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New subway announcement voices, migrant rules change
Dear New Yorkers, Get ready to hear new famous voices during your commute. The MTA is testing new audio tracks in the subway — and new documents detail the agency’s plans for a pair of one-year pilot programs that will gauge rider reaction to announcements aboard trains and to some that will, at select stations,…
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Mayor’s executive budget, co-op climate conversions, coyotes
Dear New Yorkers, Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a $111.6 billion proposed budget yesterday — more than $2.2 billion higher than the preliminary plan he introduced in January, boosted in part by better-than-predicted tax revenues. Adams said the balanced budget shows the resilience of the city amid the unexpected hits of the pandemic and migrant influx. …
Cannabis fund investigation, campus protests, Randy Mastro
Dear New Yorkers, Last June, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a much anticipated deal had finally been reached to fund a $200 million public-private fund that would finance cannabis dispensaries run by the people who have been the most impacted by the war on drugs. “Today’s announcement reinforces New York’s commitment to building partnerships that…
Wage theft at HotHead Grabba factory, Lander’s storm report
Dear New Yorkers, Just weeks after THE CITY exposed a Brooklyn sweatshop where women say they got sick from processing HotHead Grabba tobacco sold in local smoke shops, two former workers at a Queens factory have filed wage theft complaints. The former workers are two Ecuadorian migrants. In the complaints submitted to the state Department…
NYCHA mold, new “good cause” rules, cannabis crackdowns
Dear New Yorkers, Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the day a federal judge approved the unprecedented “Baez agreement.” For the first time, the New York City Housing Authority — the nation’s largest public housing provider, and the city’s biggest landlord — was committed in writing to fixing serious mold issues, which had already been plaguing…
Columbia arrests, Cadman Towers conversion, street vendor crackdown
Dear New Yorkers, Dozens of NYPD officers swarmed Columbia University’s campus Thursday, breaking up a encampment where pro-Palestinian demonstrators had slept overnight, demanding the university divest from companies and interests that support Israel. By Thursday evening over 100 people had been arrested, police said. . Two legal observers were among those arrested, according to an…
Pregnant bus drivers to sue, Gowanus shelter not up to fire code
Dear New Yorkers, Back in 2020, the MTA created new “restricted-duty announcer” positions for expectant mothers who work as train operators or conductors, but are unable to spend shifts on trains. But workers on MTA buses never got the same consideration. This week, six women will sue the MTA’s transit division in state court, accusing…
African migrants rally, state budget deal, city agency head resigns
Dear New Yorkers, Hundreds of African migrants descended on City Hall yesterday morning ahead of a City Council hearing on the experiences of Black migrants arriving in the five boroughs. Advocates have warned for months that new arrivals from African countries, many with specific dietary and language needs, need stronger support from the city’s response…
Trash nightmare’s end, PFAS, home-cooling assistance
Dear New Yorkers, Officials hope that the days are numbered for two ubiquitous features of New York’s sidewalks: towering piles of trash and scurrying rats. (We know. You just thought, “Yeah, right.”) But the city is making moves toward complete trash “containerization” — a long-held dream of garbage management experts and city planners. Instead of…
Albany housing deal, first e-bike shop arrest, Access-A-Ride
Dear New Yorkers, A deal in the state budget — expected to be announced as early as today — includes a compromise on housing that will allow Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams to claim they have a package that will jumpstart construction to solve the city’s housing crisis. Almost no one is happy…
Bronx vending fine blitz, Flaco’s Law, tax liens
Dear New Yorkers, For days, street vendor Miguel Varela slept in a storage unit where he keeps his merchandise because he could no longer afford a roof over his head after getting ticketed in Parkchester. On Fordham Road, about three miles away, longtime seller Keba Touré said he’s noticed officers from the Department of Sanitation…
Subway collisions, community board chaos, rent rates
Dear New Yorkers, When Billie W. Turner retired in late March after a quarter century with the MTA, she was barely five months removed from one of the most horrific on-the-job encounters a subway train operator can experience. On Oct. 24, while at the controls of a No. 7 train in Queens, she fatally struck…
Meet your new trash bin, Councilmembers balk at mayor’s request form, record office vacancies
Dear New Yorkers, New York City’s sanitation department is putting the lid on residents using their own curbside garbage containers, as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ war on trash and rats. Soon, homeowners and landlords of residences with nine or fewer units will have to use city-approved trash bins produced by only one vendor. On…
Alleged NYPD smear campaign, toxic migrant shelter, eclipse
Dear New Yorkers, Dana Rachlin, a prominent police reform advocate, once collaborated so closely with local precincts in North Brooklyn that she often worked out of the office of NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey — who oversaw the patrol area at the time. The nonprofit she founded, NYC Together, was deeply involved in community-based policing efforts…
Getting public defenders, earthquake aftershocks
Dear New Yorkers, When you have to appear in housing court, or when you are arrested and charged with a crime, you have a right to legal representation. By law, anyone who needs legal representation in Housing Court as a respondent and earns less than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines is eligible for free…
Migrants detained after Midtown brawl, recycling down, turf war
Dear New Yorkers, In January, a viral 45-second video clip of a clash between migrants and police officers in Times Square seized national attention. It was replayed endlessly on Fox News, online and even in a pro-Trump campaign ad. Nine weeks later, the incident — in which prosecutors say one officer suffered a cut on…
Albany close to major housing deal, legislative staff union
Dear New Yorkers, Lawmakers are nearing a major housing deal in Albany. The pact taking shape between the state legislature and the governor is likely to provide a larger increase in rents for landlords who renovate apartments, lift the limits on density in residential buildings in many areas of the city and provide renter protections.…
Quest for a Bronx birthing center, AI chatbot still public
Dear New Yorkers, Eight years after New York passed a law intended to create birthing centers — alternatives to hospital labor and delivery — the borough with the city’s worst worst maternal mortality and morbidity rates still lacks one. “Birthing centers exist in other parts of the city. And guess what? They work,” Bronx Borough President…
Prospective Rockaway developer troubles locals, safety net programs
Dear New Yorkers, A mega-development that would bring four 24-story towers plus 11 other buildings to the Rockaways has begun its official environmental review. That’s the first step in a long process before the project becomes reality. The proposed development would create an enormous amount of new housing on the peninsula — and possibly serve…
Bike lanes heat up Assembly race, casino poll
Dear New Yorkers, A controversial bike lane and street safety redesign of McGuinness Boulevard that polarized neighbors in Greenpoint is looming over the state Assembly primary race. Incumbent Emily Gallagher, a progressive Democrat who ardently supported the measure, is facing a challenge from a political newcomer with ties to the plan’s opponents. Anathea Simpkins, the…
City chatbot fail, Rikers commissary, landlord income
Dear New Yorkers, In October, New York City announced a plan to harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve the business of government. The news included a surprising centerpiece: an AI-powered chatbot that would provide New Yorkers with information on starting and operating businesses in the city. There is just one problem, as our…
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