Head of NYC housing nonprofit jailed over court-ordered repairs at Harlem building The case marks an unusual example of a nonprofit landlord arrested and jailed over conditions in a building his organization owns.

A NYC nonprofit executive was jailed last week after a housing court judge found his organization failed to make court-ordered repairs at one of its Harlem apartment buildings

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How NYC's 'radical' pied-à-terre tax became a 'common sense' budget strategy Efforts to impose a tax on luxury second homes once faced fierce opposition, tracing the changes in the city’s political landscape.

"Now, what was once seen as a progressive pipe dream is, in the words of Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, a 'common sense plan' for closing the city’s budget gap."

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How NYC's 'radical' pied-à-terre tax became a 'common sense' budget strategy Efforts to impose a tax on luxury second homes once faced fierce opposition, tracing the changes in the city’s political landscape.

“The pandemic hits and everyone heads to the Hamptons, or the North Fork or the Catskills. People decamped to their second homes. Most of us were not in a position to do that.”

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Thousands of NYC tenants face May deadline as emergency housing vouchers wind down The city's housing authority has encouraged tenants with the expiring federal vouchers to apply for vacant public housing units.

“They threw a bomb on over 5,000 families”

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Thousands of NYC tenants face May deadline as emergency housing vouchers wind down The city's housing authority has encouraged tenants with the expiring federal vouchers to apply for vacant public housing units.

7,700 NYC households are about to lose their federal rental assistance

NYC doesn’t have a plan to replace the aid after the federal government ends the Emergency Housing Voucher program

Now some families may be offered public housing units — if they apply by May 1

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Booking an Airbnb in New Jersey for the World Cup? It may be illegal. NYC all but bans short-term rentals. In New Jersey, soccer tourists and property owners face a patchwork of rules and prohibitions.

NYC's short-term rental crackdown could be a bonanza for Jersey property owners... or maybe not

"Renter beware" says one official

“Those who violate the law will be prosecuted" says another

A thicket of rules, regs & outright bans await tourists and "hosts" in NJ
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New York City’s Population Flat After Drop in Immigration

New York is great because of immigrants

"The drop-off in migration from abroad was the largest in the country and — along with more New Yorkers leaving for other places — halted the recent growth of the city’s population and blunted its post-pandemic recovery."
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NY state considering $350M in aid to build stalled Atlantic Yards platform in Brooklyn Developers are seeking public funds to complete the project after two decades of delay, according to state lawmakers. Critics say the initial plan was never feasible.

The Atlantic Yards saga continues

New York state officials are weighing whether to give $350M to developers trying to finally build a platform and housing over the train tracks — a plan hatched 5 governors, 4 mayors and 3 development teams ago

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NY state considering $350M in aid to build stalled Atlantic Yards platform in Brooklyn Developers are seeking public funds to complete the project after two decades of delay, according to state lawmakers. Critics say the initial plan was never feasible.

“We do acknowledge that there will need to be public resources to offset the value of, or the costs of the platform.”

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'Crappy luxury': Inside NYC's brand new apartment buildings that are falling apart Many of the city’s newly constructed buildings, including swanky digs with top-dollar rents, are mired in violations and complaints.

'Crappy luxury': Inside NYC's brand new apartment buildings that are falling apart

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Former NYC probation commissioner faces investigation, sources say Juanita Holmes’ tenure at the agency during the Adams administration was marred by controversy.

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A classic!

'Crappy luxury': Inside NYC's brand new apartment buildings that are falling apart Many of the city’s newly constructed buildings, including swanky digs with top-dollar rents, are mired in violations and complaints.

Been waiting for someone to pick up the mantle of "a lot of post-covid new dev kinda sucks" and @davidfbrand.bsky.social does not disappoint
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Trump dismisses housing fight in push for SAVE Act Trump told Speaker Mike Johnson in a private conversation this week that “no one gives a [bleep] about housing."

President Donald Trump told Speaker Mike Johnson in a private conversation this week that “no one gives a [bleep] about housing,” according to four sources who heard the speaker recount the conversation.
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Mamdani halts NYC's 'predatory' private tax lien sale process The mayor is ordering a six-month suspension in order to review the controversial system and add homeowner protections.

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Mayor Mamdani's Push to Build at Sunnyside Yard | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, discusses the housing project proposed for Sunnyside Yard.

Last month, Mayor Mamdani lobbied President Trump for federal funds to build a housing development in Queens. Today, we talked more about the plan itself with WNYC and Gothamist reporter @davidfbrand.bsky.social
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Bruh

At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

Reminds me of a middle-aged couple I interviewed for a story about Greenpoint

They won an affordable housing lottery that allows them to stay in Brooklyn:

“I don't want to go down to Florida and retire. I'm a New Yorker and I want to retire here.”

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Forget Florida. They Got Older and Moved to New York.

I love this

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Mayor Mamdani Launches New Efforts to Take Sidewalk Sheds Down, Require Fewer Unnecessary Sheds

Holy crap, Mamdani is finally doing something to bring down sidewalk sheds that will actually sort of work! Sheds will no longer be required more than 40 ft. away from buildings, which will be a help to NYCHA and other towers-in-a-park complexes www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

bad news for new yorkers with housing vouchers

New York judges add new obstacle for low-income tenants with housing vouchers A panel of judges said a law banning discrimination against Section 8 recipients actually violates landlord rights.

NEW: A panel of upstate appellate judges ruled that New York law banning source-of-income discrimination (rejecting apartment applicants because they have Section 8) actually violates the constitutional rights of landlords

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Mamdani will close NYC's largest homeless shelter for men, citing disrepair The massive structure has received complaints for years about poor conditions and safety.

Important scoop from my colleague Karen Yi

The Mamdani admin will close the Bellevue men’s shelter

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Mamdani will close NYC's largest homeless shelter for men, citing disrepair The massive structure has received complaints for years about poor conditions and safety.

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Mamdani faces deadline on NYC housing vouchers after reneging on campaign pledge The Mamdani administration has until later this month to issue a new proposal or request an extension to continue negotiations over what to do with a rental assistance program he is legally obligated ...

Inside the efforts to block, implement or negotiate the expansion of NYC’s crucial rental assistance program

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Mamdani pitched Trump on building massive housing development in Sunnyside, Queens Sources tell Gothamist that Mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke with President Donald Trump about reviving a plan to build 12,000 housing units over the railyard in Sunnyside.

Mamdani met with Trump today to pitch the 12K-unit Sunnyside Yards project in Western Queens

NYC released a final plan for the $14B project days before the pandemic hit in Mar 2020. Then it withered

It needs federal OK and $$$

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Mayor Mamdani wants NYC tenants to sound off on junk fees at 'rental ripoff' hearings Mamdani is asking tenants to share their housing horror stories at a series of public hearings starting Thursday.

One major theme of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’a first “Rental Ripoff” hearing tonight:

All the extra fees that can drive up housing costs

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NEW: housing-averse CM Vickie Paladino voted to advance this project in Bayside-which she does not otherwise support-under threat of override from the city's new affordable housing appeals board.

1st project demonstrating power of last fall's housing ballot measures. Story TK ⤵️