Troubled Nonprofit Gets Payout in Flip of Bed-Stuy Landmark to Upscale Developer
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More than 50 state lawmakers voiced strong opposition Thursday to a Trump administration proposal that would override New York State’s 25% interest rate cap for borrowers and allow high-cost, high-fee...
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Additional reporting by Candace Pedraza After a chaotic redistricting process, New York’s political boundaries have finally been set for the 2022 election season. A lot has changed. The new lines mean...
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In a city resigned to seeing untreated serious mental illness spasm into bursts of violence, the savage killing of emergency responder Alison Russo-Elling in Queens this September escalated a sense of...
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In a scripted speech on a fraught issue, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said the city’s police, mental health and other responders will step up measures to ensure people experiencing potentially dangerous...
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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced heightened affordable housing goals Thursday for the first residential tower at the World Trade Center, cheering local advocates who have pressed for more low-rent...
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Nearly two years after New York legalized the recreational use of marijuana, the first Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary licensee opened in the Village on Thursday, finally completing the state’s...
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View ArticleTroubled Nonprofit Gets Payout in Flip of Bed-Stuy Landmark to Upscale Developer
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View ArticleOpen Seas at Brooklyn’s Least Exclusive Beach Club
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View ArticleLandlord Accused of Discriminating Against Voucher Holders Must Pay
Want more reporting from THE CITY? Sign up for Scoop, our free weekday newsletter, to have our latest news delivered right to your inbox. A landlord with dozens of apartment buildings in Brooklyn and...
View ArticleThe $10 Million Eric Adams Is Charged With Stealing Speaks to a Vaster Plot
The grand jury indictment of Mayor Eric Adams kicks off with a stunning $10 million figure that has captured headlines, dominated cable news shows and prompted the New York Times editorial board to...
View ArticleAdams Real Estate Chief Jesse Hamilton at Crux of Big Deals Boosting...
By June 2023, nearly 60% of the office space in the 21-story tower at 215 Lexington Ave. in Manhattan’s Kips Bay was vacant, yet another casualty of the pandemic-triggered collapse of the commercial...
View ArticleEric Adams Reaped Public Dollars From a So-Called Small-Donor Barbecue. Video...
This story was co-published with The Guardian.In a campaign that pulled in more than $10 million in public matching dollars from the taxpayers of New York City, the August 2021 fundraiser on Long...
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