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"Tenants Not Tourists" launch their coalition and fight against the newly introduced Into 1107 bill which would change laws around short term rentals in New York City.

Politics

‘Tenants not tourists’: Debate rages over NYC bill to change short-term rental legislation, expand Airbnb offerings

Posted on December 9, 2024

Lower Manhattan murder scene where migrant teen was slain

Lower Manhattan

New York pols denounce ‘racist’ Lower Manhattan stabbing that left migrant teen dead

Posted on December 8, 2024

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QNS

Holden calls out Mayor Adams—will he reopen ICE office on Rikers Island and tackle migrant crime?

Mayor Eric Adams announces City of Yes passage

Politics

City of Yes zoning plan to boost housing growth narrowly passes City Council

Posted on December 5, 2024

Mayor Adams speaking about broker fees bill

Housing

Mayor Adams says he won’t veto Council bill to free renters from paying broker fees, clearing way for its enactment

Posted on December 3, 2024

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Bronx Times

Final report finds faulty engineering plans caused 1915 Billingsley Terrace building collapse

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Brooklyn Paper

City Council approves ambitious Brooklyn Yards development plan

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklynites split on amended ‘City of Yes’ housing proposal as affordability crisis continues

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Brooklyn Paper

As Gowanus rezoning takes shape, locals move to form BID to protect biz, longtime residents

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Politics

Altered City of Yes Housing plan passes 2 key City Council committees despite some vocal objections

Posted on November 21, 2024

Mayor Adams with City Planning Chair Dan Garodnick at city of Yes rally for more housing

Politics

DEVELOPING | City of Yes for housing deal takes shape as crucial Thursday council committee vote gets pushed back

Posted on November 21, 2024

Comptroller Brad Lander stands with NYCHA Tenant Association leaders to announce a new audit about oversight of vendors making repairs and doing maintenance.

Bronx Times

Comptroller audit slams NYCHA over repairs, finds potential millions in wasteful spending

Migrant families at NYC shelter

NYC will allow migrant families to remain in same shelter after expiration of 60-day limit: Mayor Adams

Posted on November 18, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Prospect Lefferts Gardens tenants living without gas for a year accuse landlord of neglect, urge city to take control of building

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Bronx Times

Supportive housing opens in Bedford Park for adults with developmental disabilities

City Council Member Chi Ossé rallies with council members and advocates before the passage of his bill to relieve tenants from having to pay broker fees in most cases.

Politics

City Council votes to relieve renters from paying broker fees with veto-proof majority

Posted on November 13, 2024

An apartment building on Shore Road in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Housing

US Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to NY rent stabilization law

Posted on November 12, 2024

A migrant family outside the Row Hotel in January, 2024.

Politics

NYC to end migrant debit card program as shelter numbers decline: Mayor Adams

Posted on November 8, 2024

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Harlem

Affordable housing waitlist in Harlem opens with one-bedrooms starting at $852

Posted on November 5, 2024

Bronx Council Member Oswald Feliz spoke at a rally against a proposed transitional housing project on Bainbridge Avenue.

Bronx Times

Mayor’s Office defends proposed transitional housing project in Fordham, countering Bronx community objections

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Politics

City Council unveils broad housing plan in response to Mayor’s City of Yes zoning overhaul

Posted on November 1, 2024

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, in a new audit, found the city's mismanagement of its housing voucher program, CityFHEPS, caused major delays in housing homeless families.

Politics

NYC mismanaged CityFHEPS housing voucher program, delaying homeless families seeking places to live: audit

Posted on October 31, 2024

Homeless man at announcement of lawsuit against city over encampment sweeps

Housing

Six West Village homeless individuals announce they are suing Adams administration over harmful encampment sweeps

Posted on October 30, 2024

Site of Gansevoort Market in the Meatpacking District

Business

Gansevoort Market in Meatpacking District may soon give way to 600 new housing units and cultural space: City Hall

Posted on October 28, 2024

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Times Square safe despite ‘Little Devils’ street gang activity, NYPD brass stresses in effort to dispel public fear

Posted on October 23, 2024

NYCHA housing complex

Politics

NYC public housing residents could have up to 18 months of back rent covered by $185M in new funds

Posted on October 17, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Gov. Hochul says 71,000 new apartments in pipeline thanks to extension of 421-a deadline

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Bronx Times

Hundreds of Bronx co-op buildings could get new tax breaks for green upgrades

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Bronx Times

Parkchester management settles with state on two housing discrimination complaints

Lines of cots at the migrant tent city set up on Randall's Island

Politics

NYC to close mega Randall’s Island migrant shelter as new arrivals decline

Posted on October 9, 2024

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Bronx Times

Bronx DA, NY Attorney General charge real estate broker and associates in deed theft scheme targeting vulnerable homeowners

Mayor Adams with City Planning Chair Dan Garodnick at city of Yes rally for more housing

Politics

NYC Planning panel greenlights ‘City of Yes’ housing plan — but it still faces tough road in City Council

Posted on September 25, 2024

According to tenants, this apartment at 709 W. 170th St., has been in disrepair since 2007.

Washington Heights tenants of ‘NYC’s worst landlord’ are fed up and cleaning up

Posted on September 22, 2024

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Bronx Times

Housing lottery launches for 12 ‘affordable’ units in the Bronx, Studios start at $3,052 per month

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QNS

Bayside community ramps up opposition to City of Yes housing plan as city council vote nears

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Brooklyn Paper

Family supportive housing residence in Brooklyn to be rebuilt and expanded

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Affordable housing lottery at Staten Island’s new ‘Water’s Edge’ development offers studio apartments starting at $2,395 a month

Posted on September 3, 2024

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Bronx Times

Nonprofit Win hosts carnival for children living in shelters

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Bronx Times

City settles with Parkchester housing management for $1M in discrimination suit

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Bronx Times

Available to those earning up to $250K, ‘affordable housing’ lottery opens in the Bronx

An overhead view of ebenezer plaza in brooklyn. Affordable apartments can be had at Ebenezer Plaza in Brownsville for as low as $454 per month.

Brooklyn

Affordable housing lottery opens in Brooklyn with studios renting as low as $454

Posted on August 13, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Affordable housing lottery opens for 56 apartments at former Williamsburg Key Food

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Bronx Times

Op-Ed | The Bronx needs fair housing and City of Yes can help

A room

‘Unlivable conditions’: Washington Heights tenants demand justice against NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ over squalid state of apartments

Posted on August 5, 2024

Community members, NYCHA representatives and elected officials break ground on an improved green space project, including a dog park, at the Castle Hill Houses in Castle Hill on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024

Bronx Times

Castle Hill Houses breaks ground on new space featuring dog park and barbecue area

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Brooklyn Paper

Divisive development in historic Brooklyn neighborhood nears completion

Apartment buildings in NYC amid Section 8 housing voucher waitlist

Politics

200,000 NYC households added to Section 8 housing voucher waitlist via lottery

Posted on August 1, 2024

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NYPD raid Randall’s Island migrant shelter, confiscate dozens of mopeds hours after triple shooting

Posted on July 29, 2024

More from around NYC

residential

Permits filed for 6-story residential building with 38 units in Concourse Village

The body of the NYPD officer killed during Monday’s mass shooting in Midtown was transferred from the hospital to the Chief Medical Examiner overnight in a dignified transfer.

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: Southeast Asian community of Queens mourns loss of Bangladeshi immigrant NYPD officer

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PHOTOS | Neighbors flock to car-free Third Avenue for second Bay Ridge Summer Stroll

Two men hug while facing the camera and holding roses in "Taxi Zum Klo."

Frank Ripploh’s ‘Taxi Zum Klo’ is still provocative, 45 years later