Advocates see the change as an effort to spur confusion and scare immigrants from using public programs. “We see a lot more people who are already affected by the chilling effect of the rule, who are almost certainly never going to be affected by it.” A food stand selling produce to EBT
Crown Heights takes the crown for the best landscaped block in Brooklyn once again. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Tuesday named Lincoln Place between New York Avenue and Nostrand Avenue as the winner of its annual “Greenest Block in Brooklyn” competition, the fourth time the block has c
There are plenty of hurdles to homeownership in New York City, but if you play your cards right, buying can net you monthly costs lower than what you’d pay in rent. Just take a look at 11 Irving Place #1A. This Clinton Hill alcove studio has monthly common charges and taxes totaling below $700
A new housing development in Hunts Point will deliver 96 supportive and affordable homes for formerly unhoused New Yorkers. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday broke ground on the Doe Fund’s Casanova Residence at 658-674 Casanova Street in the Bronx. Of the 96 homes, 38 affordable units will be available
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with Pre-K students at Friends of Crown Heights Education Center on November 13, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. The Mamdani administration said 5,700 families applied for the city’s inaugural preschool pr
A housing lottery launched last week for 209 affordable apartments as part of a huge new mixed-use community taking shape in East New York. The available units at 882 Fountain Avenue are part of the second phase of the Alafia development, a new 27-acre neighborhood with thousands of apartments and h
by Adam Daly, amNY Roughly 2,000 applications for an exemption from New York City’s new second-home tax have been completed by applicants, according to the city’s Department of Finance. Another 4,800 applications have been started but not submitted, the agency said. Together, the number of applicati
Nearly three families applied for each free childcare seat for 2-year-olds in New York City’s program rolling out next month, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday. Just over 2,000 families are receiving coveted offers in the debut of the marquee “2-K” initiative, out of more than
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This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Crown Heights, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, and Bay Ridge. How did they fare? First up, in Crown Heights, this Queen Anne manse and has a rather grand porte cochere, and impressive details… Read Mo
In the News Mamdani May Need $5 Billion More a Year for Free Child Care [NYT] Brooklyn Nets Owners Clara Wu Tsai and Joseph Tsai Divorcing [NYP] Caputo’s Owner Back With Park Slope Bagel Shop [Eagle] Social Justice Fund Awards $100K Brooklyn Youth Nonprofits [BP] Mamdani Launches Affordable Housing
Because that's a lot of black SUVs on the road, here are your early links: Eric Adams selling data centers, mysterious cheap tickets to Olivia Rodrigo, Luigi Mangione wants his trial broadcast live and more. [ more › ]
Heyyy, they’re walkin’ here! The city’s Transportation Department has hit an app that tracks New Yorkers’ block-by-block walking routes with a cease-and-desist letter. DOT wants the free app, called WalkNYC, to walk away and come back with a new name. That’s because WalkNYC has the name of DOT’s tra
The Mamdani administration and a major insurer agreed to pay up to $53 million to reimburse retired civil servants who said they’d been wrongly charged copays for medical visits. The settlement stems from a 2022 class-action lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan alleging the city imprope
Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in November 2025 in New York City. Ruling says New York can prohibit cooperation between local police and federal immigration officials. [ more › ]
“This line of argument can appear sound—why shouldn’t the poorest New Yorkers get sole access to rent-stabilized apartments?—but it is ultimately a distraction from the real dynamics at play in the rental housing market.” A rent-stabilized building in the Bronx. (Adi Talwar/City Limits)
El 31 de julio expiró el contrato federal con organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro para que presten asistencia jurídica a más de 25.000 menores inmigrantes no acompañados en el país. Los defensores dijeron que algunas organizaciones tendrán que reducir su capacidad o incluso suspender la asistencia. Un
This impressive Park Slope brownstone has been divided up into five units, but the listing photos show there are still some 1880s details visible on the interior. They include moldings, handsome carved marble mantels, wainscoting, a grand stair, and more at 165 St. Johns Place. The Neo-Grec house, a
A Salvadoran man held for the past six weeks at Delaney Hall, the largest ICE detention center in the New York metro area, has died, his mother and attorneys say. It is the second death at the facility since it opened a year and a half ago. In a lengthy interview posted to Facebook on Monday by New
Every week, we share the most popular sale listing of the week in NYC, as selected by you, our StreetEasy users. The most popular sale for August 3, 2026 is a lovely Lenox Hill 2-bedroom awash in natural sunlight. Lenox Hill 2-bedroom with original prewar windows asks $1.25 million Location: 165 Eas
