The Mamdani administration will announce a series of reforms Tuesday to improve how the city enforces building violations, part of its broader plan to build and preserve new housing across the five boroughs. Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a Rental Ripoff hearing in the Bronx in March. (Adi Talwar/City Limi
Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to lower the rent for some of the poorest New Yorkers. The mayor will announce on Tuesday that New Yorkers who are considered “extremely low-income” — no more than $50,880 for a family of four — will pay a quarter of their income on rent, down from 30%, on city-subsized ap
On a street corner in Bushwick, Brooklyn, a volunteer cuts a knife through a square container, releasing a flood of dead vapes in rainbow waves. The clear plastic box filled up over a three-day Earth Day festival at a performance nightclub across the street, where partygoers dropped off the eye-popp
The solarium’s celling is falling. The two new locations are in Crown Heights and Flatbush. [ more › ]
Editors note: This post originally ran in 2013 and has been updated. You can read the original post here. We celebrate Memorial Day with food, festivities, and perhaps even a day at the beach, on the semi-official start of the summer season. Some of us plan to go shopping, taking advantage… R
Dozens of protesters blocked entrances to Delaney Hall, a massive ICE detention facility in Newark, for hours Sunday evening after word spread that guards were trying to move a detainee involved in an ongoing work and hunger strike. The detainee, Martin Soto, was among those who announced the strike
Liam Kwon, 10, hoists his trophy. He's competing in nationals this week. Liam Kwon and Jay Nayak will join nearly 250 spellers from around the country. [ more › ]
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Windsor Terrace row house, a Brooklyn Heights brownstone, and a Park Slope limestone. Listings in Windsor Terrace and Park Slope were popular with readers this week, with other listings scattered from Williamsburg to Flatbush The least exp
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens With $903 Units in Gowanus Waterfront Build An affordable housing lottery opened for a new nine-story development that replaced a former parking lot next to the now-demolished Green Building in Gowanus. This is the affordable component of Rabsky Group’s two-tower Wes
“Maintaining a world-class parks system is a cornerstone of ensuring affordability and quality of life in our city. This year it is imperative that we fund our parks accordingly in the budget.” The lawn at Brooklyn’s Sunset Park in August 2020. (Jeanmarie Evelly/City Limits) With summer
Supporters say expanding the state’s new Housing Access Voucher Program, which helps low-income New Yorkers at risk of homelessness afford a place to live, could bridge the gap for 5,500 city households whose federal rent assistance expires this year. State lawmakers and advocates on the steps
It's a holiday weekend, but that doesn't mean the open houses are off! There's still plenty to look at for those interested in landing a home in addition to enjoying a (rainy) beach day. We've rounded up a few that caught our eye, including a Beekman Place 3-bedroom with serious architectural bona f
Residents of Haven Plaza apartments have been advised not to take showers, pending an investigation of the water supply. [ more › ]
Sixth Avenue’s protected bike lane will be widened along one of its most congested stretches as part of a series of street safety projects launched by the Mamdani administration ahead of the World Cup this summer. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that the corridor’s bike lane will expand fro
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
This two-bedroom apartment could use a bit of TLC, but it boasts numerous period details and a location across from Sunset Park. It is on the third floor of 4404 6th Avenue and within the Sunset Park North Historic District. The intricately patterned brick building was constructed in 1914 to designs
Work on an $11 million skatepark in Brooklyn’s Mount Prospect Park could begin next spring after New York City’s Public Design Commission and the local community board approved the project last month. Known as the Brooklyn Skate Garden, the project is one of four skateparks planned across the
The Tenants Counsel Network ripped off renters with monthly fees and left them hanging in eviction court, officials say. An agreement with the Attorney General’s office will shut down the firm and refund clients. New York State Attorney General Letitia James at a press conference in 2020. (Flickr/NY
LIRR workers are some of the highest paid transit employees in the country. But most everyone at the MTA, including many people with office jobs at the agency's headquarters, gets premium pay. As LIRR workers went on strike, MTA Chair Janno Lieber pointed out they're the highest paid railr
Immigration right activists protest outside a Metropolis Garage in Manhattan on May 14, 2026, demanding the company stop leasing spaces to the federal government for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A federal government spokesperson said the contract termination would not affect its enforcement
