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City Hall Moves to Wind Down Separate Shelter System for Migrants

Published Nov 22, 2024 10:00AM

City Hall Moves to Wind Down Separate Shelter System for Migrants

City Hall is moving to return control of all shelter operations to the Department of Homeless Services by June of 2026, THE CITY has learned, including those housing asylum-seeking immigrants. The plan comes after two years of operating an ad hoc “shadow system” of separate shelters for migrants often under the auspices of agencies other […]
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Suspension of Disbelief: Verrazzano Bridge Turns 60

What once was the longest suspension bridge in the world has now spanned six decades of New York City history. Thursday marks 60 years since drivers first paid a 50-cent toll to drive over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the towering 13,200-foo ... Read more

Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda Ekes By Council Co

A sweeping zoning change pushed by the administration of Mayor Eric Adams and approved by key City Council committees Thursday is expected to accelerate housing construction and make a dent in the city’s housing crisis. Despite concess ... Read more

City Investigators Probe Eric Adams Protege Jesse Hamilton a

The city Department of Investigation (DOI) is looking into the actions of a longtime associate of Mayor Eric Adams whom the mayor put in charge of city leases, including a last-minute decision to rent space from a big donor to the mayor’ ... Read more

How Parking Will Drive the Coming Adams-Council Housing Development Deal

Published Nov 20, 2024 01:37AM

Parking has emerged as a central focus of negotiations on Mayor Eric Adams’ sweeping package of proposed development reforms ahead of a crucial City Council committee vote Thursday. The City of Yes for Housing Affordability proposal, which aims to ease up rules to spur more residential development, is projected to create between 58,000 and 109,000 […]
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Plan for City’s First Public Celestial Observatory Comes C

A city known for producing stars just lost a project to let New Yorkers see them. The Amateur Astronomy Association, a nonprofit volunteer group, will no longer be following through on its plan, announced in January, to bring the city’ ... Read more

They Escaped Chinese Government Repression. Now They’re Im

When Yuxiu Zhou crossed the U.S. and Mexico border with his teenage son last October after a month-long zigzagging trip from China, he believed all his nightmares were behind him. The corrupt local government officials in his home villag ... Read more

Rampant Lack of Oversight Led to NYCHA Contract Corruption,

The New York City Housing Authority did little to follow up on apartment repairs by hired vendors and in dozens of cases could not provide evidence that the work they paid for had actually been done, the city comptroller alleged Wednesday. The ... Read more

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