This article is a collaboration with Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. A public agency with offices at 26 Federal Plaza notified the General Services Administration of a case of Legionnaires’ disease among one of its employees recently, THE CITY and Healthbeat have learned. The […] The post Legionnaires’ Disease Reported at Manhattan Federal Building appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

As federal investigations swirl and top aides walk away, Mayor Eric Adams has repeated a mantra, “I’m stepping up, not stepping down,” arguing that New Yorkers aren’t interested in that news but about what he’s delivering for them.  Talking with New Yorkers over the last week in Harlem, Edenwald in the Northeast Bronx and St. […] The post In Eric Adams’ Strongholds, Mixed Feelings About the Mayor and the Investigations Swirling Around Him appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

Several dozen tenants of Manhattan Plaza crowded into a meeting room last Tuesday evening and over complimentary slices of pizza heard from representatives of a plan to erect Manhattan’s first casino in the heart of Times Square.  Roc Nation and SL Green’s proposal for 250,000 square feet of gambling space and a 950-room hotel tower […] The post Tenant Leader Who Once Ripped ‘Predatory’ Roc Nation Casino Bid Was Offered $20,000 Monthly Contract from Jay-Z Owned Company appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

A state board has voted, just barely, to recognize a new Washington Heights-Dominican Cultural Historic District, in a tie break that reflects a divide in the neighborhood about the proposal. The move in Albany on Thursday by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation to recommend listing the district in the National Register of […] The post Dominican Historic District Designation Divides Washington Heights appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

When the events company Informa Tech decided artificial intelligence represented an area ripe for the kind of conferences it puts on, it held one in Silicon Valley. It tried one in Austin. But then it decided New York was where it had to be. This December, its ninth New York AI Summit, to be held […] The post How NYC Became an AI Industry Hot Spot appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

This article is a collaboration with Healthbeat. Water testing at a major federal building in Lower Manhattan that houses immigration court and federal law enforcement offices has found bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease in dozens of locations, THE CITY and Healthbeat have learned. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which operates the building, found […] The post Legionella Found in Dozens of Locations in Manhattan Federal Building appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

Are you among the tenants covered by “good cause” eviction protections? Your lease — a new one or a renewal — should now tell you. Starting Aug. 18, landlords have had to begin providing notices to tenants about whether or not their apartments are subject to protections under a new state law, giving lease-holders a […] The post How Tenants Are Getting Rent Breaks as ‘Good Cause’ Kicks In appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

New York City has denied shelter to 1,660 migrants since the May rollout of a new system of time limits designed to help the city reduce the number of people living in its migrant shelters, new figures obtained by THE CITY show.  The updated numbers from the city’s Office of Emergency Management come a week […] The post City Hall, Evicting More Migrants, Says ‘Encampments Will be Addressed’ appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

This article is co-published with The Guardian. It was the midst of a July heat wave, with humidity sticky in the air. Phoebe Saldana sat in the colorful plaza of her East Harlem housing complex, watching her two young daughters ride scooters and climb on workout equipment. They were getting some playtime outside before returning […] The post East Harlem ‘Passive House’ Apartment Complex is the Nation’s Biggest Ultra-Green Development Yet appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more

The developers of a major life sciences campus along the East River in Manhattan sued the city on Tuesday for a “fraudulent scheme” to include a floodwall in its planned construction of a third tower, alleging the city misrepresented who would foot the cost for the protective levee — leaving future protection in limbo. Alexandria […] The post Kips Bay Science Campus Sues City for ‘Fraudulent Scheme’ Behind Floodwall appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News ..read more