Chinatown Tenants Challenge Evictions
Chinatown has emerged as a battleground in the continuing war over gentrification in New York City. In the latest…
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De Blasio Gets an Earful at Queens Town Hall
Amid protests and a police presence that turned Astoria’s P.S. 70 into a fortress, locals pressed Mayor Bill de…
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A Hollywood Star Challenges Empire State Corruption
We spoke with actor James Cromwell and fellow activist Pramilla Malick before the pair reported to jail in Orange County, NY to serve time on a civil disobedience conviction.
Haitian Immigrant Rights Leader Jean Montrevil Targeted by ICE
The co-founder of the New Sanctuary Coalition and father of four U.S.-born children is at risk of deportation.
Building Resistance on Trump Island
In Staten Island, one union local is propelling a growing labor-community alliance deep in New York’s Republican recesses.
Decades of neglect have left the subway in shambles. Can Andrew Cuomo solve the mess he’s done so much to create?
Over the past few months, I have had several confidential conversations with people who work in some of the…
Rent Board Rewards the ‘Draculas that are Sucking the Blood of the People’
On Tuesday, June 27, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted to increase stabilized rents by 1.25…
Rents for Thousands of New Yorkers Could Skyrocket Thanks To Legal Loophole
Find out which neighborhoods are most at risk.