November 13, 2024

Council also voted on bills authorizing Charter Revision Commission and establishing plant waste composting in city parks

City Hall – Today, the New York City Council voted to pass legislation that would reform broker fees to increase affordability for renters. New York City is in the midst of a housing and affordability crisis, with working- and middle-class residents struggling to keep up with high rents and other rising costs. 

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A final look at the races and issues that matter most to New Yorkers before Election Day.

News 12 Staff — Nov 3, 2024, 12:21 PM

Hundreds of thousands of ballots have been already cast during early voting – and many more will head to the poll on Tuesday as voters decide the next president of the United States, the state Legislature and several citywide ballot proposals.

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November 1, 2024

Housing plan addresses lack of commitments for affordability, infrastructure and housing protections in mayoral administration’s proposed zoning reform

City Hall, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Members announced City for All, the Council’s inclusive housing plan to holistically address New Yorkers’ wide range of housing challenges with policy actions and investments.

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Tenants called for the passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and Community Opportunity to Purchase Act so they could buy the building.

BK Reader Staff | Nov 1, 2024 12:08 PM

Residents of 63 Tiffany Place, one of the few affordable housing buildings remaining in the Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens, say they face potential rent increases and eviction at the beginning of the new year.

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John Chell also went on other networks, but struck a nerve by appearing on a channel that has boosted conspiracy theories and misinformation.

By Maria Cramer | NYTimes

Oct. 28, 2024

“A high-ranking New York City police chief drew criticism after appearing on a conservative news channel in full uniform at Donald J.

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October 18, 2024 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

CITYWIDE — NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER BRAD LANDER joined the New York Taxi Workers Alliance on Thursday to demand an end to Uber and Lyft’s practice of “locking out” drivers from their work apps in order to exploit a loophole in the city’s law, which requires the companies to pay drivers for their time between trips.

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Stubbs was a long-time advocate for social justice issues such as housing, addiction and criminal justice reform.

BK Reader Staff | Oct 18, 2024 10:39 AM

Gowanus community members on Wednesday honored the legacy of Carl Stubbs, a Brooklyn social justice advocate, with a street renaming ceremony at the corner of Douglass Street and 4th Avenue.

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By Chris Sommerfeldt | csommerfeldt@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News, Josephine Stratman | jstratman@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News and Evan Simko-Bednarski | esimko-bednarski@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News

UPDATED: October 17, 2024 at 6:03 PM EST

Billionaire Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan, together with his relatives and business associates, pumped more than $60,000 into Mayor Adams’ legal and political coffers this summer — even as his company had key business interests before the city and lobbied top City Hall officials about them, according to a Daily News review of public records.

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BNN Bloomberg — By Natalie Lung | October 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM EDT

(Bloomberg) — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander called for changes to city regulations that would end app lockouts, a practice that Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have used to game the city’s minimum wage law, saving tens if not hundreds of millions in future driver pay.

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