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Affordable Housing Developers Sue to Lift Adams Elizabeth Street Garden Blockade
Developers that had been slated to build affordable housing on a city-owned Manhattan lot long home to Elizabeth Street Garden sued the city Wednesday to challenge the city’s recent sudden designation of the property as parkland. The development, known as Haven Green, would comprise 123 affordable apartments for seniors with public green space on the […]
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VIDEO: Federal Agents Bust Into Queens Apartment, Pointing Guns at Mother and Her Four Kids
Federal agents busted into an East Elmhurst apartment early last Thursday morning and pointed guns at a woman and her four children, according to video and an account from the family. The agents were looking for a cousin who hadn’t lived in the apartment for years, Jennifer, the 33-year-old mother of four told THE CITY, […]
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Jessica Tisch to Remain NYPD Police Commissioner Under Mamdani
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday that she’s staying at the helm of the police department in the administration of incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Tisch, who was appointed commissioner by Mayor Eric Adams in November 2024, is maintaining the role despite some positions on public safety that differ sharply from her boss-to-be — including critical […]
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Losing Money Every Month: Growing Finance Crisis Threatens Affordable Housing
BronxProGroup manages 93 subsidized apartment buildings containing more than 3,300 affordable apartments, mostly in The Bronx. One in three units are in buildings where this year expenses are greater than the rents collected. And one in five are in buildings in such poor financial shape that the owners will have to resort to renegotiate their […]
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Eric Adams Aide Sentenced in Campaign Fundraising Scheme — With the Mayor’s Absence Noted
Most of the seats in the ornate wood-paneled courtroom of Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho Tuesday were filled with supporters of Mohamed Bahi, the former aide to Mayor Eric Adams who was about to be sentenced for arranging illegal straw donations for the mayor’s election campaigns. Missing from the scene was Eric Adams, the man […]
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