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For press inquiries, please contact: 

Zachary Halper
Momentum Communications Group
Email: [email protected]

HPD Selects Plans and Partners for 238-Unit Affordable Housing in Bed-Stuy

Brooklyn Reader | Jan 19, 2023

These old Brooklyn apartments got a stunning facelift—that also cut energy by 80%

Fast Company | Dec 21, 2022

‘A new beginning for East New York’: Construction begins on $1.2B affordable housing project

Brooklyn Paper | Dec 19, 2022

City Officials and Riseboro Celebrate Opening of Woodlawn Senior Living Development in the Bronx 

Real Estate Weekly | Dec 8, 2022

New York City Needs Housing for Everyone, Not More Shelter Beds

Gothan Gazette | Dec 7, 2022

The Gotham Organization and RiseBoro Community Partnership Celebrate the Completion and Opening of Gotham Point in Long Island City

Real Estate Weekly | Nov 16, 2022

Throop Corners Affordable Development Breaks Ground At 88 Throop Avenue In Broadway Triangle, Brooklyn

NY Yimby | Sep 21, 2022

Officials break ground on affordable housing in Williamsburg, with over 300 new units expected

News 12 Brooklyn | Sep 14, 2022

Wellness-focused housing development with 238 affordable units coming to Bed-Stuy

6sqFT | Jan 18, 2023

238-unit affordable housing complex coming to 2014-2042 Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy

Urbanize | Jan 17, 2023

Bed Stuy to Get Truly Affordable Complex With 238 Apartments, Food Co-op, Community Programs

Brownstoner | Jan 13, 2023

RiseBoro’s passive house retrofits save landlord a bundle

The Real Deal | Dec 27, 2022

Slate Property Group Closes Construction Loan for Mixed-Use Project, Bringing 215 100-Percent Affordable Homes to Brownsville, Brooklyn 

Real Estate Weekly | Dec 22, 2022

Slate, RiseBoro land $122M to build Brownsville affordable project

The Real Deal | Dec 21, 2022

City Officials Celebrate New Gotham Point Development, Senior Housing in Long Island City

CityLand | Dec 8, 2022

Gotham Point Two-Tower Development Opens on LIC Waterfront, Officials Hold Ribbon-Cutting

LIC Post | Nov 16, 2022

RiseBoro’s CalabazaFest at Maria Hernandez Park celebrates all things Halloween

Brooklyn News 12 | Oct 30, 2022

The 2022 Nonprofit Power 100

City & State New York | Oct 3, 2022

‘Finding My Voice’ – Bushwick native makes documentary highlighting local youth theater program

News 12 Brooklyn | Sep 3, 2022

Settlement In A Low Income Housing Tax Credit Year 15 Appeal

Forbes | Aug 8, 2022

Housing Lottery Launches For Gotham Point North Tower At 1-15 57th Avenue In Long Island City, Queens

New York YIMBY | Jul 29, 2022

RiseBoro and Private Equity Giant Blackstone Reach Bushwick Affordable Housing Settlement

Brownstoner | Jul 26, 2022

Tenant Rights and Sustainability Retrofits: A Tough Balancing Act

Architectural Record | Jul 26, 2022

Bk nonprofit RiseBoro reaches affordable housing settlement with private equity giant Blackstone

Brooklyn Paper | Jul 22, 2022

Bushwick Non-Profit Takes on Billion-Dollar Investment Bank, Wins Affordable Housing Settlement

BK Reader | Jul 8, 2022

HPD Celebrates Grand Opening of 100 Percent Affordable Housing Development in Cypress Hills

Cityland | Jun 20, 2022

OPINION: New NYC Budget is a win for human services. But we can do better

NYN Media | Jun 14, 2022

Developers Compete 50 Penn Affordable Housing Project At 50 Pennsylvania Avenue In East New York, Brooklyn

New York YIMBY | Jun 14, 2022

Grand Opening of 50 Penn Mixed-Use Development in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn

Real Estate Weekly | Jun 12, 2022

A Long, Strange Year of Rent Relief

Curbed | Jun 1, 2022

Slate, RiseBoro push forward on massive Brooklyn affordable housing project

Crain's New York Business | May 24, 2022

Who, Where, How: Mapping Pandemic Rent Aid Across NY

Law360 | May 20, 2022

Why It’s Important to Teach Kids About Financial Literacy

Wealth of Geeks | May 12, 2022

Making Low Income Housing Energy Efficient – A Chat With Ryan Cassidy

Climate 21 | May 4, 2022

Rolling back Raise the Age won’t make us safer

The Daily News | Apr 2, 2022

Documental theater program at Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Center looks back on members’ lives

Brooklyn Paper | Mar 28, 2022

Scott Short on Good Day Street Talk

Fox 5 NY | Mar 26, 2022

Brooklyn youth mentoring and anti-violence program receives $40K for expansion

Brooklyn News 12 | Mar 2, 2022

‘It’s a sanctuary’: the magic of quiet, low-cost, allergy-free ‘passive’ homes

The Guardian | Feb 24, 2022

‘I miss everything. I miss everybody’: Depression rates for seniors are soaring amid COVID-19

USA Today | Feb 2, 2022

RiseBoro Community Partnership Chief Program Officer Mirtha Santana Discusses the Eviction Moratorium

CBS News | Jan 25, 2022

More Than 53K BK Households Now Face Eviction. Here’s What to Know.

Brooklyn Reader | Jan 18, 2022

Nonprofits call for greater access to city vouchers as evictions loom

The Real Deal | Jan 12, 2022

Economic impacts of pandemic and threat of eviction far worse for minority New Yorkers: study

The Daily News | Jan 11, 2022

End to Eviction Moratorium Will Stress-Test Tenants’ Right to a Lawyer

The City | Jan 5, 2022

Spreading Cheer and Holiday Meals on Christmas.

NBC News | Dec 27, 2021

Here’s the Best Way to Stop the Future Food Crisis Looming Over American Cities

Daily Beast | Nov 29, 2021

Women With Children Having Harder Time Re-entering NYC Workforce

The City | Nov 22, 2021

After Pandemic Reopening, NYC Senior Centers Adjust to New Normal

CityLimits | Nov 11, 2021

Residential Amenities Revealed For Gotham Point In Hunters Point South, Queens

YIMBY | Nov 2, 2021

A digital locker for public benefits: Harness tech to help the poor and working class

NY Daily News | Oct 24, 2021

MTA reveals ‘Monitor Point’ redevelopment project of Brooklyn waterfront warehouse

AM New York | Oct 20, 2021

Gotham Point’s 57-Story ‘Parcel F’ Tops Out In Hunters Point South, Queens

New York YIMBY | Oct 5, 2021

Woodlawn Heights: Housing Lottery Open for Senior Living Units at 69 East 233rd Street

Norwood News | Oct 2, 2021

What If Pandemic Aid Went to Tenants, Not Landlords?

The New Republic | Oct 1, 2021

Gotham Unveils Huge Rent Stabilized Gotham Point Development

Real Estate Weekly | Sep 14, 2021

Andrew Cuomo Left Behind a Rent-Relief Debacle

The New Yorker | Sep 4, 2021

Neighbors Volunteer to Help Seniors in Bushwick Stuck in Home Due to Ida

News 12 Connecticut | Sep 3, 2021

The Community Engagement Power 50

City and State | Aug 22, 2021

Construction Begins At ‘Atrium At Sumner’ Affordable Housing Project In Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

NY YIMBY | Aug 18, 2021

Bushwick Senior Center Provides Free COVID-19 Vaccines During Mobile Vaccine Event

Brooklyn Reader | Jul 23, 2021

The State Distributed $0 in Rent Relief in Program’s First Month

The City | Jul 15, 2021

Watch Scott’s Short’s Interview on The Bronx Buzz

The Bronx Buzz | Jun 17, 2021

Landlords Ask Cuomo to Lift Eviction Ban After Ending Covid Restrictions

The Real Deal | Jun 16, 2021

Slate to partner with RiseBoro to build 215 apartments in Brooklyn

Real Estate Weekly | Jun 4, 2021

NYC Immigrant Renters to Get Legal Guidance, Rent Relief Through New Housing Helpline

Brooklyn Reader | Jun 4, 2021

What If New York Stopped Knocking Down Buildings?

The Intelligencer | May 17, 2021

City Must Urgently Plan to Reopen Senior Centers

Brooklyn Reader | May 14, 2021

Opinion: What the City Must Do to Address Its Checkered Past and Legacy of Segregation

CityLimits | May 12, 2021

New York AG Supports Community Group In Battle With AIG Over Tax Credit Property

Forbes | Apr 21, 2021

City Nonprofits Face ‘Financial Catastrophe’ Due to Pandemic’s Demands

The Gothamist | Apr 21, 2021

‘Corporate Greed’ Sees Company Back Out of Bushwick Affordable Housing Deal: Lawsuit

Brooklyn Reader | Apr 19, 2021

Brooklyn Group Battles for Bushwick Building — and the Future of Affordable Housing

The City | Apr 15, 2021

Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Focus on Eradicating Child Homelessness

CityLimits | Apr 14, 2021

New York City group retrofits apartments without displacing residents

Yale Climate Connections | Apr 12, 2021

A shady partner in affordable housing: How corporations threaten LIHTC’s success

The Daily News | Mar 10, 2021

Scott Short, RiseBoro in City & State’s Nonprofit Power 100

City and State | Feb 21, 2021

PODCAST: Fighting climate change, one building at a time

UN News | Feb 12, 2021

Origin Stories: How RiseBoro CEO Scott Short’s Passion To Reduce Inequality Led Him To Real Estate

Bisnow | Jan 20, 2021

Bushwick Senior Center Employee Surprises Residents With 75 Hot Christmas Meals

Brooklyn Reader | Dec 30, 2020

New York’s Real Climate Challenge: Fixing Its Aging Buildings

NY Times | Dec 29, 2020

Riseboro to Distribute Food Baskets to more than 400 Families

Bushwick Daily | Dec 21, 2020

‘I Have Nowhere to Go’: This New York City Mother Is One of Millions Facing the Threat of Eviction

Courier | Dec 18, 2020

Opinion: Nonprofits Supporting the City’s Most Vulnerable Need More Funding—& Respect

CityLimits | Dec 7, 2020

New Central Brooklyn Food Co-op Aims to Nourish and Empower Locals

The City | Oct 17, 2020

Elderly New Yorkers languish on wait lists for critical services amid COVID-19

NY Post | Sep 6, 2020

COVID Rent Relief Program to Alleviate Rent Burden for Vulnerable New Yorkers

PoliticsNY | Jul 22, 2020

NEW YORK CITY’S PUBLIC HOUSING RULES COULD FORCE MANY RELEASED PRISONERS INTO HOMELESSNESS

The Appeal | Jul 22, 2020

Brooklyn Nonprofit Riseboro Keeps NYC Seniors Fed During COVID-19

Brooklyn Reader | Jul 22, 2020

Coronavirus Ravaged New York’s Budget and Made Your Census Participation More Important Than Ever.

Gotham Gazette | Jun 20, 2020

Op-Ed: New York’s budget cuts create a ‘social time bomb’ for underserved youth

AM New York | Apr 27, 2020

Press Release: OneCity Health Awards Community Partners $4.3M to Address Food and Housing Insecurities Among NYC Health + Hospitals’ Patients

RiseBoro | Feb 5, 2020
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