NYC Schools Will Change How They Handle Chronic Absence Due to Disabilities
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Die-Hard New Yorkers Blanch at Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre J’Accuse
By Katie Honan, The City Reporter This article was originally published on July 28 at 6:23 p.m.
Two Years After Federal Raids, an Eric Adams Power Couple Seeks Podcast Fame
In the predawn darkness of Sept. 4, 2024, city and federal law enforcement agents knocked on the heavy wooden door of the ornate Hamilton Heights townhouse Schools Chancellor David Banks and his then-fiancée, First…
New Bill Would Ban Humanoid Robots in Schools After New York Focus Report
“This is the first step in what’s going to be a much larger conversation about AI in New York schools,” the Senate education committee chair said.
‘Flock Off’: Mass Surveillance Surge Jeopardizes Lifesaving Crash Reduction Strategy
A surveillance company's controversial business model has made traffic enforcement look bad by association.
Poll: New Yorkers Want Safer Pedestrian Conditions … And They Vote
A new poll shows that politicians need to make more space for walking and biking.
Monday’s Headlines: Victory Lap Edition
Cyclists celebrated the completion of the first leg of the 31st Street protected bike lane in Astoria.
Update: Drivers Crash In Brooklyn, Injuring Three People Standing On A Sidewalk
The crash was at the corner of Park and Nostrand avenues on Sunday night.
Summer Bummer: Annual Car-Free Street Event Squeezed In NYPD ‘Overkill’
Attendees were stunned by the sheer number of police and their vehicles clogging many intersections — in what one cop called "overkill."
NYC Deputy Chancellor Departs as Mamdani Looks To Expand Childcare for 2-Year-Olds
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Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Bay Ridge Row House
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Dyker Heights row house, a Bed Stuy brownstone, and a Ditmas Park standalone.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Greenpoint Tiny House for Rent
Greenpoint Tiny House With Shared Garden, Tin Ceilings Asks $2,895 a Month Set in the garden of a 19th century building in Greenpoint, this house is petite but comes with tin ceilings, wood floors, and some old moldings.
Reading List 08/01/26
Pepper-spray drones, China’s chip Manhattan Project, Commonwealth Fusion’s fundraise, and a proposed Dulles Airport renovation.
The Few: Cops Wrote Just 32 Tickets to Drivers Blocking Bus And Bike Lanes Last Week
Across the more than 6,300 miles of roadway throughout New York City, the NYPD's nearly 34,000 officers ticketed only 32 drivers for blocking bus and bike lanes between July 20 andt 26.
AOC helps secure federal funding to remove abandoned vessels from NYC waterways
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura on the shores of Flushing Bay in College Point on Wednesday, July 29, to announce over $2 million in federal funding to remove abandoned…
Mamdani appoints veteran mayoral advisor Jennifer Jones Austin to lead the NYPD’s civilian watchdog panel
For the first time in nearly six years, the NYPD’s independent oversight entity, the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) has a permanent chair in Jennifer Jones Austin, an anti-poverty champion and advisor to…
Upper East Side Legionnaires’ Outbreak is Quelled, Health Commissioner Says
New York City health officials said Friday that the deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, killing seven people on the Upper East Side, is over.
Opinion: New York Knows It Flooded. The Public Still Can’t See How the Sewer System Performed.
“Transparency will not enlarge sewer pipes or prevent every flood.
AG Tish James Issues Promised Consumer Alert on Illegal E-Motos
Purchasers and businesses will no longer be able to pretend that they didn't know that these devices are illegal.
A Bed Stuy Row House and More to See, Starting at $749K
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in West Midwood, Bed Stuy, Mill Basin, and Flatlands.
The Art of Living Well at The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights has long been one of New York City's most admired neighborhoods.
New York Sues Prediction Market Firm Kalshi, Alleging ‘Illegal Gambling Operation’
This story was produced as part of a partnership between The City Reporter and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute.
Bensonhurst Tenant Union Gets Boost From City, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing
Neighbors in Bensonhurst formed a tenant union to address unsafe conditions and alleged negligence, making use of a city program that pays organizers to help renters in bad buildings.
Green-Wood Revamp Will Clean Up Overlooked Sunset Park Corridor
By Kirstyn Brendlen, Brooklyn Paper Green-Wood Cemetery has received $4 million in City Council funding to support the development of its proposed greenway project.
The Mamdani Administration Wants to Build Housing Here. And Here. And Here.
See the 100 city-owned lots where the mayor plans to develop 50,000 units of affordable housing, taking advantage of reforms that the administration hopes will make it easier to build.
Daily Links: ‘Burg’s Decades-Old Barcade to Close When Lease Ends
In the News Second-Home Tax Rollout Is Confusing Some Residents [NYT] Canarsie Dentists Exploited Patients in Pain, Lawsuit Charges [NYT] Herd of Life-Size Buffalo Puppets Will Journey Through Brooklyn [BP] Landlords…
Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys
Throughout the summer, inside a small, fluorescent-lit courtroom in Lower Manhattan, hundreds of migrant children, some as young as three, faced deportation hearings.
A Push to Accelerate Kids’ Asylum Cases Will Hasten Deportations, Attorneys Fear
The Trump administration has scheduled a flurry of asylum interviews, leaving children and attorneys scrambling to prepare.
Quick Change: E-Moto Maker Altered Website After Fatal Crash
The company that sold the e-moto a 17-year-old was riding when he died in a traffic crash tried to change the online specs.