This story is part of of Summer & The City, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. Swimmers, rejoice: The city’s dozens of free outdoor pools will open for the summer season on Saturday, with some of the most popular […]

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A pro-landlord member of the Rent Guidelines Board resigned from her post Thursday morning, just hours before the body was scheduled to vote on how much to raise rent on rent-stabilized apartments. Christina Smyth, a lawyer, emailed a three-page resignation statement to reporters that criticized the process of determining a rent increase — possibly a […]

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Dolly R., a Holocaust survivor in her 90s, knew exactly how much was supposed to be on her food benefits card to get her through June: $224.47. But when she tried to check out at the grocery store in Borough Park, she was in for a shock. There was nothing left on her Electronic Benefits […]

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A progressive group with a three-letter acronym, fueled by on-the-ground organizing, just helped deliver back-to-back primary upsets to install democratic socialists in City Hall and send two of their own to the U.S. Congress — and it’s not the DSA. The United Auto Workers, which in New York primarily represents academics and workers in the […]

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In the span of the past week, Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards has allowed the early release of four people incarcerated in city jails, signaling a willingness to wield a little-used power that previous commissioners employed more sparingly. Under Article 6-A of the State Correction Law, the commissioner can allow people serving sentences of less than […]

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