Even before another “Billionaires’ Row” tower pierces the Manhattan skyline, the developer of the planned skyscraper is leaving a mark underground. Two new subway elevators at the 57th Street stop beneath Sixth Avenue are fully funded by the real estate firm Sedesco, which plans to build a high-rise at 41 W. 57th St., a long-empty […]

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The New York City Housing Authority has mistakenly cut off federal rent subsidies for hundreds of public housing tenants at privately run buildings, triggering hundreds of eviction notices and frightening residents who insist they’ve paid their rent on time without fail. The erroneous cutoffs occurred at multiple NYCHA developments run by private firms the housing […]

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It’s been a huge week for the new mayor, who saw the political capital he wagered on this year’s elections pay off big-time and who fulfilled a key campaign promise with the city’s first-ever two-year freeze on two-year rent-stabilized leases.  But a sudden City Council push to hold up the budget due Tuesday if City […]

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It happens all the time: a New Yorker who relies on federal benefits to feed their family swipes their Electronic Benefits Transfer card at the grocery store, only to find that their money for the month has disappeared. In a deep look at the problem, we discovered: Here’s what more to know from our investigation, […]

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Antoine Galloway still remembers the moment he was surrounded by seven corrections officers upset over a sexual assault grievance he’d filed against a guard at Clinton Correctional Facility in February 2016.  First came a punch to the face.  The Harlem native then felt large fists hitting his body, steel-toed boots kicking his legs, and a […]

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