🌱 NYC Rental Board Proposes Up To 7% Increases + Mother's Day Brunch

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• The rent guidelines board is proposing increases.
• Is Texas planning to resume sending buses with asylum seekers to NYC?
• Patch's recommendations for Mother's Day brunch.

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Here are the top five stories today in New York City:

1. In a preliminary vote last night, NYC's Rental Guidelines Board proposed increases of 2-5 percent for rent stabilized tenants with one-year leases and 4-7 percent increase for tenants with two-year leases. During the meeting, protestors leapt onto the stage where board members were seated, chanting "Shame on you," and "Rent rollback!" (New York City Patch)
2. Texas may soon resume sending asylum seekers in buses to New York City and other cities across the country, Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement without further details. It hasn't been independently verified whether that's true, and it's been months since NYC received such buses carrying asylum seekers. (Gothamist)
3. New York State is holding on to billions of dollars in "lost" or otherwise unclaimed money. Here's how to find out if you are owed anything, whether it be from an old utility deposit, an uncashed check, or a trust fund, and how to claim it. (THE CITY)
4. "Greed at all costs." That's how Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg described the alleged "pervasive fraud and corruption" of more than a dozen New York City construction executives and companies in a series of indictments. According to Bragg, the company's schemes left workers dangerously uninsured, while rigging projects to exclude businesses owned by women and minorities. (New York City Patch)
5. Here's a closer look at the state budget agreement lawmakers began voting on yesterday. It includes allows SUNY and CUNY universities to raise tuition, allows for the addition of 14 charter schools to New York City, makes it easier for state authorities to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops, and much more. (Gothamist)

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Today in New York City:

• Art Show & Party at the Vandalia Older Adult Center in East New York, Brooklyn (1:30 p.m.)
• Salsa Night at The William Vale | Brooklyn, NYC (6:30 p.m.)
• Concert In The Catacombs: Susie Ibarra — Green-Wood Cemetery (6:30 p.m.)
• Schmaltzy Live Event at Littlefield — Brooklyn (6:30 p.m.)
• MasterVoices Presents Gilbert And Sullivan’s Iolanthe on May 3, At Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Eighteen components in 10 minutes. That's the "seasonal parfait" in Soho, considered the "most complicated dessert" in NYC. (Grub Street)
• A public hospital with late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's name is opening in Brooklyn. (NBC New York)
• Wondering where to go for a Mother's Day brunch in New York City? Patch has got you covered! (New York City Patch)
• Here's the celebrity looks from Monday night's Met Gala on the Upper East Side. (Vogue)
• Seven entrepreneur finalists — out of an original 60 — are competing on Thursday in a "Shark Tank" style event in Harlem. Here's a preview of some of their ideas. (Harlem Patch)

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