DOWNTOWN: Housing court contemplates a move

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew PerlmanThe Brooklyn PaperBrooklyn’s long-troubled housing court is set to get a new home in Downtown’s Municipal Building, but not before suffering through five more years in its current crowded, slumlord-owned digs.

The city’s agreement to relocate the courthouse from its cramped quarters in an 18-story office building on Livingston Street at Smith Street a few blocks away to Joralemon Street drew cheers from tenant advocates, bu