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Mamdani Threatens Blanket Property Tax Hike as ‘Last Resort’
Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented a “last resort” option of raising the property tax rate to close an estimated $5.4 billion budget gap, as Gov. Kathy Hochul continues to resist raising taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations. “We remain firmly in a budget crisis. It is a crisis that we can and will overcome — […]
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Rides Through Apps Are Wheelchair-Accessible Only 7% of the Time: Report
A new report flags how the shortfall of wheelchair-accessible vehicles from the app-based ride-hailing giants subjects New Yorkers with disabilities to longer wait times. The “Left Behind Across New York” report from New York Lawyers for the Public Interest notes that just 7% of nearly 106,000 for-hire vehicles licensed by the city’s Taxi & Limousine […]
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LISTEN: A ‘False Choice’ Between Cops and Community Workers
We have gotten into this mindset where it has to be one or the other, when, in fact, the great majority of the situations would be best handled through co-response: Sending police because there is a potential danger that it would be unfair to have clinicians or outreach workers handle alone — and recognizing there […]
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Queens DA Charges Mentally-Ill Man Shot by NYPD, Despite Mayor Mamdani’s Wishes
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz on Friday filed charges of attempted assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree against Jabez Chakraborty, a 22-year-old man who has lived with schizophrenia who was shot last month by police officers. The charge comes despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s public pleas not […]
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Hochul Announces Revamp of Clinton Hill Building Vacant for Almost 50 Years
A long-derelict state-owned building at 1024 Fulton St. in Clinton Hill, which THE CITY has reported on for years, may finally be headed for rebirth after nearly half a century of vacancy, political detours and collapsed redevelopment plans. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced the selection of a nonprofit development partnership to transform the site […]
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