GeneralGothamist
Gov. Hochul, lawmakers to miss NY budget deadline yet again
Governor Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at Budget Rally in March. Debates over auto insurance, climate change have slowed down state budget talks. [ more › ]
1mo agoby Jon Campbell
GeneralGothamist
NY Democrats block Republican Bruce Blakeman from millions in campaign matching funds
The Public Campaign Finance Board meets Tuesday in Albany, including Vice Chair Brian Kolb, left, and Chair Barbara Lifton, right. The Republican gubernatorial candidate and good-government groups condemned the move. [ more › ]
1mo agoby Jimmy Vielkind
Tenant RightsCity Limits
Auditoría detecta barreras lingüísticas en centros de salud y durante inspecciones a restaurantes
La auditoría descubrió "numerosas deficiencias" en la forma en que el Departamento de Salud e Higiene Mental prestaba servicios de interpretación a los neoyorquinos con dominio limitado del inglés en sus instalaciones, así como cuando el personal realizaba inspecciones sanitarias en restaurantes. Th
1mo agoby Daniel Parra
Tenant RightsCity Limits
Auditoría detecta barreras lingüísticas en centros de salud y durante inspecciones a restaurantes
La auditoría descubrió “numerosas deficiencias” en la forma en que el Departamento de Salud e Higiene Mental prestaba servicios de interpretación a los neoyorquinos con dominio limitado del inglés en sus instalaciones, así como cuando el personal realizaba inspecciones sanitarias en rest
1mo agoby Daniel Parra
Rental Market6sqft
Two-story Midtown South building to become 32-story tower with 95 apartments
A vacant two-story Midtown South commercial building will become a 32-story residential tower, marking the first permits filed in New York City for a high-density development under new zoning laws. On Monday, Sioni Group filed plans to construct a 95-unit apartment building at 28 West 37th Street, t
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental Market6sqft
Two-story Midtown South building to become 32-story tower with 95 apartments
A vacant two-story Midtown South commercial building will become a 32-story residential tower, marking the first permits filed in New York City for a high-density development under new zoning laws. On Monday, Sioni Group filed plans to construct a 95-unit apartment building at 28 West 37th Street, t
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
GeneralGothamist
Police fatally shoot 2 dogs in Queens after one bites woman, NYPD says
Close-up of an police car, equipped with flashing lights and siren, used as transportation on New York City streets by NYPD. The incident happened at a public housing complex in Edgemere. [ more › ]
1mo agoby Brittany Kriegstein, Charles Lane
GeneralGothamist
Former NYPD sergeant turned contractor charged in alleged bribery scheme
Migrants wait outside the Roosevelt Hotel hoping for a place to stay on Aug. 2, 2023, in New York City. The former official received some $7 million in contracts to guard New York City shelter. [ more › ]
1mo agoby Samantha Max, Arun Venugopal
Tenant RightsBrownstoner
Brownsville Affordable Housing Lottery Offers Studio Apartments for $940
An affordable housing lottery has opened for a building in Brownsville that was converted from a two-story brick industrial building into a three-story, 68-unit apartment building. Included in the lottery for 400 Thatford Avenue Apartments are 17 studio apartments, all rent stabilized and income res
1mo agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
Tenant RightsBrownstoner
Brownsville Affordable Housing Lottery Offers Studio Apartments for $940
An affordable housing lottery has opened for a building in Brownsville that was converted from a two-story brick industrial building into a three-story, 68-unit apartment building. Included in the lottery for 400 Thatford Avenue Apartments are 17 studio apartments, all rent stabilized and income res
1mo agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
Rental Market6sqft
Booze is back on board the Staten Island Ferry
After a seven-year sober spell, Staten Island Ferry riders can once again booze on board. Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that beer, hard seltzers, and canned cocktails will be sold on the ferry for the first time since 2019, alongside expanded snack options like pretzels
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental Market6sqft
Booze is back on board the Staten Island Ferry
After a seven-year sober spell, Staten Island Ferry riders can once again booze on board. Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that beer, hard seltzers, and canned cocktails will be sold on the ferry for the first time since 2019, alongside expanded snack options like pretzels
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
GeneralGothamist
Early Addition: Nassau County business owners tell Scott Bessent they're doing great
Because the economy is working for some people, here are your early links: Donate your clothes, new Bigfoot hoax evidence, Army looking into why two helicopters stopped by Kid Rock's backyard and more. [ more › ]
1mo agoby James Ramsay
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Two Sold, One in Contract
This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy, Midwood, and Flatbush. How did they fare? First up, this 1870s Clinton Hill brownstone hadn't changed hands in decades and is filled with lovingly cared-for period details like… Re
1mo agoby Susan De Vries
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Two Sold, One in Contract
This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy, Midwood, and Flatbush. How did they fare? First up, this 1870s Clinton Hill brownstone hadn't changed hands in decades and is filled with lovingly cared-for period details like&hel
1mo agoby Susan De Vries
Rental Market6sqft
Upper West Side affordable senior housing project breaks ground
Work has begun on the second phase of a long-awaited Upper West Side development offering affordable homes for low-income and formerly homeless seniors. On Friday, the West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing (WSFSSH) announced the start of the second phase of its West 108 development,
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental MarketBrownstoner
‘Burg Residents Upset by Prolonged Closure of Metropolitan Pool
by Brennan LaBrie, Brooklyn Paper In December 2024, Rifka Friedman renewed her membership at the Metropolitan Recreation Center in Williamsburg, as she has for 65 years. A day later, she learned the pool was closing. “There was no notice — nothing,” she said. Friedman, a local resident since 1951, l
1mo agoby Brooklyn Paper
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Daily Links: Lawsuit Alleges Accessibility Issues at Dumbo Development
In the News Man’s Body Found on Rocks at Brooklyn Park: NYPD [NYP] Read More > The post Daily Links: Lawsuit Alleges Accessibility Issues at Dumbo Development appeared first on Brownstoner.
1mo agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
GeneralThe City
More Than 40k 311 Calls From Rikers Go Into a Black Hole Every Year
After visiting her son on Rikers Island last June, Benjamin Kelly’s mother dialed 311 in a panic. He was hallucinating about an insect crawling up his nose, dead bodies in the walls and something reaching up from the floor to grab him, Angela Kelly told the operator. She urged the jail’s medical sta
1mo agoby Reuven Blau and Kennedy Sessions
Tenant RightsCity Limits
Opinion: New York’s Mental Health Crisis Demands We Invest in Programs That Work
“The issue is not whether these programs work, it is whether we are willing to scale and coordinate them to create an effective continuum of care.” Outside Lincoln Medical Center, The Bronx. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) For years, New York City has struggled to meet the needs of people livin
1mo agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
