He’s said it over and over again on the campaign trail, a consistent drumbeat of a promise: If elected, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani will freeze your rent. “I’m running for mayor to freeze the rent for every rent-stabilized tenant,” he said in a campaign ad unveiled in late May. “Wait, you’re going to freeze my rent?” […]

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On a sunny Friday morning, a group of summer camp kids dribbled a basketball on a court on the campus of the New York City Housing Authority’s South Jamaica Houses.  The sky was clear blue, without a cloud in sight. But in a downpour, the court transforms from a place to shoot hoops into a […]

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This past spring, before the mayoral primary election, you may have seen stickers and posters plastered around the boroughs urging you to DREAM: “Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor.” Now, DREAM is back. The campaign is relaunching Tuesday with a modified message ahead of November’s general election: “Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor.” Charlie […]

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Just two lawyers have remained inside 26 Federal Plaza every day as it’s become the epicenter of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda in New York City, with “large masked men with guns” stationed outside of courtrooms to drag away people showing up for civil hearings. Allison Cutler and Benjamin Remy of the New York […]

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Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has moved ahead with a controversial rule change that will increase the share working families with housing vouchers will have to pay in rent. The change affects CityFHEPS, a rental assistance program used by tens of thousands of New Yorkers who have been homeless or at risk of losing housing. Starting […]

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