The passage this week of a House bill that aims to bring federal oversight over the sale of e-bike batteries is a game-changer in the ongoing effort to crack down on unsafe and potentially volatile devices that have triggered hundreds of fires across New York City, city and federal officials say. On Wednesday the U.S. […]

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New York City continues to add jobs at the same pace as the rest of the country, finally putting the pandemic downturn in the rear view mirror, spurred primarily by a a surge in health-care hiring. New data released Thursday by the state labor department shows that employment increased by 32,500 in the first four […]

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Since September, the City of New York has banned the sale and rental of e-bike and other micro-mobility batteries that haven’t been certified as safe by a recognized testing lab — a step the FDNY deems crucial in the fight to halt deadly fires triggered by exploding devices. Since then, however, city enforcers have often […]

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The 66-year-old South Bronx clubhouse that hosted the famous gang treaty credited with the birth of hip-hop is heading to shut down in August, and it’s already for sale.  The closure plan for the Joel E. Smilow clubhouse — which offers programming along with dance and music studios, a rec room with pool tables and […]

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More than two dozen current New York City Housing Authority employees have pleaded guilty to a variety of bribery charges as part of a long-standing scheme related to so-called micro-purchase contracts, say federal prosecutors with the Southern District of New York. In February, 70 development-level NYCHA superintendents and assistant superintendents — 55 current and 15 […]

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