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 [...]
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 [...]
Union school bus drivers have given their leaders the authority to call a strike against companies that provide bus transportation for the New York City Department of Education. The drivers, escorts and mechanics of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 authorized the strike threat in a vote Tuesday. Contract talks between the union and school bus [...]
State Senate sources tell NY1 a vote on a resolution relating to Senator Hiram Monserrate is likely to come early next week, but it is unclear what that resolution will be. Last month, a senate committee found the Queens Democrat unremorseful following his conviction for misdemeanor assault stemming from an altercation with his girlfriend. The [...]
A proposal by a city lawmaker to begin Common Council meetings with a prayer has reignited the electric debate about the appropriateness of religious expression in government. Newly elected Councilman Anton Konev, sworn in four weeks ago, wants to amend the council’s rules to include an opening prayer at its biweekly meetings, right between the [...]
The Museum of Modern Art’s proposal for a new 82-story tower has cleared its final hurdle. The New York City Council voted Wednesday to approve the plan for a 1,000-foot tall, mixed-use tower on West 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. It was the final hurdle for the plan’s approval process. The museum already [...]
Here’s the letter from National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund Charmian Chris Cox: Dear Assemblywoman Scozzafava: On behalf of our four million members, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund is proud to endorse your candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in the special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district. During your tenure [...]
Handing out its own prescription for language access, the City Council approved legislation Thursday requiring large pharmacy chains to provide translation services in the city’s most popular languages. The bill, which was approved by a vote of 36 to 7, would apply to pharmacies with more than four locations that are under the same ownership. [...]
The city’s largest public employee union is expected to endorse Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s rival, striking a blow into his reelection campaign. District Council 37 is reportedly announcing its support for City Comptroller William Thompson at its headquarters in Battery Park City this afternoon. The union endorsed Bloomberg’s 2005 campaign, when he ran as a Republican. [...]
