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Brooklyn Paper

Developers release renderings of new affordable housing development coming to Park Slope

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Politics

From the border to the Big Apple: One migrant’s journey through hardship for asylum

Posted on May 21, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

City takes ownership of Brooklyn Marine Terminal, planning modern mixed-use transformation

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Brooklyn Paper

Developers break ground on 287 units of affordable and supportive housing at Marcus Garvey Apartments

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Bronx Times

Mott Haven tenants triumph over landlord, regain cooking gas after 16 months

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Bronx Times

Students in shelter-based culinary program serve Mothers’ Day luncheon for homeless moms

City Comptroller Brad Lander speaks about migrant shelter limit report

Politics

Report from Lander suggests NYC’s migrant shelter stay limit enforced in ‘haphazard’ fashion, ‘disregarded humanity’

Posted on May 9, 2024

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Rents increased the most around these NYC subway stops

Posted on May 8, 2024

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Politics

Affordable housing: Gillibrand touts Congressional bill to change NYC resident qualifications

Posted on May 6, 2024

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Bronx Times

‘A groundbreaking initiative’: City’s first pet-friendly homeless shelter opens in the Bronx

Rent Guidelines Board votes on preliminary rent-stabilized apartment increase

Politics

NYC rent-stabilized tenants in danger of yet another increase after Rent Guidelines Board vote

Posted on May 1, 2024

LIC Post

Queens Plaza set for transformation with over 1,400 new luxury units by 2026

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Bronx Times

Fulton Community Reentry Center opens at site of former prison in Claremont

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Brooklyn Paper

Luxury condo sales launch at One Domino Square on Williamsburg waterfront

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Intense’ fire breaks out in Brooklyn apartment building

NYS Gov. Hochul at a desk with American flag behind her talking congestion pricing

Politics

Albany lawmakers pass state budget that extends mayoral control, enacts modified ‘Good Cause’ protections

Posted on April 21, 2024

A group of six tenants residing at 201 Pulaski Street claim Food First has failed to complete any significant repairs or construction on any of their homes

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn tenants sue to oust landlord over years of ‘neglect and mismanagement’

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Housing

Dantes Partners takes on renovations for three NYC buildings as a part of NYCHA PACT program

Posted on April 18, 2024

Bronx Times

Morrisania tenants sue landlords of South Bronx residence, citing several open violations

Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at press conference

Politics

‘A win’ is a win? Hochul defends ‘Good Cause’ protections in state budget amid tenant advocate criticism

Posted on April 17, 2024

More than a thousand migrants gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Politics

Migrants flood City Hall Park while City Council holds hearing on efforts to aid newcomers from Africa and Latin America

Posted on April 16, 2024

City Council announces strategy team to help migrants

Politics

City Council launches ‘strategy team’ to advance solutions to the migrant crisis

Posted on April 16, 2024

Unhappy campers: New York tenant and landlord groups bash reported housing deal in state budget

Posted on April 15, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn council member introduces slate of bills to protect tenants after residential fires

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Housing

Plans for controversial housing zoning changes released by the city

Posted on April 12, 2024

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Politics

NYC not renewing no-bid contract with controversial migrant services provider DocGo

Posted on April 10, 2024

32BJ members gather during a strike authorization vote rally outside Bronx Supreme Court on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

Bronx Times

Bronx Realty Advisory Board agrees not to reopen residential union contracts, avoiding strike

Migrants in migrant crisis sitting outside makeshift shelter

Politics

Migrant crisis | NYC will start assessing next month which single adult asylum seekers can stay in shelter after 30 days

Posted on March 28, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn real estate fraudster sentenced to prison after swindling victims out of nearly $1M

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Bronx Times

Study concludes that Bronx residents are most vocal regarding mold concerns in their homes among all NYC residents

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Politics

‘Safety concerns’ from State Department led Mayor Adams to scrap southern border trip: admin

Posted on March 24, 2024

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Bronx Times

City’s Department of Health reports more violations at partially collapsed Morris Heights residence as landlord gets time extension to fix hazardous conditions

New York City and Roadrunner Charters Inc., one of 17 operators sued by the city earlier this year, reached an agreement Wednesday that the bus company would not send migrants to the city or the surrounding area for the duration of the lawsuit. Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

Politics

Migrant crisis | Bus company slams brakes on sending asylum-seekers to NYC as Adams admin lawsuit moves forward

Posted on March 20, 2024

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Business

Lawsuit challenging NYC property tax system cleared to move forward – opening door for possible, massive changes

Posted on March 19, 2024

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East Harlem tenants sue ‘slumlord’ over deplorable conditions, stolen money

Posted on March 16, 2024

Mayor Adams speaks about migrant aid

‘It’s gonna be fine’: Mayor Adams shrugs off lack of more migrant aid in state lawmakers’ budget plans

Posted on March 12, 2024

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‘Everybody need a helping hand’: This homeless hairstylist in Manhattan cuts the hair of other unhoused New Yorkers

Posted on March 12, 2024

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Housing

NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ sought for arrest over dangerous conditions in Washington Heights buildings

Posted on March 11, 2024

Staten Island resident holds up sign at protest over migrant shelter

Politics

‘Bring back our seniors’: Staten Islanders angry over migrant shelter where residents displaced, safety issues remain

Posted on March 9, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

‘A big relief’ for Kent Avenue tenants after DEC stops construction on Brownfield site

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Politics

This Queens lawmaker’s bill aims to force city to battle some landlords on tenants’ behalf

Posted on March 7, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at roundtable

Politics

Migrant crisis | Adams rebukes feds’ reported claim his admin hasn’t ‘stepped up to plate’ in collecting aid

Posted on March 5, 2024

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Bronx Times

Legal Aid, tenants sue Bronx landlord with almost 500 health and safety violations

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Politics

‘SNAP’-ping to it: NYC finally resolves public benefits backlog six months after court order

Posted on March 4, 2024

Formerly homeless man advocates in East Village over shelter conditions

How a homeless man in East Village is raising awareness of shelter conditions: ‘It’s no condition for nobody’

Posted on March 3, 2024

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Midtown Manhattan

Midtown cop assault: Charges dropped against Jhoan Boada, identified as wrong man in outrageous attack

Posted on March 2, 2024

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Bronx Times

City officials clear out makeshift migrant shelter housed in vacant Bronx storefront

Manhattan serial stabber Trevon Murphy appears for sentencing

Courts

Sentencing delayed for serial stabber in Manhattan who admitted to attacking homeless men as they slept in public

Posted on February 28, 2024

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Queens Pride Prom returns this Friday to celebrate and uplift LGBTQIA youth

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Adams announces plan to build 700 affordable homes in Coney Island as part of larger ‘revitalization’

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