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Landlord Income Up 6% Key Report Says as Board Weighs Rent Freeze in Earnest
Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to freeze the rent on nearly a million regulated apartments as a signature part of his campaign. “Freeze the rent” became a call-and-response chant during rallies and a pitch his army of canvassers made to voters when knocking on doors. But his rent-freeze promise rests on the votes of the nine […]
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Immigration to NYC Plummeted as Trump Crackdown Took Hold
The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration has brought population growth in New York City to a screeching halt. The city’s population in July 2025 was 8.58 million, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday, down about 12,200 from July 2024 and significantly less than the 8.8 million New Yorkers counted in April […]
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Appeals Court Pauses Demolition of NYCHA Chelsea Complex
An appeals court Thursday put on hold NYCHA’s ambitious plan to demolish and rebuild 2,000 public housing apartments in Manhattan’s upscale Chelsea neighborhood, a delay that could extend for months a project that was supposed to kick off last December. A five-judge panel of the appellate division paused the project while they weigh a lawsuit […]
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Where New York’s Lawmakers Split From Their Constituents: Home Ownership
New York has the lowest homeownership rate in the country, with just over half the state’s residents reporting owning a home in 2024, according to data from the Federal Reserve. Most of the lawmakers who represent New York in Congress, however, own their homes. At least 24 of New York’s 28-member congressional delegation own or have owned a […]
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Wall Street Wobbles From Iran War Threaten Mamdani’s Budget, Watchdogs Warn
Wall Street bonuses hit a record last year, sending billions in much needed tax revenue to the state and city. But the economic fallout from the war with Iran is already having an impact on key Wall Street businesses, threatening the big bet the Mamdani administration is making that the securities industry will continue to […]
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