Reading List
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Private Management Promised to Fix Public Housing, Yet Hundreds of Violations Linger
When a New York City landlord fails to address serious housing code violations, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is forced to step in. Using taxpayer dollars, HPD hires a contractor to do the job the landlord didn’t, then bills the landlord for the work — plus fees. Such has been the case […]
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Home Health Aides Will Get New Medical Insurance
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. New York State will replace the company providing health insurance to hundreds of thousands of home care workers next year. The move comes after a series of New York Focus stories found that the company, called […]
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Kindergarten Applications Are Open. Here’s What You Need to Know.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Navigating New York City’s school system is not for the faint of heart, even if your child is just beginning their schooling. To get a seat in kindergarten, families have to submit an application and can rank as many choices as they want. Kindergarten […]
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Billion-Dollar Makeover for Coney Island Boardwalk
The Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island will get a $1 billion makeover. As part of the full reconstruction of the nearly three-mile-long boardwalk, the Parks Department will partner with the Economic Development Corporation to replace the utilities and structural piles and elevate the walkway in some places. The complete project also includes improving adjacent access […]
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Major Adams Backer Wins Bid to Redevelop City-Owned Building
A major donor to a political committee backing Mayor Eric Adams’ quixotic re-election bid has been named by the mayor’s team to redevelop a city-owned office building in Lower Manhattan into 3,700-units of mixed income housing — at a price that is not public. On Monday, Adams announced that GFP Real Estate, a major developer […]
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