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Vacant Affordable Apartments to Now Skip Lottery and Be Filled on First-Come, First-Served Basis
Renting vacated, affordable apartments through the city’s housing lottery is about to get easier — but you’ll have to be fast to nab one. For the next year, the city’s housing department will waive bureaucratic rules on how landlords have to get new tenants into empty affordable-housing units. Starting May 1 through April 30, 2026, […]
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More Than 5,000 People Are on a NY State Police Gang Database That’s Talking to ICE
This story was published in partnership with New York Focus, an independent, investigative news site covering New York state and city politics. Sign up for their newsletter here. As President Donald Trump’s administration rounds up hundreds of immigrants it claims are gang members and expels them to a notorious Salvadoran prison, New York state is quietly feeding federal […]
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City’s Largest Municipal Union and AG James Back Adrienne Adams for Mayor
The city’s largest public employees union has endorsed City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor — giving her late-entry primary campaign a significant boost. The support of District Council 37’s more than 150,000 members and 89,000 retirees breaks the trend of other labor heavy hitters who’ve mostly backed former governor Andrew Cuomo. It’s also a […]
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Staten Islanders Suffer From Bus Slowdown and Increasing Wait Times
For Staten Islanders lined up for MTA buses outside the St. George Terminal on a recent evening, the occasional announcements during their waits sounded familiar. “There will be no S40 for this boat,” a voice said over a loudspeaker. A few minutes later, the voice piped up again, instructing riders, “Do not wait for the […]
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Your Guide to REAL IDs as Deadline Nears in New York
The day is fast approaching. Starting on May 7, in order to board a domestic flight or enter a federal building in the U.S., you will have to show a form of “REAL ID compliant” identification. What does that mean? You’re forgiven if you don’t know, or forgot. The law mandating the change was passed […]
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