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NYC’s landlord enforcement system has been running on paper for years. The Mamdani administration is digitizing it and launching a campaign to go after the cit…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major overhaul of NYC's housing code enforcement, digitizing paper-based systems and ...
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That StreetEasy listing photo could be AI-altered, and landlords don’t have to tell you. Mamdani’s Rental Ripoff Report would change that, among 22 other new tenant rul…

Mayor Mamdani’s Rental Ripoff Report mandates landlords disclose AI-altered rental photos, strengthens tenant protections, ...
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Unlawful landlord fees will now be treated as illegal debt collection under Mamdani’s 23-point Rental Ripoff Report

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s 23-point Rental Ripoff Report targets landlord abuses including hidden fees, mold, and ...
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New York City will legally recognize tenant unions and protect renters from landlord retaliation, part of a 23-action Rental Ripoff Report built on testimony from 2,300 N…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a 23-point Rental Ripoff Report that legally recognizes tenant unions and protects renters from ...
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NYC has never legally recognized tenant unions. Mamdani’s 23-policy Rental Ripoff Report changes that, shaped by over 2,400 New Yorkers’ testimony.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani unveiled a 23-policy Rental Ripoff Report to strengthen tenant protections in NYC, including legal ...
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Mamdani promised fast and free buses. His new $882 million plan is all fast, no free.

Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul unveiled an $882 million plan to speed up NYC buses 20 percent, but the free buses Mamdani ...
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A Swiss watch brand and Gary Vee are turning Williamsburg’s old Urban Outfitters into a members-only club

A Swiss watch brand, Breitling, and Gary Vaynerchuk's VCR Group are converting Urban Outfitters on North 6th Street in ...
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Peter Pan Donuts went dark for a day. Donna Siafakas, its heart for 33 years, is gone.

Donna Siafakas ran Greenpoint's Peter Pan Donut and Pastry Shop for 33 years. She died June 30 at 69, and the shop closed for ...
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The city shut Saint Vitus down during a hardcore show. This fall it reopens in Bushwick.

Saint Vitus, the Brooklyn metal bar the city shut down mid-show in 2024, reopens this fall at 428 Troutman Street in Bushwick. Here is ...
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“I just can’t believe they made it through security”: masked couple climbed the Empire State Building’s antenna, got engaged, then calmly walked into custody

A masked couple climbed the Empire State Building's 1,454-foot antenna without safety tethers, proposed marriage at the top, and were arrested by the NYPD. Masked climbers reached the top of the ...
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NYC is selling the 4th of July skyline this year, and the top seat costs $10,000 for one night on a 1942 schooner

NYC venues are selling America 250 Fourth of July party tickets this Saturday, from $108 at Westlight in Williamsburg to $10,000 on a Hudson River schooner. For 0,000, you can watch the America 250 ...
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Everyone assumes mahjong is thousands of years old. A festival historian says that’s a marketing myth invented to make it seem exotic

Around 500 people gathered in Manhattan for the NY Jewish Mah Jongg Festival, where historians explored how mahjong became an American Jewish tradition. The Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower ...