The lawsuit accuses the NYPD and NYCHA of violating residents’ rights by covertly using a free internet program to give police access to public housing surveillance cameras. The police department…
A new report from Center for an Urban Future urges the city to do more to raise awareness about, and increase access to, its “wild” spaces—what researchers say could improve…
“My mother’s generation still talks about when Jesse Jackson came to Harlem, about when Bill Clinton came to Harlem,” said Darique Warren, a 38-year-old NYCHA resident of Polo Grounds Towers.…
Advocates see the change as an effort to spur confusion and scare immigrants from using public programs. “We see a lot more people who are already affected by the chilling…
See the 100 city-owned lots where the mayor plans to develop 50,000 units of affordable housing, taking advantage of reforms that the administration hopes will make it easier to build.
“We did have higher expectations,” said Michelle Mendez, owner of Florence Prime Diner in Elmhurst, of turnout during the World Cup. Other businesses reported a bigger boost from the games,…
“Neighborhood businesses may want these spaces, but too often landlords keep storefronts vacant rather than lower rents to a level small businesses can actually afford,” said Irene Tung, senior director…
The group’s lawyers are using a rare tactic, called 7A—which the Mamdani administration has endorsed—to sideline negligent landlords and compel repairs. Transferring management is a drastic step, but tenants say…
A group of landlords, represented by former Adams administration official Randy Mastro, sued the Rent Guidelines Board alleging that the freeze was preordained by Mayor Mamdani, in violation of the…
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