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When Mayor de Blasio held a press conference in May 2014 to debut his new affordable housing plan , his full- color presentation touted a project called Spring Creek in Brooklyn. Spring Creek was flagged as a “case study” partnership between the city and developers to “create a strong, vibrant and self-sustaining neighborhood.” But on Friday, the bulk of that project remained a big, ugly vacant field of weeds and abandoned roadway in East New York. More than 1,500 of 1, 803 planned affordable units are now in a bureaucratic Twilight Zone — and may become less affordable as a result. “There is no progress from the progressive mayor ,” said the Rev. David Brawley, a leader of East Brooklyn Congregations , one of the groups sponsoring Spring Creek . Brawley said the delays to Spring Creek caused by the de Blasio administration are particularly ironic given that the mayor cited the project in his promise to build or preserve 200, 00...

Developer National Resources has for several years been studying different office, retail and residential schemes for an underused corporate campus designed in the 1960s for International Business Machines Corp. in East Fishkill, N.Y. But now, as National Resources moves to close on a deal to buy a 300-acre site, the Greenwich, Conn.- based developer is recognizing that housing has got to be a central component of the plan. Firm principals Lynne Ward and Joseph Cotter recognize low rents are the best way to lure millennials and others away from New York City, about a 90-minute drive away. National Resources is paying an undisclosed price for the land from California- based semiconductor company Globalfoundries , which purchased IBM’s semiconductor business in 2015 and still runs a slimmed down operation at the East Fishkill site that employs around 1,700 workers. Related Articles Over the next five years National Resources plans to introduce efficiently sized apartments cu...

Terry Brunner, the USDA’s New Mexico director for rural development , speaks at the Embudo Valley Library and Community Center in Dixon about the awarding of USDA rural economic grants and loans to business in the Dixon area. (Photo: Clyde Mueller/The New Mexican) A recent search through the Sun- News archives turned up scores of stories about Terry Brunner helping rural communities in New Mexico. Here’s a sampling: In December 2016 it was a $2.6 million grant and a $141,000 loan awarded to the Chamberino Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association to build a backup groundwater well, storage tank, water lines and piping. In November, 2016 it was a $99,900 grant for the Mescalero Apache Tribe to work toward reopening one of its lumber mills. In January, 2015 it was a $107,100 grant for a 564- panel solar array at the Burris Pecan Farm in Belen, In 2014 it was funding for a sewage line extension to protect groundwater in Chaparral. In 2013 it was assistance for residents in San...