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Long-Stalled Atlantic Yards Project Could Be Revived in New Plan
A long-stalled project to create thousands of new Brooklyn apartments near Barclays Center could be getting new life. Overseen by the Empire State Development agency, the 22-acre Atlantic Yards project — also known as Pacific Park — was projected to create more than 6,400 apartments in central Brooklyn. But more than two decades after it was […]
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Council Revamps Bill Giving Housing Groups First Dibs to Buy — and Landlords Still Object
Housing preservation groups could be first in line to buy troubled apartment buildings when they go up for sale under a City Council bill updated Monday to address pushback. “This version of the bill gives an opportunity to prove the case that we can give qualified purchasers a slight window to make a real, market-based […]
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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
ICE agents arrested a Chinese father and his 6-year-old son, separating the two and sending the father to Orange County Jail while the whereabouts of the son remain unknown as of Tuesday morning. The father and his son were arrested at a check-in with ICE inside 26 Federal Plaza last Wednesday, advocates who accompanied the […]
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State Comptroller DiNapoli Faces Rare Primary Challengers
Last month, the nonprofit Citizens Budget Commission brought together the state comptroller Tom DiNapoli, outgoing City Comptroller Brad Lander and his incoming successor Mark Levine to discuss fiscal issues and what a comptroller does. It fell to Bill Thompson, a former city comptroller, to introduce DiNapoli, who has served in the job for 18 years. […]
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Starbucks Agrees to Pay Workers $38 Million to Settle Scheduling Law Probe
Starbucks agreed to pay $38 million to settle an investigation by the city’s labor and consumer agency that found the coffee giant committed systemic violations of local scheduling laws at its New York City locations between 2021 and 2024, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. A three-year probe by the city Department of Consumer and Worker […]
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