How Much Money Is Donald Trump’s Security Costing New York City?

By the time Donald Trump becomes President of the United States next week, New York City taxpayers will have spent $37 million to keep him and his family safe from harm in Trump Tower. The City Council grilled the NYPD Tuesday over how much it’s going to cost to protect the President if he treats his Manhattan apartment like a weekend “pied-a-terre” for the next four years.

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26 Suydam Place

Four-Story, Two-Unit Townhouse Coming to 26 Suydam Place, Bedford-Stuyvesant

An anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, two-unit residential building at 26 Suydam Place, in southern Bedford-Stuyvesant. The new building will measure 3,015 square feet. One of the apartments, measuring roughly 600 square feet, will be located on the ground floor. The second one, measuring roughly 1,800 square feet, will span the second through fourth floors. Olabanji B. Awosika’s Jamaica-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 18-foot-wide, 1,242-square-foot lot is vacant.


803 Quincy Street

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Planned at 803 Quincy Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant

An anonymous Queens-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 803 Quincy Street, in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The project will measure 8,300 square feet and its residential units should average 750 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. The structure will also feature an upper-level penthouse. Woody Chen’s Elmhurst-based Infocus Design & Planning is the architect of record. The 3,050-square-foot property is occupied by a three-story townhouse. Demolition permits have not been filed.


870 Metropolitan Avenue

Five-Story, 22-Unit Residential Building Filed at 870 Metropolitan Avenue, East Williamsburg

Brooklyn-based Vijax Realty has filed applications for a five-story, 22-unit residential building at 870 Metropolitan Avenue, in East Williamsburg. The project will encompass 22,767 square feet and its residential units should average 676 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will also be an 11-car parking garage on the ground floor. TriBeCa-based Kutnicki Bernstein Architects is the architect of record. The 75-foot-wide, 7,500-square-foot assemblage is occupied by a single-story commercial-warehouses. Demolition permits were filed last May.