Reading List
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Broker Fee Law’s First Year: Complaints, Violations and Uphill Climb to Recoup for Tenants
A year after New York City passed a law limiting who pays broker fees, the bill created a flood of complaints about landlords not following the rules — and generated more than $15,000 in fees paid back to tenants so far. The Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses Act, which went into effect last June, requires […]
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Listen: This Alt-Weekly Captured the Chaos of 1990s NYC
It should only be people whose writing we really like and who are really good at it, and even better if they’re really passionate about it — and what they’re writing about is not so important as the fact that they’re writing it. It’s their voice, their authentic voice and they’re interested and knowledgeable and […]
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As Knicks Forge Ahead in NBA Finals, Savvy New Yorkers Hawk Merch Near MSG
Craig McCoy was 12 years old when the New York Knicks last won the NBA championship in 1973 — and still remembers the heroic roster. “Walt Frazier, Dick Barnett, Bill Bradley, Willis Reed … so I’m a diehard Knicks fan,” he said Friday morning while hawking his black Knicks Finals T-shirts for $20 apiece outside […]
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City Halts Renovations at Hell’s Kitchen SRO Where Oldtimers Face Eviction
The city buildings department temporarily halted construction at a Hells Kitchen SRO where the owner is moving to evict rent-stabilized tenants to convert the building into a Times Square-adjacent hotel where rooms go for $220 a night. Several tenants have already fled, but those who’ve stayed put have found themselves under siege, with the owner […]
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Queens Apostle of the ‘Swoosh’ Restores Netless Rims in City Parks
This story is part of Summer & The City, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. Most weekends, Craig Campanella heads out of his Jackson Heights apartment with a 25-lb foldable ladder strapped to his back and a gym bag […]
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