardens in the neighborhood.

Efforts to turn what was once the largest landfill site in the world into a public park hit a milestone Sunday with the opening of the first section open to the public, New York City officials said.

About 600 urban volunteers with Oko Farms say they are being evicted from their Williamsburg plot so suddenly that they won’t even be able to harvest their last batch of crops.

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NYC's City Council has approved a 10.5-acre mixed-use campus near the East New York waterfront in Brooklyn. A partnership including the Gotham Organization, Monadnock Development and the Christian ...

Empire State Development approved a modified plan along with $4.5 million in grants for the redevelopment project, which will include more than 170 affordable and supportive housing units.

Efforts to turn what was once the largest landfill site in the world into a public park hit a milestone Sunday with the opening of the first section open to the public, New York City officials said.