NYC Tenants React to Pied-à-Terrorism: 'I Think It Speaks to How Detached Rich People Are'
A few of the millions of New Yorkers who don't own a home weigh in on the controversy.
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Owning a $5 Million Home Is Hard Enough. Now They May Have to Fill Out Some Forms
The Mamdani administration mailed notices to 17,000 property owners who might be subject to a new second-home tax. The outrage has been deafening.
Greenpoint 'Godzilla' Towers Greenlit With 50 Percent Affordability (After 100 Percent Drama)
The Monitor Point development, expected by 2031, will comprise three towers, soar to 600 feet, and include 1,300 apartments.
Casting Company Regrets That This Landlord 'Duped' Them Into Hiring Zombies for His Anti-Rent Freeze Demonstration
Characters for Hire says it's not to blame for sending unwitting actors into a live protest last week.
Mamdani's $22 Billion Housing Plan: The Bold, the Borrowed, and the Bogus
Our new mayor's development and preservation goals are far more ambitious than Bloomberg's or de Blasio's were, but many questions about funding and execution remain.
Bowery SRO Tenants Say They're Being Squeezed Out by a Boutique Hotel: 'Where Are We Gonna Go?'
While a state and City task force is now investigating the building, it may be too late to preserve these affordable housing units and keep the long-term residents in their homes.
The First Task for Mayor Mamdani's Office of Mass Engagement: Pack the Rent Guidelines Board Hearings
The hotly awaited debut for the new City agency led by the mayor's former field director, Tascha Van Auken.
'The Idea That Housing Supply Is Not Part of the Story Here Is Kind of Absurd'
A YIMBY claps back.
'No Amount of Housing We Build Is Going to Make Prices Drop'
A major new housing study is challenging the idea behind the "abundance agenda."
Roaches in Baby Bottles, Dead Mice in Sheets, an Eviction Case: Life Raising a Baby in a Pinnacle Apartment
The Union of Pinnacle Tenants says it wants the City's help in getting Pinnacle eviction cases thrown out, as the slumlord sells 93 of its buildings in April.
Their Landlord Was Sent to Rikers. The Heating Outages Continued: 'It Literally Cannot Get Worse Than This'
The residents of Hayes Court are taking the rare step of asking a housing court judge to appoint a new entity to manage their buildings—which have racked up 505 open housing violations for gas, heat and hot water outages, filthy common areas, and water leaks.