Rental MarketThe City
Why 24 Seniors Are Holding Up NYCHA’s $1.2B Plan to Demolish and Rebuild Chelsea Complex
The $1.2 billion reconstruction of NYCHA’s Fulton, Elliott and Chelsea Houses has been touted as a win-win-win. Eighteen mid-sized NYCHA buildings that are in need of serious upgrades will be demolished and replaced with six taller towers. Each of the 2,056 residents now living in these developments
1mo agoby Greg B. Smith
GeneralThe City
Candidate Mamdani Vowed to Implement the Law Expanding Housing Vouchers. As Mayor, He’s Appealing a Court Order To Do So.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday appealed a court ruling that requires the city to expand the hugely popular — but massively expensive — city-funded housing voucher program called CityFHEPS. As a mayoral candidate, Mamdani had promised to implement the expanded voucher program in line with laws the C
1mo agoby Samantha Maldonado
GeneralGothamist
Mamdani fights rental assistance expansion, continuing Adams’ clash with NYC Council
Mayor Mamdani spoke at a "rental ripoff" hearing earlier this month. With an appeal to the state’s high court, Mamdani reverses a campaign pledge. [ more › ]
1mo agoby Elizabeth Kim, David Brand
Tenant RightsCity Limits
Opinion: Albany Must Act to Prevent a Healthcare Crisis in Asian-American Communities
"For smaller, neighborhood-based practices—the backbone of primary care in immigrant communities—this level of disruption is an existential crisis: when community providers are destabilized, patient care suffers." The post Opinion: Albany Must Act to Prevent a Healthcare Crisis in Asian-American Com
1mo agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
Tenant RightsCity Limits
New Yorkers’ Energy Bills Soared During Recent Cold Snap
New York’s coldest winter in decades exacerbated a trend of steadily increasing utility rates. The average National Grid winter gas bill for NYC residential customers rose by 25 percent from last winter to this winter, according to the company's filings. The post New Yorkers’ Energy Bills Soared Dur
1mo agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
GeneralThe City
Thousands of New Yorkers at Risk of Losing Funds for Rent With No Fix in Sight
On Friday, Quiana Nichol received an email that filled her with dread. For three years, the 26-year-old has lived in an Elmhurst apartment that has been partially subsidized by a federally funded Emergency Housing Voucher. But the email warned that funding for the voucher she uses to pay most of her
1mo agoby Samantha Maldonado
Rental Market6sqft
NYC tourism generated $84.7B in 2025 despite decline in international visitors
New York City’s tourism industry generated $84.7 billion in economic impact in 2025, despite a decline in international visitors amid ongoing immigration crackdowns under the Trump administration. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Tourism + Conventions President and CEO Julie Coker released on Tuesday th
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
GuidesBrownstoner
Affordable HDFC Co-ops Set to Rise on City-Owned Sites in Brooklyn
Eight new buildings with a total of 108 co-op apartments are planned for vacant or under built city-owned sites in Bed Stuy, East New York, Brownsville, and East Flatbush, all offering affordable home ownership opportunities to first-time buyers. Late last month, the City Council approved Housing Pr
1mo agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
GeneralGothamist
Extra Extra: How southern fast-food chains took over NYC
Because people here love crispy chicken, here are your afternoon links: A lot of NYPD officers could retire with full pensions now, J.D. Vance's guy from Atlantic City, medieval period drama shot in Ridgewood and more. [ more › ]
1mo agoby James Ramsay
Rental MarketCity Limits
While Affordable Housing Tenants Pay Extra for Amenities, Some Market Rate Renters Get Them For Free
While high prices lock some New York City affordable housing tenants out of their luxury building’s amenities—like game rooms, gyms, co-working spaces, and lounges—some of their market-rate neighbors are getting the perks for free. The post While Affordable Housing Tenants Pay Extra for Amenities, S
1mo agoby Patrick Spauster
Rental MarketGothamist
16-year-old killed in shooting at Brooklyn NYCHA development, police say
The building at the Sheepshead Bay Houses where police say a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot, on March 24, 2026 The shooting at the Sheepshead Bay complex happened Monday evening. [ more › ]
1mo agoby Brittany Kriegstein
Rental Market6sqft
MTA lot in Crown Heights to become 300-unit residential building
New York is looking to transform a parking lot in Crown Heights owned by the MTA into the neighborhood’s next residential development. The agency on Tuesday released a request for proposals seeking developers to build approximately 300 new housing units at 1119 Pacific Street, an underutilized lot u
1mo agoby Devin Gannon
Rental Market6sqft
New community space opens at Wagner Park Pavilion in Battery Park City
A new community space with sweeping views of New York Harbor opened Monday at the Pavilion in Battery Park City’s Wagner Park. Dubbed “The Classroom,” the 1,200-square-foot space is designed for public engagements, private rentals, catered events, and business meetings. The addition marks the latest
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental MarketStreetEasy
Greenpoint 1BR duplex asks $660K
Greenpoint has recently seen prices that rival its neighbor to the south, Williamsburg, for quite some time. But that doesn’t mean finding an apartment in this industrial-chic neighborhood for less than seven figures is impossible. Homes like 169 Eagle St. #1A prove that you can have it all, includi
1mo agoby Erika Riley
Rental MarketStreetEasy
Greenpoint 1BR duplex asks $660K
Greenpoint has recently seen prices that rival its neighbor to the south, Williamsburg, for quite some time. But that doesn’t mean finding an apartment in this industrial-chic neighborhood for less than seven figures is impossible. Homes like 169 Eagle St. #1A prove that you can have it all, i
1mo agoby Erika Riley
GeneralGothamist
NYC schools get AI guidance using 'red light, green light' model
Educators say AI has already forced drastic changes to how they teach. The chancellor said the “traffic-light approach” seeks to harness the tech's benefits while mitigating its risks. [ more › ]
1mo agoby Jessica Gould
Rental Market6sqft
Take a retro NYC subway ride to the Mets and Yankees home opener games
Baseball is back! Celebrate by taking a retro subway ride to the Mets and Yankees home opener games. The New York Transit Museum will once again run vintage trains for the first home games of the season, March 26 at Citi Field and April 3 at Yankee Stadium. Costing the typical $3 to ride, retro [...
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
GeneralGothamist
Raphael finally visits the Met — after a very long wait
Installation view of the Raphael exhibition. A once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the Italian Renaissance painter's works in New York [ more › ]
1mo agoby Walter Wuthmann
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Three Sold, One off the Market
This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Williamsburg, and Sheepshead Bay. How did they fare? First up, in Brooklyn Heights this wood-frame house in the historic district got an interior renovation wi
1mo agoby Susan De Vries
Rental MarketBrownstoner
NYPD Still Slapping Street Vendors With Criminal Charges Despite Council Law Requiring Civil Charges
by Gwynne Hogan This article was originally published on March 20 2:58 p.m. EDT by THE CITY NYPD officers have hit street vendors in Manhattan and Brooklyn with at least seven criminal summonses for vending since a new law went into effect 10 days ago that’s supposed to eliminate such charges. The…
1mo agoby THE CITY