The Rent Guidelines Board has approved a nearly 4 percent hike for rent-stabilized apartments in the city, affecting some 1.1 million apartments by 3.75 percent for one-year renewals and 7.25 percent for two-year contracts, the New York Daily News reported. The hikes will take effect October 1. “It’s very disappointing,” said Jesse Duperon, who lives [...]
The Rent Guidelines Board will hold a final vote tonight on how much the tenants of more than one million rent-regulated city apartments will pay this fall. Board members are gathering at Cooper Union’s Great Hall at 5:30 p.m. to consider a hike of 3 to 5.75 percent for one-year lease renewals and an increase [...]
After a long battle followed by days of protracted deal-making, the New York State Senate voted Friday night to legalize same-sex marriage in the Empire State. The historic yet divisive measure passed by a narrow margin of 33 votes to 29. The vote will make New York the sixth state – and the largest one [...]
Legislative leaders, citing lame- duck Gov. Paterson’s huge legal troubles and the late release of a massive, $6 billion borrowing scheme, privately concede there’s no chance to get a new state budget adopted by the April 1 start of the new fiscal year. In fact, many predict there won’t be a budget until late June, [...]
A relative of two New York City politicians has pleaded guilty to charges that he embezzled $115,000 from a taxpayer-funded nonprofit group, then shared some of the ill-gotten gains with his lawmaking kin. Richard Izquierdo-Arroyo is the grandson of New York Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo and the nephew of City Council member Maria del Carmen Arroyo. [...]
A documentary about the rise and fall of Eliot Spitzer will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. The festival unveiled part of its lineup Wednesday. The work-in-progress film about the former New York governor is directed by Alex Gibney, whose “Taxi to the Dark Side” won the 2007 documentary Oscar. Spitzer resigned in 2008 [...]
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has stepped aside in the ethics investigations of Governor David Paterson. Cuomo has named former State Chief Judge Judith Kaye to look into the two scandals plaguing the governor. Reports say that Paterson allegedly helped cover up a domestic violence investigation involving his top aide and allegedly lied under oath about [...]
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio received a boost of political support Wednesday from former governor George Pataki. Pataki, a three-term governor, said Lazio is the right choice to clean up the dysfunctional government in Albany. “I believe the right person, the best person for the party, and more importantly for the state, is Rick Lazio,” [...]
A former state investment officer has admitted helping channel hundreds of millions of dollars in public pension fund money to politically connected investment firms in a “pay-to-play” scheme. David Loglisci pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court Wednesday to a securities fraud charge. Loglisci had authority to recommend how to invest the pension money. Loglisci said [...]
Representative Eric J. Massa, a freshman Democrat from upstate New York who faces an investigation after being accused of harassing a male aide, said Friday that he would resign next week. Mr. Massa was reported to the House ethics committee last month after a member of his Congressional staff accused him of harassment, according to [...]
