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Council Member Arrested at Eviction Protest at Disputed Brooklyn Brownstone
An ongoing fight to keep a Brooklyn grandmother in her family home escalated on Wednesday morning when the police arrested Councilmember Chi Ossé as he protested the move. Ossé (D-Brooklyn) was in front of the Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone with community supporters to prevent longtime resident Carmella Charrington from being evicted when officers from the New York […]
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A Superluxury Condo Sold for $87.7 Million. Will NYC’s New Pied-à-Terre Tax Apply?
A Billionaires’ Row penthouse that sold for $87.7 million. Sting’s pad overlooking Central Park, bought for $65.7 million. A Trump Tower apartment owned by Donald himself. These properties might seem like exactly the type of real estate that stands to be hit with a newly proposed “pied-à-terre” tax, which takes aim at high-priced homes that […]
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A Late Start to Next NYC School Year and Other 2026-27 Scheduling Quirks
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City’s 2026-27 public school calendar is out, and families can expect a long summer, with the first day of school starting on Thursday, Sept. 10. They can also expect a late start to next summer, with the last day of school falling […]
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Women Take the Wheel in NYC’s For-Hire Vehicles, Even as Male Drivers Predominate
As Midori Valdivia takes the wheel of the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission, she is encountering an industry with other women in key leadership roles — and where the number of trips with females in the driver’s seat is growing. Valdivia is the fourth woman to serve as commissioner and chair in the […]
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To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First
On a breezy Monday morning on a quiet corner of Queens, 11 leafy new neighbors arrived on a truck, fresh from a nursery in Kansas City. Elm, red maple and cherry trees — some with pink blossoms — would be planted next to the sidewalks across a few blocks of Cambria Heights, a suburban-style neighborhood […]
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