A report from the Rent Guidelines Board, which sets allowable rent increases for stabilized units in the city, showed that landlord net income was up—but not as much as last year. The post ‘Rent Freeze’ Is The Elephant In The Room as Rent Guidelines Board Kicks Off, And What Else Happened This Week
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Park Slope, Greenpoint, and Carroll Gardens. They range in price from $2.2 million to $3.745 million. 369 6th Street Read More > The post A Carroll Gardens Row House and More to See, Starting at $2.2 Million appeared first on Brownston
New York City this week launched another new street safety project ahead of the FIFA World Cup this summer. Starting in April, the city will fully separate the cyclist and pedestrian entrances to the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan for the first time, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday. Dedicated cy
A longtime advocate for New York City’s street vendors will now represent the small businesses at City Hall. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday officially launched the Office of Street Vendor Services and appointed Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, co-director of the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice C
The New York City weather is finally nice again, which makes looking for a home even more fun. If you're headed out to open houses this weekend, here are some standout places to see. They include a Gilded Age 2-bedroom in Brooklyn that looks, well, straight out of The Gilded Age, an Upper East Side
The New York City weather is finally nice again, which makes looking for a home even more fun. If you're headed out to open houses this weekend, here are some standout places to see. They include a Gilded Age 2-bedroom in Brooklyn that looks, well, straight out of The Gilded Age, an Upper East Side
Because a $1 million prize wasn't enough to warrant giving up a good thing, here are your early links: Naomi Wolf's Flatbush weather report, traumatic experience for BTS fans at the "Tonight Show," Sturgill Simpson's chart hit and more. [ more › ]
This 12-acre estate at 19 Winfield Avenue in Harrison is currently owned by Drew Barrymore, but her influence goes beyond just celebrity cachet. The actress, producer, director, and talk show host curated every detail of the three homes on the property as part of her Beautiful by Drew design brand.
by Erica Price, Brooklyn Paper For Coney Island, the reopening of the Wonder Wheel each spring marks the start of the summer season, and the continuation of a family story nearly a century in the making. Brothers Steve and Dennis Vourderis, who own and operate the landmark attraction along with a br
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Bruno and Veronique Bich in Paris in 2007. Brothers allege the family chauffeur sold the 500-year-old painting to a Manhattan art dealer for $3 million and are demanding its return. [ more › ]
The MTA is aiming to boost the reliability of express bus lifts that are essential for wheelchair users who often encounter mechanical glitches and drivers who don’t know how they work. The head of New York City Transit said Wednesday that the agency is upping the frequency of training for bus opera
The New York City Council on Thursday passed a pair of bills aimed at targeting hate across the city by creating “security perimeters” for protests around houses of worship and schools. The bill relating to religious sites passed on a 44-to-5 vote, while the bill pertaining to schools and education
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Data from the city’s Rent Guidelines Board shows landlords’ “net operating income” increased – but with several notable exceptions. [ more › ]
"In New York City, frontline staff see stalled housing packages regularly. Families wait while apartments remain available. Landlords lose trust in voucher programs." The post Opinion: When Paperwork Keeps Families in Shelter appeared first on City Limits.
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
The Charging Bull bronze sculpture is a landmark and symbol for Wall Street and Financial District as well with aggressive financial optimism and prosperity. The average bonus paid to employees of the securities industry in New York City was about $247,000 last year, according to state Comptroller T
There are only a handful of photos showing the interior of this 1870s brownstone, but they reveal the estate condition row house contains plenty of typical Italianate details worth restoring. At 29 Clifton Place, the two-family also presents an opportunity for a new owner to remove some later altera
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
The Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station on the Upper East Side in May 2017 The man was pushed onto the tracks at an Upper East Side station this month. [ more › ]
