Rental MarketGothamist
Hochul, lawmakers near deal to speed up NY housing projects
Gov. Kathy Hochul tours a new housing development The governor and lawmakers are set to eliminate an environmental review for certain housing projects, though some details remain open. [ more › ]
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GeneralGothamist
New York nears prohibition on renting jail space to ICE
Sheriffs from around New York lobbied Tuesday at the state capitol. Gov. Hochul and lawmakers are closing in on immigration package as part of state budget. [ more › ]
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Rental MarketBrownstoner
Daily Links: Cargo Drones Will Fly to Brooklyn
In the News Why Can’t Parkland Be Used as a Park? Ask Judges Who Park There [NYT] Music Festival to Take Over Bushwick’s Scott Street Next Month [BP] Stevie Wonder Getting Three-Night All-Star Tribute at BAM [BK Mag] … Read More >The post Daily Links: Cargo Drones Will Fly to Brooklyn appe
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Rental MarketGothamist
NYC affordable housing preferences for artists? A bill auditions in Albany.
Theresa Buccheister, front and center, after The Brick production, "The Whole of Time." A proposal aims to clarify that such preferences do not run afoul of antidiscrimination measures. [ more › ]
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GeneralGothamist
Here's which NYC neighborhoods will be hit hardest as key federal rental program ends
Mott Haven in the Bronx The Bronx has the highest number of Emergency Housing Voucher recipients, but the program is used in every section of the city, data shows. [ more › ]
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GeneralThe City
UPS Tops List of Bus-Lane Blockers Caught on Camera Last Year
Here’s what brown can do for you: turn commuting on the country’s pokiest buses into even more of a slog. UPS trucks were flagged more than 25,000 times last year for obstructing New York City bus lanes, MTA data reveals. That’s nearly twice as many as Amazon, whose 12,975 violations ranked second.
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GeneralThe City
How Guadalajara Killed the Paper Permit and What NYC Can Learn From It
This is Borrow and Steal, a monthly interview series from our partners at Vital City profiling evidence-backed urban policy ideas from around the world and the practitioners who have translated them into reality. Sign up for their newsletter. New York City has a permitting problem. Businesses and de
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GeneralGothamist
Justice Department sues NJ over limits on federal agents
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signs three bills meant to strengthen protections for immigrants. The lawsuit comes after the state took steps to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. [ more › ]
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Tenant RightsCity Limits
Opinion: Property Tax Hikes Would Break Homeowners of Color Like Me. Let Mamdani Tax The Rich.
“The actual solution to the city’s budget crisis is for Gov. Kathy Hochul to finally make our ever-increasing population of billionaires and millionaires pay what they owe in taxes.” Homes in Queens near JFK airport. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) I narrowly avoided losing my home during the G
4d agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
GeneralGothamist
Delivery driver in Amazon vest charged after violent rampage in Woodhaven, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say the Brooklyn man rammed cars and assaulted four men, three of them seniors. [ more › ]
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Tenant RightsCity Limits
NYCHA Must Provide Interpreters for Tenants Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Federal Settlement Says
“We almost feel like we’re doing something wrong by asking,” Jazmin Grubb said of her family’s struggles to obtain American Sign Language accommodations for her aunt, who is deaf and lives at NYCHA’s Taft Houses. “It shouldn’t be a problem if she’s just aski
4d agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
GeneralGothamist
Mamdani gives King Charles a royal brush back over a crown jewel swiped from India
A crown featuring the Koh-i-Noor diamond resting on the coffin of the Queen Mother in 2002. The mayor's comments reflect a popular critique among many in the Indian diaspora. [ more › ]
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GeneralGothamist
Rikers officers lied about headbutt to justify pepper spray, Bronx DA says
Rikers island is New York city's main jail complex. Adrian Houlder and Tarik Hawkins face misconduct and falsifying records charges tied to 2024 incidents. [ more › ]
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Rental Market6sqft
For $7.15M, this Sag Harbor 1930s cottage is a timeless waterfront refuge
At the secluded shoreline of Morris Cove, “East of Eden,” the Sag Harbor Village home at 10 Bluff Point Lane, is a perfect lazy summer retreat, complete with a private dock and bulkheaded frontage. Asking $7,150,000, the property is next door to the former estate of writer John Steinbeck
4d agoby Michelle Cohen
Tenant RightsGothamist
NYC wants landlords to ease evictions against formerly homeless NYers
Community members protest against evictions and in support of the movement to "cancel rent" outside the Bronx housing court on August 10, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Legal Services NYC said new city guidelines issued this month fall short of what’s needed to solve the probl
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Rental Market6sqft
NYC wants your feedback on Park Avenue redesign
The proposed redesign of Park Avenue could bring back lush green spaces to the iconic corridor’s medians. The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled two potential plans to overhaul an 11-block stretch from East 46th to East 57th Streets, both of which would widen the medians
4d agoby Aaron Ginsburg
GeneralGothamist
Enrollment is declining in NYC schools. Expect more school closure fights.
Chancellor Kamar Samuels said the factors leading to a controversial plan for school closures in the Upper West Side aren't going anywhere. Public school enrollment is down by 160,000 students across the school system since 2020. [ more › ]
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Rental Market6sqft
Resorts World opens as first casino to offer live table games in NYC
New York City’s first full casino has arrived. After many years and a competition for downstate gaming licenses, Resorts World New York City opened in Queens on Tuesday as the first casino in the five boroughs to offer live table games. Located next to the Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, the ex
4d agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental MarketBrownstoner
See Inside the Mysterious, Long-Closed Brownstone on Columbia Heights
It has been a mystery for decades, with its chained doors and boarded up windows, but sunlight is finally illuminating the interior of an Italianate brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, providing a glimpse of some tantalizing details. Brownstoner had a chance to walk, carefully, through the interior of 1
4d agoby Susan De Vries
Rental MarketStreetEasy
Brooklyn's best homes under $1M right now
With Brooklyn becoming more and more popular, it seems like $1 million in today's real estate market doesn't stretch as far as it used to. But all is not lost, and there are plenty of worthwhile finds in prime locations in the borough. Whether it's a prewar Park Slope co-op with original details or
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