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Brooklyn Group Battles For Bushwick Building — And The Future Of Affordable Housing
When the 15 years were up and RiseBoro sought to assume full ownership of the building known as Stockholm Manor, SunAmerica balked.
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NYPD ‘Accidental' Killer Cop’s Rise To Brooklyn Chief Questioned
“Why are people allowed to be police officers if they don't know how to handle their weapon?” asked de Blasio Monday in an interview.
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Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley Blames Old Boss De Blasio For Fundraising Violations
Wiley acknowledged that while she had provided De Blasio with ethical advice for his CONY fundraising, it was "not always followed."
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Billionaire Developer Launches Super PAC With Half Million Dollar Contribution
Stephen Ross, CEO of the real estate firm Related Companies, gave $500,000 last week to a new super PAC known as Vote for NYC's Future.
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Parents Of Special Education Students Say The DOE Isn't Sharing Meaningful Data. So They’re Collecting It Themselves
Rachel Ford, Jenn Choi, and Amber Decker, New York City parents whose children have special education needs, watched the hearing on Zoom.
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NYC Schools To Get Billions Of New Dollars Under State Budget Deal
New York City schools are slated to get $1.3 billion more than last year under the state's budget that's expected to pass Wednesday.
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MTA Touts Tunnel Fixes But Sandy Subway And Rail Repairs Still Have Long Way To Go
“We are not fully protected — Sandy was not a once-in-100-years storm and we could potentially get hit by another major storm at any time.”
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Old Coney Island Amusements Set To Whirl Again Even As New Rides Remain Beached
But notably missing from the beachfront People's Playground are several attractions originally scheduled for completion 2 years ago.
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Dream Of Connected NYC Greenway Re-Envisioned As Path To COVID Recovery
Nationally, outdoors and cycling enthusiasts have been working for three decades to expand the East Coast Greenway.
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Sleeping Behind The Bronx Zoo: Why Some New Yorkers Choose Streets Over Shelters
A study found that 73% of the homeless had been homeless a year or more, 66% had mental health issues, while 43% had physical health issues.
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NYPD Uses NFL Playbook To Tackle Upper Ranks Diversity Problem
Mayor Bill de Blasio Wednesday signed an executive order that mimics the NFL's Rooney Rule, which was first adopted in 2003.
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Tenants And Landlords' Future Hangs In Balance Over State Budget. Here’s What That Means
Now, substantial relief may be in sight. But like everything else with housing during the pandemic, it's not so simple.
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How De Blasio Pals Ended Up With Jobs At The City's Hearings Agency
Laura Feyer, a City Hall spokesperson, defended Gentile’s hiring and denied it had anything to do with his ties to de Blasio.
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How New York's New Marijuana Law Plants Seeds Of Fairness
Although it's short on details, the legislation sets forth a timeline of expunging records within two years after the bill’s signing.
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Brooklyn Tenants Sue NYCHA Over Constant Gas Outages
The lawsuit also cites other poor living conditions in the apartments — including mold, peeling paint, and roach and rodent infestation.
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Embattled Cuomo Pushes Skyline-Altering Penn Station Real Estate Plan As Critics Mobilize
“This is not just a project. This is city-making. This is on such a huge scale.”
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Mayor, City Council Dial Up Anger Over NYPD Phone Seizures
“It’s heightened some... concerns because it means that kids without... cell phones are at greater risk than they were before the pandemic."
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How The Pandemic Is Speeding Up Job Automation For Struggling New Yorkers
“I didn’t see a path to recovery or to the level the industry has been,” said Vogetta, 24, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
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Hunger Strikers Demand $3.5B Relief Fund For Undocumented New Yorkers In State Budget. Will Cuomo Come Through?
"It started one by one and before I knew it all the work was gone and I started to think, alright, OK, but what about me?”
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Where Are The Safe Injection Facilities Cuomo Promised For New York?
Safe injection facilities currently operate in more than 100 cities around the world, but none has yet opened in the United States.