It’s been a whirlwind of activity here at Brooklyn Wars Central, as in just the last couple of weeks we’ve: Finalized the copyedited manuscript (big thanks to Lori Azim for running the text through her fine-toothed editing comb!), and sent … Continue reading →

And done! I am extremely happy, not to mention relieved, to report that I have now sent the final pages of the completed Brooklyn Wars manuscript off to my readers. Over the next few weeks, I’ll make revisions based on … Continue reading →

What did I tell you about there being more developments around Brooklyn development than I have time for right now? I wrote that update yesterday, and now today news broke that: A developer wants to build a 1066-foot-tall apartment tower … Continue reading →

Yes, I know, it’s been a long while since I posted an update on The Brooklyn Wars — but rest assured, it’s because I’ve been so damn busy writing the thing. Right now I have about five hours of new … Continue reading →

If you’re in New York tomorrow morning at 8:30 am with nothing better to do than eat free bagels and watch me try to run PowerPoint, I’m going to be giving a talk at CityTech at 300 Jay Street in … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks back, two articles arrived in my inbox in quick succession: The first, in the Wall Street Journal, described how the crazy pace of luxury housing construction in Brooklyn — more than 21,000 new rental units expected … Continue reading →

There’s so much Brooklyn news I could be writing you about: the mayor’s latest proposals for shoring up rent control laws and what they’d likely mean for gentrifying neighborhoods, Jeremiah Moss’s #SaveNYC campaign, the political travails of the Small Business … Continue reading →

To say it was a busy winter is an understatement. In the course of working on The Brooklyn Wars, I’ve uncovered all kinds of material and met all sorts of people I never knew existed, giving me tons of new … Continue reading →