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It's Thursday in New York City, where thousands of tenants are on the verge of losing their rental assistance.
The federal Emergency Housing Voucher program, which was created to keep people in their homes during the peak of the pandemic and has served roughly 6,700 New York City households, is running out of funds.
In response, Congress recently earmarked about $264 million to replace that assistance with a different form of aid called Tenant Protection Vouchers, which can typically be renewed on an annual basis.
But the Trump administration told Gothamist it won't issue those new vouchers, and will instead only use the money to fund the emergency housing program until the cash runs out later this year.
Police said they've arrested a man who allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at a Baptist church and a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ozone Park overnight.
The self-storage giant Extra Space must pay back New York City customers who faced unexpected rate hikes or received rat-infested units, according to the terms of a settlement.
A landfill near Seneca Falls that receives a sizable amount of New York City’s waste is pushing plans to expand. Locals in the upstate area say the dump is already way too big and smelly.
This week's collapse scare at the old Pfizer headquarters in Midtown was a drag for guests of the Hampton Inn Grand Central, who had to evacuate on a moment's notice.
The New York Times found that the private firm hired to inspect the office-to-residential conversion at 235 East 42nd St. has been cited for inspection failures in the past.
A Bronx underground boxing club says it hosts "beef fights" where reputed gang members and other IRL rivals can hit each other in a ring instead of resorting to gun violence.
Department of City Planning data shows more than 3,000 apartments and condos have been added to the city’s housing stock through office conversions since 2020. More than 2,000 are currently under construction.
The online prediction marketplace Kalshi, which is fighting back against attempts to regulate it like a gambling site, can continue operating in New York as the case proceeds.
