Catched from the NYtimes

The sale of the apartments, whose residents had complained of neglect by management, to a troubled firm is an early test of the new mayor’s ability to deliver for tenants.

Roughly 8,400 businesses closed in the second quarter of 2025, according to the most recent city data, creating the largest net decline in business activity since before the pandemic.

Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

Rosalind Hernandez, who worked in a co-op building in Manhattan, befriended and then bilked a vulnerable resident, prosecutors said.

The veteran congresswoman said she would like Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, to replace her after she retires. She also said the mayor should stay out of political races.

“I want to be very public that there’s a new cop on the beat,” said Samuel Levine, the new commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.

Erik Duran, who fatally struck the man, Eric Duprey, as he fled on a motorbike in 2023, faces charges of manslaughter, assault and criminally negligent homicide.

Hospital administrators and union officials appear to be digging in for an extended battle over staffing levels and pay.

Some renters are constantly left without heat or hot water during the winter, leading them to bundle up in layers of clothing or risk fires by using space heaters.

Lawyers for Sgt. Erik Duran said he had to make a “life-or-death” decision when he struck Eric Duprey as he rode a motorbike recklessly down a sidewalk. Mr. Duprey died almost immediately.