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Almost Half The Families Who Got 60-Day Eviction Notices Moved Out Of Shelters
Data showed that 29% of migrant families who got such notices switched to other shelters, while 16% remained in their original shelter.
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TikToks Sharing NYC Rent Overcharge Stories Drive Surge Of Tenant Records Requests
One post from a Lower East Sider who got $6,000 in back rent has racked up more than four million views.
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Subway Conductor Slash Leads To Delays, Accusations Of Work Stoppage
Angry union leaders pleaded for increased safety in the system after the attack — but denied calling for workers to walk off the job.
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Tweak In City Contract Leaves Scores Of Queens Residents Without Rides To Senior Centers
Transportation providers say the Department for the Aging is no longer allowing them to use public funds for rides.
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Inside A Brooklyn Sweatshop That Processes Tobacco For Bodegas
“My husband works, and it makes me sad that I work, and I work, and I work, and have nothing to show for it.”
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Army Corps Needs To Better Plan For ‘Climate Hazards' In Flood Projects, Fed Watchdog Says
Federal investigators warn in a new report that the Army Corps of Engineers is not adequately preparing for the effects of climate change.
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Brooklyn's Hall Street Migrant Shelter Grows To 3,000, Testing Neighbors In Clinton Hill
“Hall Street was a no man’s land. It’s a dead end street. [Now] it’s like Grand Central Station,” said resident Monique Gramby, 55.
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New York Fined Unlicensed Weed Shops More Than $25 Million — And Collected Almost None Of That
Gov. Kathy Hochul has said she wants to shut down the illegal stores, but the lack of enforcement reveals just how hard that task will be.
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Comptroller Sues Over Millions In Wages Stolen From COVID-Era MTA Workers, He Alleges
The subway cleaners disinfected stations during the height of the pandemic. Two city lawsuits allege that they were underpaid.
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Shoplifting Surge Overwhelms NYC's Small Businesses
On Valentine’s Day, Gov. Kathy Hochul went to Queens to tout her efforts to curb what store owners say is soaring retail theft.
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How To Safely Deal With Wild Animals In NYC
There are more than 8 million humans in this city — but we’re not the only living things who can proudly call themselves New Yorkers.
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NYPD To Deploy Drones To Drop Flotation Devices On Drowning Swimmers At City Beaches
It’s not clear how many of the remotely-operated drones will be in use this summer — or how they’ll coordinate with the Parks Department.
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Tens Of Thousands Of Rent-Stabilized Apartments Remain Off The Market During Record Housing Shortage
Landlords kept an estimated 26,000 regulated units offline last year — rekindling a debate about the role of New York's strict rent laws.
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Subway Surfers Take Unsafe Sex To The Next Level
MTA rips into “clowns” who took pantless joyride atop the No. 7 train.
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City ‘Channeling Leslie Knope' To Clear Migrant Waiting Rooms
Mayor Adams wants the overflow sites where migrants evicted from shelters sleep on the ground while waiting for a new cot closed by Feb. 26.
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City Council Considers Adding Tibetan New Year To Alternate-Side Parking Suspension Calendar
Losar would become the 38th city parking holiday, joining Diwali, Tisha B'Av, Juneteenth, Three Kings' Day and many more.
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A Thousand Migrants Slept Outside Or In Subways, NYC Official Survey Says
As THE CITY reported earlier this week, the Adams administration is working to shut down the overnight sites where people can wait inside.
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Evicted Migrant Families Were Told They Could Reclaim Their Stuff. Then It Disappeared.
City staffers informed people being booted from Manhattan's Row Hotel they'd have 10 days to pick up items they couldn't carry out.
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Legionnaires' Disease Kills NYCHA Resident, Puts Brooklyn Public Housing Complex On Alert
The health department urged vulnerable tenants in Brownsville’s Langston Hughes Houses not to shower as it studies the bacterial illness.
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Feds Bust 70 NYCHA Supers On Bribery Charges Tied To No-Bid Contracts Flagged By THE CITY
U.S. prosecutors' charges center on alleged kickbacks for repair jobs.
