The number of empty regulated apartments nearly doubled between 2020 and 2021, a state memo obtained by THE CITY shows. | Continue reading
Economic leaders are grappling toward breakthrough ideas for how to reboot the city for a post-pandemic world. An Adams-Hochul panel promises concrete plans by October. | Continue reading
Supertall 5G-transmitting "smart poles" destined to sit atop LinkNYC kiosks won't roll out until later this spring, but one early version of the 32-foot-tall towers stands alone on a quiet street in Queens, offering a first glimpse of how hundreds more could pockmark the city.(th … | Continue reading
As the telecommunications company expands its fiber-optics network across New York, DSL and phone customers, like one Queens doctor worried about dire consequences, struggle to get even a dial tone. | Continue reading
Huge Ma, the coder behind COVID vaccine appointment-finding website TurboVax, is taking his brand of civic tech activism to the campaign trail. But will his virtual folk hero status help the political novice oust a longtime incumbent? | Continue reading
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Homeless New Yorkers report the coronavirus crisis has made it more difficult to find water and bathrooms. Meanwhile, portable toilets put out by the city were destroyed. | Continue reading
Two Queens neighborhoods share a park, poverty, immigration and active workers in common. But one is seeing far fewer COVID cases than the other. | Continue reading
Two Queens neighborhoods share a park, poverty, immigration and active workers in common. But one is seeing far fewer COVID cases than the other. | Continue reading
Tons less household trash got picked up last month in a dozen out of 59 city zones, hinting at an exodus from some well-to-do neighborhoods. | Continue reading
Michael Tyson, who died Sunday, was awaiting a hearing on parole violation. Inmate advocates said he shouldn’t have been behind bars. | Continue reading
Teacher Erin McCarthy’s insurance company got hit with a $10,383 charge after she went to a Brooklyn emergency room and was refused testing for virus. | Continue reading
The city filed a court complaint Wednesday against Childrens Community Services, alleging massive fraud. But warning signs emerged in 2015. | Continue reading
While doing brisk business in sweet treats, the Union Square institution was embroiled in high-cost borrowing from an industry under state probe. | Continue reading
Delays in new emergency technology stem from bitter standoffs over system testing failures and how much human help computers need to catch all calls. | Continue reading
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