Monday, May 11, 2026
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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 where doors had been left open.
Now, an investigation by THE CITY has discovered that the city had issued more than a thousand violations over the last few years to the Dyckman Street landlords across properties they own all over New York City.
The problems are so bad that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development filed suit 16 times since 2020, alleging a persistent failure to address serious health and safety issues at 10 separate properties.
Read more about the violations racked up by Jack Bick, Chaim Schweid and their affiliated real estate companies.
Weather 🌤️
Mostly sunny with a high near 63.
MTA 🚇
In Queens, no Manhattan-bound 7 trains between 69 St. and 33 St. Rawson Street. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, May 11.
By the way…
Read our guide on how to find out whether your apartment is rent-stabilized and read your unit’s rent history.
Our Other Top Stories
- Author and artist Molly Crabapple joins Lit NYC for the debut episode of the podcast all about the ABCs of arts, books and culture, here now as its own stand-alone show. The writer of the newly published Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund digs into that history and her own New York City history in an episode that ranges from the Pale of Settlement to Occupy Wall Street to Mamdani’s New York. Listen here, and subscribe to Lit NYC on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, through RSS or wherever podcasts are found.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has just four seats on the MTA board, which sets fares, operating and capital budgets for a transportation authority that is largely under the control of Gov. Kathy Hochul. As he pushes a transit agenda centered on speeding the country’s slowest buses, he has less than a month to fill a pair of longstanding vacancies on the MTA board.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul intends to opt the state into the federal tax-credit scholarship, in an announcement that represents a major win for supporters of private school choice who have been lobbying Democratic governors to participate in the program.
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
- your wildest costumes at the Magical Transit Authority’s runway show, platform party and train ride starting at Union Square South Plaza. Free, at 5 p.m. RSVP here.
- Monday, May 11, and Tuesday, May 12: American Symphony Orchestra presents its annual series of outdoor concerts on the upper terrace of Bryant Park with this week’s program “Afrocubanismo: African music and Modernity in Cuba.” Free, at 5:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, May 12: Hear a talk from photographer Rick Smolan, a New York Times bestselling author with over five million books in print. Free, at 7 p.m. Register here.
THE KICKER: Undergraduates at Long Island’s Stony Brook University took a break from finals week to compete in an annual regatta with boats built entirely from cardboard and duct tape.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Monday.
Love,
THE CITY
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