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It's Tuesday in New York City, where the Elizabeth Street Garden defenders appear to have finally gotten what they wanted.
According to new court filings, the city, which owns the land, and the developers who wanted to build affordable housing for seniors on the site may be on the verge of an “amicable resolution” to settle the dispute.
Three people familiar with the discussions said the deal would allow the same developers to build some 180 units of affordable housing less than a mile away on another city-owned site: 22 Suffolk Street.
An alarming dop in literacy scores on state tests indicates that half of New York City students in grades 3 through 8 now don't read at grade level. Some education advocates are starting to doubt the results.
A Staten Island judge yesterday temporarily blocked New York City’s pied-à-terre tax after a group of property owners sued last week. An appeal by city lawyers stayed the judges ruling hours later.
A group of current and former Palestinian students and lecturers at Columbia University are suing the school, accusing officials of discriminating against them after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the ensuing war in Gaza, and the tumult on campus that followed.
Federal prosecutors say the 46-year-old man who was piloting the boat that capsized in New York Harbor Saturday evening was operating it without a required license and ignored safety protocols, causing the deaths of a mother and infant daughter onboard.
Nursing homes and other medical providers in New York are scrambling after Haitian caregivers, who make a up a sizable part of their workforce, lost their temporary protected status.
Elected officials and the MTA said they're exploring ways to cool down subway stations by using thermal energy to suck heat out of stations and store it in nearby buildings.
"That’s not allowed. You can’t be taping s--t to the walls": Here's what a 911 call about Democratic pamphlets; a ballot measure; and unease over Trump says about the intense state of local politics in Millburn, New Jersey.
If your $5+ million primary residence in New York City is owned not by you but by a trust, that can set off the pied-à-terre tax dogs.
Internal survey says: New York City's chapter of the Democratic Socialists of Americais 60% white.
"Sometimes, this just happens in New York": A Turo customer service representative on why the app-based rental car company didn't provide the car that had been booked — and then told the booker she straight-up wasn't eligible to use Turo in New York.
The Department of Environmental Conservation requires the roughly 400 statewide refuse facilities to file annual reports about the waste they bring in, including how much of it is diverted to recycling. But an audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli of the department’s records from 2021 to 2023 show nearly a third of the reports were missing.
Largely restricted from the use of power tools or heavy equipment by the parks department, small teams of volunteers diligently clear catch basins, maintain paths and battle back weeds threatening to crack the concrete on the city’s only velodrome.
