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A tenement building sat near the Ditmas Boulevard station in Astoria.

Rent

Landlords Tens of Thousands More Rent-Regulated Apartments Under Threat of Fines

Aug. 16, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 19, 2024, 4:25 p.m.

A new state law, ed after THE CITY exposed units inexplicably missing in property owner reports, has spurred a surge in compliance in the face of costly penalties.

CIBBOWS prepare for a long swim on Brighton Beach.

Summer & THE CITY

Open Seas at Brooklyn’s Least Exclusive Beach Club

June 26, 2024, 12:59 p.m.June 26, 2024, 7:50 a.m.

A group of ocean swimmers is on a mission to make the joys and terrors of diving into nature accessible to people ready to venture out of the pool.

Yi Andy Chen campaigns for Assembly in Queens.

Elections

State Campaigns Are About to Rake in $100 Million of Public Funding — While Also Spending All The Private Money They Want

May 1, 2024, 6:00 a.m.April 30, 2024, 7:43 p.m.

And while NYC’s public campaign finance system endures scandals, the state won’t audit the majority of campaigns.

Mental Health

Adams Vows Action to Hospitalize People With Serious Untreated Mental Illness

Nov. 29, 2022, 4:59 p.m.Nov. 30, 2022, 4:16 p.m.

Mayor says he’ll instruct NYPD to get people to psychiatric treatment when they fail to meet their “basic needs.” Advocates say he’s crossing a line.

Mental Health

How to Keep Your Son From Killing Someone

Nov. 16, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.

For 20 years, Clarissa Crader has done everything in her power to get Justin Campbell care for his schizophrenia. He just got off probation after beating an elderly man. Now what?

How to New York

Have I Been Redistricted? Search Your Redrawn District and Who’s Running in New York

May 21, 2022, 8:50 a.m.June 11, 2024, 2:49 p.m.

Congressional and state seats have changed. Before the 2022 summer primary elections, find out who’s running and how your old districts stack up with your new ones.

Campaign 2021

Meet Your Mayor

Alyssa Katz June 1, 2021, 3:32 p.m.April 3, 2025, 2:22 p.m.

See which candidates for NYC mayor agree with you most on housing.

Campaign 2021

Meet Your Mayor: Our Quiz Tells You Which Candidates Best Match Your Positions on the Issues

May 31, 2021, 10:10 p.m.June 14, 2022, 11:23 a.m.

THE CITY asked City Hall contenders where they stand on tough decisions affecting the future of New York City — and invites you to see which candidates align with your own responses to the same questions

Trump istration

State Lawmakers Slam Trump Plan to Zap Interest Cap on Loans

Sept. 4, 2020, 9:46 a.m.Sept. 4, 2020, 9:37 a.m.

The proposal would let lenders skirt New York’s 25% rate limit as the pandemic-driven economic crisis leaves many desperate for cash — and susceptible to “deceptively marketed loans,” critics say.

Housing

Troubled Nonprofit Gets Payout in Flip of Bed-Stuy Landmark to Upscale Developer

Oct. 25, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 15, 2021, 4:52 p.m.

City deed restriction removal paved the way for a court-ordered $12 million sale of a historic building supposed to be used for “youth development.”

Alyssa Katz

Landlords Tens of Thousands More Rent-Regulated Apartments Under Threat of Fines

Open Seas at Brooklyn’s Least Exclusive Beach Club

State Campaigns Are About to Rake in $100 Million of Public Funding — While Also Spending All The Private Money They Want

Adams Vows Action to Hospitalize People With Serious Untreated Mental Illness

How to Keep Your Son From Killing Someone

Have I Been Redistricted? Search Your Redrawn District and Who’s Running in New York

Meet Your Mayor

Meet Your Mayor: Our Quiz Tells You Which Candidates Best Match Your Positions on the Issues

State Lawmakers Slam Trump Plan to Zap Interest Cap on Loans

Troubled Nonprofit Gets Payout in Flip of Bed-Stuy Landmark to Upscale Developer

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