Thursday, May 14, 2026 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, The biggest earthquake to rock the borough of Brooklyn took place more than 140 years ago, when chimneys were toppled and sailing ships jostled by a quake that’s now estimated to have reached 5.0 on the Richter scale. Residents of […]
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How landlords are evicting ‘Good Cause’ tenants
Wednesday, May 14, 2026 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, The 2024 Good Cause Eviction law was intended to protect tenants in market-rate apartments from exorbitant rent increases and arbitrary decisions on lease renewals. But written into the law is a get-out clause, allowing landlords who cite an intent to […]
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NYC’s World Cup bonanza dreams are falling flat
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, A month before the first World Cup soccer match takes place at Met Life Stadium across the Hudson River, only 25% of the available rooms in New York City hotels have been booked for the six weeks when matches will […]
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Landlords of Inwood fatal fire building were sued 16 times
Monday, May 11, 2026 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Just days before a blaze at 207 Dyckman St. in Inwood killed three, city housing inspectors issued the landlord a dozen code violations, including one for a non-functioning self-closing apartment door. Firefighters later discovered severe fire damage in eight apartments […]
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No rent freeze yet
Friday, May 8, 2026 Dear New Yorkers, Will stabilized tenants see a rent freeze this year? After a first vote from the Mamdani-majority rent board last night, we still don’t have a straight answer. The Rent Guidelines Board left the door open for a rent increase despite the new mayor’s promise to keep prices flat […]
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The magic number for NYC builders
Thursday, May 7, 2026 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, A new trend has overtaken New York City’s residential real estate market: 99-unit buildings. You may have noticed a 99-apartment project springing up in your neighborhood — dozens are in the works in parts of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. How […]
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State’s major job miscount
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, It’s an especially critical time to know the outlook on the city’s economy and job market. But a new economic analysis says the state Department of Labor’s numbers on jobs — particularly home health care jobs — have been inaccurate […]
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Feds appear to tase man screaming for help
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Dear New Yorkers, An ICE agent appeared to tase a man several times while another agent tried to forcefully drag him out of his car as the man screams in pain and begs for help, as captured in a video obtained by THE CITY. ICE agents later took that man to […]
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93-year-old NYCHA holdout survived communism
Monday, May 4, 2026 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Jin Tao Wu survived Japan’s invasion of China, the rise of the Communist Party and the massacres of the Cultural Revolution. Now, the 93-year-old sits in a public housing apartment in Chelsea, confronting what he sees as the biggest crisis […]
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Dog poop in Council crosshairs
Friday, May 1, 2026 Dear New Yorkers, Here’s a poop scoop for you: The City Council wants to curb your dog. Legislators introduced a package of bills yesterday aimed at helping the scourge of dog poop that intensified during weeks of feces-strewn snow piles this winter. Remember that? The four bills focus on outreach and […]