GeneralThe City
Mamdani Embraces Socialist ‘Pothole Politics’ in Queens Barn Burner
Mayor Zohran Mamdani filled a cavernous venue in Maspeth, Queens on Sunday with thousands of supporters and city workers to mark his first 100 days in office and continue building the popular support that led him there. In a 35-minute speech, the city’s 112th mayor put the spotlight on the employees
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Rental MarketBrownstoner
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Prospect Lefferts Gardens Tudor
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Windsor Terrace rental, a Bay Ridge co-op, and a Clinton Hill brownstone. Park Slope was popular again this week with other listings scattered from Bay Ridge to Greenpoint. The least expensive property for sale on the list is the Bay Ridge
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GeneralThe City
LISTEN: A Live FAQ NYC Chat on 100 Days of Mayor Mamdani
FAQ NYC hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel visited the Greene Space in Soho on Thursday night for a sold-out live taping, hosted by ABNY, talking about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days. https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?100live “I would give him a B,” said Chrissy. “I’
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Rental MarketBrownstoner
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Brownsville Housing Lottery Launches
Bay Ridge Three-Bedroom With Foyer, Seven Closets Asks $569K This Bay Ridge apartment has a roomy layout that includes three bedrooms and seven closets. The postwar building at 6665 Colonial Road doesn’t have a lot of architectural flourishes, but there is the opportunity for a new owner to put thei
1mo agoby Susan De Vries
GeneralGothamist
'Everybody scattered': Cyclist's friend remembers NY cop's deadly choice to throw cooler
Friends and loved ones put together a vigil for Eric Duprey after he was killed during a police chase. The Bronx neighborhood where former NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran killed Eric Duprey by throwing a cooler at his head responds to Duran’s prison sentence. [ more › ]
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GeneralThe City
They Speak for the Trees: Meet the ‘Petal Protectors’ Guarding NYC’s Cherry Blossoms
As cherry blossoms bloom in the beginning of April, the idyllic promenades of Roosevelt Island transform into catwalks. Visitors travel to the tiny island to capture the fleeting beauty of the flowering trees overlooking the Manhattan skyline — and their own portraits, for Instagram. Crowds we
1mo agoby Lilly Sabella
Tenant RightsGothamist
Lawmakers rally to save Jimmy's Corner as beloved Midtown dive bar faces eviction
Jimmy's Corner is perhaps the only remaining dive bar near Times Square. The popular dive bar is the last of its kind near Times Square. [ more › ]
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Tenant RightsCity Limits
Opinion: Excise Taxes Can Help Fund Needed Addiction Treatment in NY
“Alcohol sales in New York generate $12 billion annually, yet currently contribute nothing directly to address the very problems alcohol can create.” A beer distributor in Inwood in 2016. State lawmakers are proposing bills that would use revenue from alcohol and opioid sales to fund add
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Rental MarketStreetEasy
NYC open houses for April 11 and 12, 2026
The cherry blossoms are blooming and New York has never looked better, making it a great time to head to the many open houses happening this weekend and find your perfect home. Just to give you a sense of things, here are two that caught our eye: a Park Slope 1-bedroom in Brooklyn's famous Chiclet M
1mo agoby Adrienne Gaffney
Rental Market6sqft
Lottery opens for 75 apartments at 38-story FiDi tower, from $1,819/month
An affordable housing lottery launched this week for 75 mixed-income apartments at a 38-story residential tower in the Financial District. Developed by the Moinian Group, Aria 7 Platt at 7 Platt Street offers light-filled luxury residences and a range of indoor and outdoor amenities. New Yorkers ear
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental Market6sqft
Jersey City’s historic Loew’s Theatre to reopen this fall after $130M restoration
A Jersey City icon will reopen its doors this year. Loew’s Jersey Theatre announced this week that the historic venue will return this fall, following a $130 million restoration. New renderings provide an updated look at the 1929 theater’s transformation into a year-round entertainment d
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GeneralGothamist
MTA sits on sidelines as Trump and NJ Transit rebuild Penn Station
MTA Chair Janno Lieber wanted to lead the reconstruction of Penn Station. President Donald Trump took the project away from him last year. NJ Transit has signed on as a partner in President Donald Trump's plan to rebuild Penn Station. MTA Chair Janno Lieber has declined to do so. [ more › ]
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Data & InsightsCity Limits
Report Finds Homeless Students Miss More School, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing
More than half of students living in the shelter system were chronically absent last year, meaning they missed one in every 10 school days, an analysis from Advocates for Children found—prompting calls for the city and state to step up support. A scene from the first day of school in New York City i
1mo agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
Rental Market6sqft
Even amid NYC’s housing crisis, new affordable units sit vacant for over 14 months
A report released Thursday is calling for reforms to New York City’s leasing process, finding that some affordable housing buildings can take up to 14 months to reach full occupancy due to delays. Published by Enterprise, the report highlights how even amid the city’s housing crisis, newly built aff
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Data & InsightsGothamist
Marcel Duchamp is about more than just a urinal. Find out how at MoMA.
Multiple Portrait of Marcel Duchamp. Broadway Photo Shop, New York, 1917. The artist's first US survey in over 50 years comes to New York. [ more › ]
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Rental Market6sqft
Mariah Carey lists Tribeca penthouse for $27M
Mariah Carey is selling her triplex atop 90 Franklin Street, which was featured in Architectural Digest and “MTV Cribs” and exemplifies the rarified experience of penthouse living. Asking $27 million, the three-floor, 12,700-square-foot home has 1,100 square feet of outdoor space, wrappe
1mo agoby Michelle Cohen
Tenant RightsCity Limits
New York’s Latino Communities ‘Under Siege’ by ICE’s Racial Profiling, Lawsuit Says
“What they’re doing is like marauding. They’re out on the streets wandering around, stopping people who are Latino,” said Paige Austin, an attorney with Make the Road New York, one of several legal groups that filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of New Yorkers stopped or detai
1mo agoby Daniel Parra
Rental MarketBrownstoner
City Deems Fort Greene Manse Unworthy of Protection as Demo Looks Imminent
A last ditch attempt by the public to save the butter yellow Italianate manse on Fort Greene’s South Oxford Street through landmarking appears futile. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has determined, for a second time in its history, that the eye-catching wood frame house at 158 South Ox
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Rental MarketBrownstoner
A Clinton Hill Brownstone and More to See, Starting at $3.5 Million
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Park Slope, Clinton Hill, Ditmas Park, and Fort Greene. They range in price from $3.5 million to $5.495 million. 27 7th Avenue Price: $5.495 million Area: Park Slope Broker: Compass (Lindsay Barrett) Sunday April 12, 1-2:30 p.m. See it
1mo agoby Susan De Vries
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Work to Resume on Flatbush Avenue Center Bus Lanes
The city Department of Transportation will restart construction on another long-gestating street redesign in the last week of April by continuing to install bus lanes down Flatbush Avenue. The project, which was first floated by former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration in 2022, encompasses painting c
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