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New York Post

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Boom of tiny NYC apartment buildings due to developers gaming tax-relief program

If the city has such a desperate housing shortage, why do so many new apartment buildings around town seem tiny? The magic number for residential developers in the Big Apple is 99 — the maximum number of units they can build to keep construction and labor costs low and to maximize future profits under a city-state tax-relief program. The Real Estate Board of New York found that new or planned apartment projects in the five boroughs with under 100 units surged to 172 from July 2024 to September 2026, as tallied by the city’s Housing Preservation and Development agency and the Department of Buildings. In comparison, a mere 13 such small-scale projects were recorded from 2008 to 2023. The 23-story Eastline at 1655 First Avenue, which will have 99 units. Google Maps Since 2024, Brooklyn and Queens had 65 and 58 new projects, respectively, with fewer than 100 units, while Manhattan had 17, according to REBNY. Manhattan leasing remains red hot in October A mere 99 units in some buildings is minuscule in light of the city’s need for 700,000 new homes in the next decade. But the reason they’re so popular with builders is simple, say REBNY vice president

New York, NY · 1d

The City Reporter

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Mamdani’s White Knight for Troubled Buildings Has Dismal Record of Violations

Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently celebrated the transfer of ownership of three long-neglected rent-stabilized buildings in Brooklyn from Rubin Dukler, an owner who’d made frequent appearances on the city’s worst landlord list, to a new landlord named Mark Schwartz. Schwartz is the mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, and owns rent-stabilized apartment buildings across the city. Under […] The post Mamdani’s White Knight for Troubled Buildings Has Dismal Record of Violations appeared first on The City Reporter .

Brooklyn, NY · 1d

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Reception center opens at YMCA for Brooklyn families displaced by building collapse

The city is making resources available at the Flatbush YMCA for people displaced by the collapse who are not hospitalized, including mental health services.

Brooklyn, NY · 1d

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Somewhere I Read nonprofit collecting messages of gratitude for veterans

A nonprofit organization co-founded by two North Shore residents and a former U.S. ambassador is asking Americans to show their appreciation for the country’s veterans with a simple gesture: a message of gratitude. Somewhere I Read, a nonpartisan initiative focused on strengthening civic engagement and giving people a greater...

Bayville, NY · 8h

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Legislators Drucker & Russell Invite Property Owners to Register for Tax Exemptions at Homeowner Exemption Liaison Program (HELP) Event Nov. 12

Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) and Legislator Viviana L. Russell (D - Westbury) are partnering with the Nassau County Department of Assessment to bring the Homeowner Exemption Liaison Program (HELP) to the Hicksville Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 12. During HELP events,...

Nassau County, NY · 1d

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Bushwick, Williamsburg and Greenpoint businesses must sign with a trash carter by Nov. 30

Businesses in Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bedford-Stuyvesant have until Monday, Nov. 30, to sign a contract with a private trash carter authorized to work in the city’s new Brooklyn North commercial waste zone. A business that has not chosen one by then will be assigned a carter by the Department of Sanitation, at the maximum rate the law allows.

Brooklyn, NY · 1d

New York Post

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NYC neighborhood blasts Mamdani admin over planned homeless shelter one block from school

Brooklyn residents and teachers are demanding answers from Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration and the Mayor himself over plans to build a 200-bed men’s homeless shelter just one block from a Canarsie middle school. Community members protested Monday night against plans for a 200-bed men’s homeless shelter on East 108th Street that is expected to open in 2028, one block from the Science and Medicine Middle School 366 on East 107th Street. Councilwoman Mercedes Narcisse (D-Brooklyn) who reps the local area, blasted the city’s Department of Social Services in comments reported by News 12 Brooklyn. Science and Medicine Middle School 366 stands in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Credit: ms366.org “You want to put it next to a school — a middle school for God’s sake! These are our children! Shame!” she charged. Mamdani scrambles with $25M winter game plan after 15 died in NYC’s last cold snap Narcisse said DSS informed her about the proposed shelter last week but had not sought her input, even though she represents the neighborhood. According to News 12 Brooklyn, the upcoming shelter is part of a broader citywide plan to open 12 new shelters, including three in Brooklyn. Narcisse requested a meeting with

New York, NY · 1d

New York Post

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NYC DSA may push for AOC 2028 presidential bid with scheme to recruit new members

The city chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America will consider formally pushing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for US president in 2028 — with plans for her campaign to grow their lefty ranks. The DSA will vote on a resolution at the group’s convention Saturday that asks member AOC to run with gushing language calling her one of the “most widely beloved members of the Democratic Party.” DSA co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser signed the proposed resolution for Ocasio-Cortez, who is fresh off a reelection win in a deeply blue New York House district. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez walks on stage at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago. AFP via Getty Images “AOC is one of the most recognizable figures in US politics, the most popular Democrat in Congress, and is one of the most widely beloved members of the Democratic Party alongside other democratic socialists like Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani,” states the resolution, obtained by The Post. The proposal boasts that Ocasio-Cortez’s grassroots support has turned her into one of the most prolific fundraisers in American politics coming “almost entirely from small dollar donors.” Mamdani meets with union bigwig

New York, NY · 2d

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PPL settles wage theft suit with $162M for NY caregivers

A federal judge in Brooklyn approved a $162 million settlement for approximately 200,000 Medicaid home care workers who accused Public Partnerships LLC of underpayment, with payments scheduled to be distributed to eligible caregivers in early 2027.

New York, NY · 1d

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Developer files for a four-story, four-unit building on a vacant Bushwick lot at 1242 Madison St.

A developer has applied to build a four-story, four-apartment building on a vacant lot at 1242 Madison St. in Bushwick. The new-building application was filed with the city’s Department of Buildings on Friday, Nov. 6. It describes the project as a “4 story 4 family with penthouse + cellar,” and as of Nov. 9 it was in plan examiner review, according to the department’s DOB NOW filing records on NYC Open Data.

Brooklyn, NY · 1d

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Thousands of Chabad Rabbis Gather in New York for Annual Conference

The International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries brought more than 6,500 rabbis and Jewish leaders from more than 100 countries and all 50 states to Brooklyn from Nov. 5-8, highlighting the movement's expanding international presence and the growing engagement of American Jews. Organized by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, the annual gathering included...

Brooklyn, NY · 6h

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Historic Din Torah Settles Future of Two Esteemed Boro Park Chassidic Courts

On Wednesday evening, three illustrious dayanim placed their signatures upon a document that will alter the course of history between two esteemed kehillos in Boro Park who uphold the legacy of the Admorim of Stuchin. The psak din, issued by a beis din headed by Rav Shimon Yitzchok Schlesinger, together...

Brooklyn, NY · 1d

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When to See the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights in 2026

Most homeowners begin putting up their Christmas decorations around Thanksgiving weekend, with more houses joining in throughout early December. We recommend visiting between mid-December and Christmas Eve, when most displays are up and running. Many homeowners keep their lights on through New Year’s Eve, and some leave them up until early January. The best time to visit is between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., although there are no official hours since each homeowner sets their own schedule. Weekends are especially busy closer to Christmas, so try visiting on a weekday around 5:30 p.m. to avoid the biggest crowds. And don’t arrive too late — some residents begin switching off their lights around 9 p.m.!

Brooklyn, NY · 1d

New York YIMBY

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Permits Filed for 1846 Washington Avenue in Tremont, The Bronx

Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 1846 Washington Avenue in Tremont, The Bronx. Located between East 175th Street and East 176th Street, the lot is near the Tremont Avenue subway station, served by the B and D trains. Ylli Sufaj is listed as the owner behind the applications.

Bronx, NY · 2d

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New York will require naloxone in restaurant and bar first aid kits starting in December

Starting Sunday, Dec. 13, nearly every bar, restaurant and nightclub in New York State will have to keep naloxone, the overdose-reversal drug sold as Narcan, in its first aid kit. In an email to food and beverage businesses, the city Department of Small Business Services said employers must include an opioid antagonist such as naloxone wherever federal law already requires them to stock first aid supplies.

New York · 1d

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Brooklyn’s New Bike Boulevards Will Benefit the 90 Percent of Residents Who Don’t Drive To Work

Regular attendees of the city’s transportation project-focused community board meetings and workshops are familiar with a number of tropes that opponents of bus lanes or bike lanes deploy to preserve their car drivers’ iron grip on road space. On Tuesday night, at the Department of Transportation’s first public...

Brooklyn, NY · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Brooklyn building collapse raises questions about city oversight and safety precautions

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of building construction projects are underway in New York on any given day. The deadly collapse of a building next to one of those work sites has raised questions about the city’s oversight and the safety precautions taken by contractors. While the investigation is ongoing, some New York officials on […]

New York, NY · 3h

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Thousands of Chabad emissaries open Brooklyn conference as speakers urge Jewish pride and tighter security

Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries filled Brooklyn’s Major R. Owens Community Center on Thursday night for the opening general session of the Kinus Hashluchim, the international conference of shluchim, where speakers turned to security, Jewish pride and the challenge of sustaining Jewish life after October 7. Correction (November 13, 2026):

Brooklyn, NY · 2d

Willow and Hearth

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Brooklyn Tenants Say A Health Inspector Called Their Building Too Dangerous To Enter While Mice Roam Free And Their Landlord, No. 23 On NYC’s Worst Landlords List, Will Not Meet Them

On Monday night, Nov. 9, tenants of 3821 18th Ave. in the Kensington section of Brooklyn stood outside their own building and demanded something most renters take for granted: a […]

New York, NY · 2d

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Construction starts on New Lots Library’s mass timber rebuild, on a lot tied to East New York’s African burial ground

Brooklyn Public Library has started building a new New Lots Library in East New York, on a lot that the library and a 2023 archaeological study say covers part of a colonial-era burial ground where enslaved and free Black residents of the area were buried. The library marked the start of construction on Oct. 29 with a ground acknowledgment ceremony instead of a groundbreaking, according to a library release. The 1956 branch building is gone: the city signed off on its demolition on Oct. 9, Department of Buildings records show.

Brooklyn, NY · 1d