New York State is moving to combat deed theft. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday signed into law a bill that aims to give prosecutors more latitude to go after fraudulent real estate transactions — and keep homeowners in their homes. Sponsored by Sen. Brian Kavanagh (D-Manhattan/Brooklyn) and Assemblymember Helene Weinstein and co-authored by Attorney General […]
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Palestinian New Yorkers Feel Both Targeted and Ignored
Mahmoud Kasem, 36, owner of Al Aqsa, a Palestinian restaurant in Bay Ridge, said he was trying his best to go through the motions, coming into the restaurant from his home in Bayside, Queens and chatting up customers. “But inside it’s boiling, it’s like a volcano,” he said, speaking outside the restaurant on a Thursday […]
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Gov. Hochul Backs Adams’ Call To Suspend ‘Right to Shelter’ During Asylum Crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday enthusiastically embraced New York City’s request to temporarily suspend the city’s decades-old “right to shelter” agreement in response to the wave of asylum seekers who have inundated the system. Last week, Mayor Eric Adams asked a court to let the city pause the protocol, enacted in the early 1980s, that […]
Posted inWeather
City Caught Flat-Footed on Flood as Deluge Dredges Up Past Lessons
Parents, public officials and climate advocates all say the mayor and his team were ill-prepared for the effects of a storm that was on the radar days before.
Posted inReal Estate
Adams and Hochul Hack Tax Break Impasse to Spur New Housing
Through government ownership of land in Brooklyn’s Gowanus and Staten Island’s North Shore, the mayor and governor provide financial relief to developers despite 421-a program’s expiration.
Posted inPrisons
Gov. Hochul Frees Man Whom Shooting Victim Advocated For
THE CITY in 2021 highlighted the story of David Herion and how his alleged victim, Carolyn Jones, had pushed to get him home to his family.
Posted inMarijuana
Big Weed Is on the Brink of a Multi-Million Dollar Surge into New York’s Cannabis Market
New York promised to put independent businesses at the heart of the legal pot industry. Now major medical marijuana companies are making their play amid the state’s stalled retail launch.
Posted inFAQ NYC
LISTEN: Who’s In Charge Here?
Co-hosts Christina Greer and Katie Honan break down another jam-packed week in New York City, covering plans for migrant housing, questionable donors to Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign, and who holds down the city when the mayor, for a variety of possible reasons, cannot. Subscribe to the FAQ NYC podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever podcasts are […]
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Hochul to NYC: State Won’t Force Upstate to Shelter Migrants
City officials have been begging for a ‘statewide decompression’ strategy for months, but the governor rebuffed it Thursday.
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Feds Approve Migrant Shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn
Local officials oppose the planned shelter, saying it is a remote place to house people.