This year, the city will begin accepting new Section 8 applications for the first time in nearly 15 years. This was announced by Mayor Adams in his state of the city last week. Something that fills Blanca MartÃnez, a mother of four children who works as a domestic worker, with hope. Blanca Martínez, Far Rockaway … Read more
StreetEasy’s latest rent report shows the cost of living in the City continues to rise. However, rent prices have not risen as rapidly as in previous years. According to the real estate report, rents in New York increased by 9% this year compared to 2022. This is a smaller jump against the 30 percent that … Read more
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“They are taking away my business and I think that is not fair.” Julio Pabón talks about his business as a short-term rental host on the Airbnb platform. Since last Tuesday, he will not be able to host guests in the 5 rooms of his house in the Bronx because the city’s mayor’s office of … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams promised that the city will give families affected by the Bronx fire “all the support they need.” And that in addition, he knows that all New Yorkers also “will be there for them.” “What happened in the Bronx is an unspeakable tragedy, but I can promise that New York City will be … Read more
For the first time in nearly a decade, the mayor’s office and the state government will work hand-in-hand to address the worst homelessness crisis in the five boroughs since the Great Depression of the last century. Mental health professionals – rather than NYPD uniforms – will visit the places where the 80,000 New Yorkers who … Read more
Siomara sends a text message to a new tool that the city created to serve and educate tenants with housing problems. “I have to move because the people who rented me died in the pandemic. As one is not in the ‘lease’ they do not give one a chance … I am worried because you … Read more
There was one death and several injuries as a result of a two-alarm fire in a residential building located at 118th Street on D Avenue in Lower Manhattan, according to FDNY reports. The fire started at around seven o’clock on Thursday and when the firefighters arrived the fire had advanced and there were people trapped … Read more
A three-alarm fire broke out this morning inside a residential building in Brooklyn and firefighters are still working to control it. The flames began around 6:30 a.m. at a building at 132 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, according to a social media message from firefighters. FDNY members continue to operate on scene of a 3-alarm … Read more
A fire in a three-story building broke out in Brooklyn last night. The fire started at about 11:30 at 64 Devoe Street in the Williamsburg sector. The four-alarm fire originated on the third floor, according to fire officials. It took more than two and a half hours, 40 fire fighting units and 170 personnel to … Read more
Gloria Rodríguez says the cost of living has risen dramatically after the pandemic, including rent which is her concern and that of many other New Yorkers. A survey by the Regional Plan Association confirms these fears by indicating that 52 percent of those who participated in the survey say they are dissatisfied with the limited … Read more