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Threatened Coney Island Boardwalk Businesses Get a New Lease on Life — Except One

Dec. 5, 2021, 9:35 p.m.Dec. 5, 2021, 9:39 p.m.

City officials use 10-year amusement park extension to leverage lower proposed rents for Luna Park tenants who’d faced steep hikes and barely weathered the pandemic. But longtime fixture Lola Star could be out of the Brooklyn destination.

Brooklyn

Armory Pool and Gym Prices Give Crown Heights Neighbors Sticker Shock

Nov. 22, 2021, 7:31 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

Parents and other neighbors express confusion over separate gym and pool hips that exceed costs at other Brooklyn facilities — save for a limited number of long-promised hyperlocal discounts that may never grow beyond 250.

Campaign 2021

Democrat Justin Brannan Declares Brooklyn Council Seat Victory in Squeaker

Nov. 16, 2021, 5:47 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:00 a.m.

In a count that went to absentee ballots, the contender for Council speaker says he’s won over a Republican who rallied voters around opposition to COVID vaccine mandates. A Queens Republican and another Brooklyn Democrat also claimed wins Tuesday.

Queens

International Visitors Land Post-Pandemic Shutdown Reunions at JFK Airport

Nov. 8, 2021, 8:46 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:00 a.m.

Hugs and hopes for a tourism boom greet the arrival of the first flights following the reopening of U.S. airports to visitors from 33 countries, from China to Brazil to the U.K.

Uncategorized

Homeowners Say Contractor Burned Them After Payments to Fix Fire Devastation

Nov. 7, 2021, 8:20 p.m.Nov. 7, 2021, 8:20 p.m.

In Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Manhattan and Long Island, more than a dozen say insurance payouts got pocketed by a home improvement company that left their homes incomplete or even uninhabitable. Authorities are contemplating action.

Campaign 2021

GOP Gains in City Council Powered by Heated Voter Turnout and Discontent

Nov. 3, 2021, 9:42 p.m.May 30, 2024, 1:07 p.m.

The minority party rises up to as many as seven seats and threatening rising-star Democratic Brooklyn Councilmember Justin Brannan.

Transportation

De Blasio’s ‘Open Streets’ Stalled at Fraction of Promised Hundred Miles

Oct. 12, 2021, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 11, 2021, 8:49 p.m.

Most stretches of roadway d as car-free aren’t, a citywide survey from the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives finds, with sharp inequities between the boroughs. Volunteers say they still need help hauling barricades.

Indigenous Peoples

Native American New Yorkers Grow in Number, Latest Census Shows

Oct. 10, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Oct. 10, 2021, 9:30 p.m.

More than 180,000 reported “American Indian” heritage, amounting to 2% of the city’s population. Participants in a weekend Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration said New York City should do more to honor the holiday.

Crown Heights

Brooklyn Armory Rec Center Deal Documents Debunk Claims on Affordable hips

Oct. 6, 2021, 9:57 p.m.Nov. 19, 2021, 7:44 a.m.

Councilmember Laurie Cumbo blasts out a defense of the 2017 pact she brokered for a city-backed Crown Heights real estate project after THE CITY found just 250 locals will benefit from long-promised discounts.

City Hall

Remote Judges Fight for Return to In-Person Sessions for Summonses

Sept. 30, 2021, 9:10 p.m.Sept. 30, 2021, 9:10 p.m.

Hearing officers at the city Office of istrative Trials and Hearings protest plan that could make phone calls the standard way costly fines get refereed.

Gabriel Sandoval

Threatened Coney Island Boardwalk Businesses Get a New Lease on Life — Except One

Armory Pool and Gym Prices Give Crown Heights Neighbors Sticker Shock

Democrat Justin Brannan Declares Brooklyn Council Seat Victory in Squeaker

International Visitors Land Post-Pandemic Shutdown Reunions at JFK Airport

Homeowners Say Contractor Burned Them After Payments to Fix Fire Devastation

GOP Gains in City Council Powered by Heated Voter Turnout and Discontent

De Blasio’s ‘Open Streets’ Stalled at Fraction of Promised Hundred Miles

Native American New Yorkers Grow in Number, Latest Census Shows

Brooklyn Armory Rec Center Deal Documents Debunk Claims on Affordable hips

Remote Judges Fight for Return to In-Person Sessions for Summonses

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