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‘Cloudburst’ System Turns a Queens NYCHA Complex Into a Rainfall Sponge

The city’s Department of Environmental Protection helped create a new drainage system in South Jamaica, Queens basketball court to help with sudden heavy rains.

On a sunny Friday morning, a group of summer camp kids dribbled a basketball on a court on the campus of the New York City Housing Authority’s South Jamaica Houses.  The sky was clear blue, without a cloud in sight. But in a downpour, the court transforms from a place to shoot hoops into a […]

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DREAM Again: Pro-Mamdani ‘Super PAC’ Relaunches

This past spring, before the mayoral primary election, you may have seen stickers and posters plastered around the boroughs urging you to DREAM: “Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor.” Now, DREAM is back. The campaign is relaunching Tuesday with a modified message ahead of November’s general election: “Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor.” Charlie […]

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LISTEN: ‘They Closed the Door and Blocked the Glass and We Heard This Man Screaming in Agony’

A federal agent tries to blocks the new of agents detaining a person after their immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza.

Just two lawyers have remained inside 26 Federal Plaza every day as it’s become the epicenter of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda in New York City, with “large masked men with guns” stationed outside of courtrooms to drag away people showing up for civil hearings. Allison Cutler and Benjamin Remy of the New York […]

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Rent Hike for Some Voucher Tenants Starts, Spurred by Mayor Adams

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has moved ahead with a controversial rule change that will increase the share working families with housing vouchers will have to pay in rent. The change affects CityFHEPS, a rental assistance program used by tens of thousands of New Yorkers who have been homeless or at risk of losing housing. Starting […]

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An Acoustic Playground Gets Dirty on the Gowanus Canal

Liz Rabson Schnore tunes banjo while leaing a weekly summer jam session at the Gowanus Canal.

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. For anyone who hasn’t been to the Gowanus Canal lately, the scene may come as a shock: Tall apartment buildings line the banks of […]

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