City Council takes aim at bullying landlords
Council Member Helen Rosenthal has proposed opening an Office of tenant Advocate. (Photos by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot Last Wednesday, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a set of bills that’s...
View ArticleRenovation work stops in four PCV apartments due to lack of permits
Peter Cooper Village By Sabina Mollot This week, the city issued stop work orders on four apartments in Peter Cooper Village that had been undergoing renovations, due to a lack of permits. The four...
View ArticleBehold this not bad looking scaffold
The scaffolding outside 20 West 22nd Street, home to Town & Village and many other businesses (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Maria Rocha-Buschel The building housing the office of Town & Village...
View ArticleFormer 21st precinct demolished, new building will be residential
Construction site at 327 East 22nd Street (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot A building in Gramercy that at one time was the 21st Precinct has been torn down and will be replaced with a...
View ArticleConstruction worker injured in fall at Asser Levy Center
Rescue in progress at Asser Levy Center By Sabina Mollot A construction worker was injured after falling at the Asser Levy Recreation Center on Thursday morning and taken to Bellevue Hospital. The fall...
View ArticleCity Council bill blitz takes aim at lying landlords
Council Member Keith Powers and other members of the Council (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot The City Council has introduced a package of 18 bills that take aim at landlords who use shady...
View ArticleCarbon monoxide sends construction workers at Kips Bay building to hospital
Firefighters pull ropes to hoist two injured workers out of the construction pit. (Photos by Jefferson Siegel) By Jefferson Siegel Nine construction workers were overcome by carbon monoxide late...
View ArticleMan charged with trying to bribe inspector
52 West 28th Street By Maria Rocha-Buschel Police arrested a man in NoMad for allegedly attempting to bribe city officials in exchange for passing a gas inspection last week. Yonghuang Zheng, 49,...
View ArticleNew DOB unit wants you to be able to spot an illegally converted apartment
At 216 Third Avenue, the FDNY found signs of illegal conversion from a two-family building to a four-family one. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Renting an apartment in New York...
View ArticleCity Council passes 17 tenant bills
The City Council Housing and Buildings Committee holds a vote on anti-displacement bills the day before they were passed by the full Council on Wednesday, May 8. (Photo courtesy of City Council) By...
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