A tiny house in a backyard. An apartment over a garage. A home in an attic. These are just some types of ancillary dwelling units, or ADUs, New York City is making a concerted push to help legally build across the boroughs.  The Department of Housing Preservation and Development on Wednesday launched new resources to […]

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New York City’s law department asked the State Supreme Court to let the city stop representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a 2024 civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault. “Based on my review of new evidence since the original decision to represent him was made, I have determined that he is not entitled to […]

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Residents at a public housing complex in Yorkville are poised to reject two options to switch to a different financial model that NYCHA said would fund millions in repairs, opting instead to keep their existing funding set-up, according to a preliminary vote total. A mandatory 30-day election period at the Stanley Isaacs Houses concluded Monday, […]

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The Trump administration is being dragged into court again in the latest funding fight over a key New York transportation project. The MTA on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that accuses the federal government of withholding $60 million in contractually obligated money for the nearly $7 billion extension of the Second Avenue Subway from the Upper […]

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Dog poop is everywhere, city sanitation officials acknowledge. But when it comes to ticketing offending pooch owners, enforcement officers may be barking up the wrong tree. Javier Lojan, the acting commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, said during a budget hearing Monday that the department hears the complaints from New Yorkers about poop piles that […]

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