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Harlem Tenants Ask Judge To Penalize Landlord Of Building Rife With Rats And Leaks
The city’s housing agency is also suing, seeking to have heat and hot water restored to residents suffering multiple plagues.
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Racial Gap In City Jails Has Only Gotten Worse, John Jay Study Finds
Despite criminal justice reforms recently, Black people were jailed at a rate 11.6 times higher than white people in 2021.
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Amtrak Pact Puts MTA's Penn Station Access Megaproject Back On Schedule
MTA crews will get needed access to Amtrak’s tracks crossing the Hell Gate Bridge.
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House And Tome: Retiree Uses Second Life As Artist To Highlight Homeless Plight
“I would like my next 20 years to be spent doing this particular project, that I bore witness to the homeless problem in New York City."
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The Number Of Rent-Stabilized Apartments Registered In Ridgewood Plummeted. ‘Substantial Rehabilitations' Could Help Explain Why.
Residents are worried about de facto deregulation in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.
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Proposed Salary Boosts Would Do Little To Help Struggling EMTs, Labor Leaders Say
The head of one union representing FDNY emergency medical technicians and paramedics said he won’t accept the mayor’s contract blueprint.
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How To File Your Taxes For Free In New York City
The deadline for filing your 2022 tax returns is April 18. Here’s what you need to know about how to get help — for free — with paperwork.
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Rate Hike In Pipeline For Con Ed Customers
Home gas and electric bills could increase to pay for the utility’s infrastructure investment.
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Hochul Looking To Transfer MTA's Paratransit Budget To City
“MTA has rightfully made accessibility a strategic priority,” Valdivia said. “But this feels like a step back.”
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Madison Square Garden's Permit Is Expiring — But Cancellation Is A Long Shot
Here’s what would actually happen if the City Council pulls the plug on the arena NYC loves to hate.
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City Hospital System Takes On Migrant Emergency — With Blank Check From Mayor
A newly unveiled memo details an unusual and obscure arrangement for more than $100 million in spending on hotels and health care.
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Midtown Owners Hedge On Costly Office-To-Home Conversions
Landlords need Albany action to turn Manhattan commercial buildings into apartments — and that’s just the start of their challenges.
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Latest Subway Surfing Death Highlights Surge Of Risky Riders In Pandemic
The MTA numbers include reports of people riding not only on top of trains but also on the side of or between subway cars.
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20 NYC Construction Workers Died On The Job In 2021, New Report Finds
Fatalities rise again, following a dip during the COVID construction pause.
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Her Cousin Left Rose More Than Three-Quarters Of A Million Dollars. Five Years Later, She Hasn't Seen A Dime.
Yet the Bronx public administrator for the “widows and orphans” court has already spent more than half of the money.
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As Battery Fires Mount, Sanitation Department Scrambles To Deal With The Hazardous Aftermath
A DSNY facility in Gravesend, Brooklyn that stored damaged batteries reached capacity last year.
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Community Boards Struggling With Attendance Look To Stronger Enforcement
To address the longstanding problem of maintaining good attendance, some leaders are cracking down so the boards can keep functioning.
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As New York City Struggles To Solve Old Murders, Families Lose Trust In The Homicide Investigation Process
When cases go cold, loved ones can feel left behind by law enforcement.
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MTA Kills $50 Million Contract To Fix Paratransit, With Little Delivered In 4 Years
StrataGen Systems Inc. ran into delays in delivering critical services. The MTA moved to end its contract with the Redmond, Wash company.
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Despite Pleas, City Sticks To No-Sleep Order At Youth Drop-In Centers
DYCD commissioner says youth in need can ‘rest’ but not ‘sleep’, while the mayor blames the migrant crisis for not adding more shelter beds.
