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By Melanie Marich
At a raucous City Council hearing Wednesday, renters, their supporters and the real estate industry went head-to-head over a new bill that would ban forced broker fees for New York City apartment-hunters.
Hundreds of people descended on City Hall to testify about
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By Nicole Rosenthal
NEW YORK CITY — A New York City Council bill set to ease the burden of expensive broker’s fees for renters is slated to get a hearing this week.
The bill, dubbed the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses Act (Intro 0360), would amend the city’s administrative code and require the individual hiring a broker, be it tenant or landlord, to foot the broker’s fee.
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By Melanie Marich
New York is one of the only U.S. cities where tenants have to pay for a broker they did not hire. Those fees can range from one month’s rent up to 20% of the annual rent depending on the market.
And in a rental market with a
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By Phil Corso
A New York City Council proposal that would change the way landlords and tenants pay real estate broker fees will be up for debate at a committee hearing on Wednesday.
Intro 360, also known as the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (or FARE) Act, would require whoever hires the broker — whether a tenant or landlord — to pay the broker fee.
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By Cole Rosengren
New York City’s commercial waste market is preparing for a major new zone system that will reset competition for decades. A long-awaited city council hearing this week left council members and industry participants with multiple unresolved questions about what’s next.
The city’s Department of Sanitation recently awarded contracts
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By Aneeta Bhole
A controversial waste management company that has racked up hundreds of violations and is being investigated in at least one fatal car crash is still being allowed to operate in the city.
Cogent Waste Solutions has been embroiled in multiple lawsuits since 2021 for alleged recklessness of its drivers, overcharging customers, falsifying records and failing to disclose required personnel details.
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By Dawn Plummer
At the corner of 145th West Street and Riverside Drive in West Harlem now stands the Judge Hubert T. Delany Way. Co-named after the Harlem civil rights pioneer attorney, politician, assistant US attorney, the first Black tax commissioner of New York, and one of the first appointed NY City Black judges.
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By Vianella Burns
HARLEM, NY — Last month, West Harlem residents got to vote on how to spend $1 million in public dollars, and now the results are in.
The four winning participatory budgeting projects have been announced by Harlem City Council Member Shaun Abreu.
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By Vianella Burns
HARLEM, NY — Due to city budget cuts, a nonprofit with locations in Harlem has ceased offering composting services, although local politicians are mobilizing to contest this change.
GrowNYC, overseeing a network of over 80 open-air greenmarkets, farmstands and fresh food boxes, announced the conclusion of compost programming at both locations last week due to the nonprofit’s depletion of funding.
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The video showing Diddy‘s hotel assault of Cassie isn’t only fueling public outrage — high-ranking NYC politicians want him to suffer one immediate consequence … TMZ has learned.
Leaders in Diddy’s hometown are turning on him, with several NYC council members encouraging Mayor Eric Adams to revoke the Bad Boy Records founder’s symbolic key to the city.
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