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We could create permanent affordable housing on Ward’s Island. There is a lot of unused space that’s occupied by an under-censused hospital. It is public land, so it would cost money to build but we wouldn’t have to buy the land. The housing could be affordable, and it could be mix
“South Florida by the numbers” is a web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics.  Exactly one year ago, this column highlighted the trend of developer condo buyouts propelled in part by condo safety legislation. The uptick in developers bulk purcha
The forecast released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aligns with the prediction released earlier this year by researchers at Colorado State University. Hurricane season spans from June through November.
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.Jessica Bonamusa’s mind is in the water, and where the gutter meets the shore. Bonamusa, a research scientist at New York City’s Department of
ive years after Illinois passed one of the nation’s most sweeping police reform laws, key provisions remain incompletely implemented across the state’s more than 800 law enforcement agencies, according to a report released this month. Between one third and half of police departments surveyed said th
by Lilly Sabella, THE CITY This article was originally published on May 5 at 5 a.m. EDT by THE CITY New Yorkers who use the city’s Fair Fares program to ride buses, trains and Access-a-Ride are still struggling to afford transit despite receiving half off on fares, according to a new analysis. Fair&
A Gothamist data analysis shows children who cross the border without a parent or guardian have been kept in federal custody nearly four times as long. [ more › ]
New Yorkers who use the city’s Fair Fares program to ride buses, trains and Access-a-Ride are still struggling to afford transit despite receiving half-off on fares, according to a new analysis. Fair Fares is a city-run program that reduces the cost of transit rides by half for adults under 65 who m
“South Florida by the numbers” is a web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics.  Local real estate just got a whole lot bigger, and more unified. In a blockbuster move, Miami Realtors and Broward, Palm Beaches and St. Lucie Realtors (RWorld) are j
SOUTH DEERING — A new IBM-backed tech hub located on the South Side’s future quantum research campus is set to create hundreds of full-time jobs, Gov. JB Pritzker announced this week. IBM’s FutureNow Chicago hub will create 750 full-time jobs, company officials and local leaders announce
The study highlighted eight different cities from Houston, which flooded in 2017’s Hurricane Harvey, to New York, which was inundated in 2012’s Superstorm Sandy.
A group of Israeli and U.S. investors acquired 72 units at billionaire Adam Neumann’s Flow House at Miami Worldcenter condo project.  The investors paid a combined $45 million for the condos, which represent about 15 percent of the 40-story, 466-unit building at 697 North Miami Avenue, accordin
In 2025, one in three children placed in foster care was sent to a different region, sometimes hundreds of miles away, a Texas Tribune analysis of state data shows.
As she surveyed the packed aisles of her local supermarket on 116th Street in East Harlem, Chelssy T. cast a longing eye towards a vacant lot under the Metro-North tracks that’s the first announced site for one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-owned grocery stores. “Prices have gone up so much,” said
Nearly 50 buyers have closed on their units at Una Residences, revealing the buyer pool and price point at the long-delayed luxury condo tower in south Brickell, according to an analysis by The Real Deal.  Billionaire Vlad Doronin’s OKO Group and Cain International, led by Jonathan Goldstein, i
The Sun Belt has previously been a hot real estate market, but Redfin analysis found that the Texas market might be softer this spring.
New Cedars-Sinai research facility rise at 8730 Alden Drive Steven Sharp Wed, 04/22/2026 - 06:15 On the western side of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center campus in Beverly Grove, the former Thalian Building has been razed to clear the way for a new research tower.The project, located at 8730 W. Alden
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. Data analysis by Thomas Wilburn CHICAGO — More than six months ahead of Chicago’s historic school board races, candidates are starting to
If home repair contractors want to earn more money, they should look for work in and around Los Angeles. That’s based on research by the Los Angeles Daily News about increases in home-repair costs last year in California. The study found the biggest hikes were in markets near the wildfires that rava
CHICAGO — The Joyce Foundation announced the relaunch of its artist award program Tuesday, with an increase in funding and expanded eligibility for the next generation of Great Lakes creatives. The Chicago-based philanthropy organization supports policy research, development and advocacy in myriad p
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