Heat pumps, inductions stoves and infrared heating panels: these are a few of the climate-friendly upgrades being installed at some public housing developments, with more to come, officials said Tuesday.
“Nobody would ever look through it,” 16-year-old Skylar Aaron said of the “giant mountain” of unclaimed belongings at Stuyvesant High School’s lost and found. So far, she and classmate Shayna…
After voters passed measures that could compel Bay Ridge to permit more housing, Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso decided to advance her own rezoning—and get the district out of the affordable housing…
A new pilot program for public restrooms requires tap access with a phone or key card. Homeless advocates say it could be another barrier for unhoused New Yorkers being able…
Tenants at five apartment complexes in Harlem and on Roosevelt Island say the switch to submetering has led to sky-high electricity bills, despite their efforts to conserve. “We don’t even…
“There’s no money exchanged,” said 39-year-old Regina Carter, who sources furniture and home goods otherwise destined for a landfill, and donates them to fellow New Yorkers. “We’re just placing things…
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), which would give some tenants and community groups pathways to bid early on certain buildings that go up for sale, finally has support…
Unlock Our Housing NYC, a new nonprofit founded by property owner advocate Jay Martin, says there is common ground for landlords and tenants on one issue: the tens of thousands…
Lawmakers approved John Mangin to chair the Board of Standards and Appeals, following a tense nomination hearing where some criticized him as dismissive to local residents’ concerns about new development.
Maria Guzman, 71, said she couldn’t believe that a man who helped her garden for a few minutes one afternoon would, within weeks, donate millions of dollars to redesign 33,000…
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