Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Rent Freeze No Sure Thing in First Vote By Mamdani-Majority Board
In its first vote under a new mayor, the Rent Guidelines Board left the door open for a rent increase despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a price freeze for a million rent-stabilized tenants in New York. The board approved a range of possible rent levels in its preliminary vote: 0 to 2% for one-year […]
The post Rent Freeze No Sure Thing in First Vote By Mamdani-Majority Board appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Support Cracks for Bill Banning 24-Hour Home Care Shifts
Councilmember Shahana Hanif formally dropped her support of a bill that would ban 24-hour shifts for home health aides, and other council sponsors say they’ve proposed modifications to ensure people don’t lose crucial care. The loss of a co-sponsor for the “No More 24” bill comes as Council Speaker Julie Menin deferred a possible vote […]
The post Support Cracks for Bill Banning 24-Hour Home Care Shifts appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Staggering Racial Gap in NYC Private School Tuition Payments for Special Ed
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As Mayor Zohran Mamdani scrambles to plug a multi-billion dollar budget gap, his administration is looking more closely at the money New York City spends on private school tuition for students with disabilities. The payments — which topped $723 million last school year, up […]
The post Staggering Racial Gap in NYC Private School Tuition Payments for Special Ed appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Deal or No Deal? Confusion Over Hochul’s $268 Billion Budget
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced a $268 billion state budget deal but the state assembly speaker shot back, saying there was no agreement. Hochul said the disputed New York state budget agreement included a pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes, investments in universal child care and more money for police officers on the subway. […]
The post Deal or No Deal? Confusion Over Hochul’s $268 Billion Budget appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
99-Apartment Building Boom Makes 99 Problems for NYC Housing Crisis
They’ve popped up all across the city, scores of new building plans by different companies in very different neighborhoods, with one thing in common: They all have exactly 99 apartments. In the past two years, developers have filed permits for more than 150 residential buildings with that precise number of units, per city data. Why? […]
The post 99-Apartment Building Boom Makes 99 Problems for NYC Housing Crisis appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.