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An effort to revive Airbnb in New York City is not going well, after a city councilmember significantly amended the legislation meant to legalize more short-term rentals. The original bill would allow owners and occupants of one- and two-family homes to host renters for less than 30 days without being present. Margenett Moore-Roberts is a homeowner…
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Across New York City, people support their neighbors by being a positive resource in their communities. WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk has been highlighting some of these folks, our neighbors. We're calling them community champions. Today, we meet Frankie Thompkins, who has volunteered with Advent Lutheran Church, located in Manhattan's Upper W…
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Weeks of repair work are on the horizon for a busy New Jersey highway after a void opened up during morning commute hours in early February. State Department of Transportation officials say the hole was caused by a relic of New Jersey's mining history: an abandoned iron mine. This hole is just 75 feet away from one that popped up in late 2024, caus…
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Food critic Robert Sietsema has been writing about dining in New York City since the 1990's, with two decades at the Village Voice and over ten years at Eater New York. He recently launched his own newsletter, Robert Sietsema's New York. And starting this week, look for Robert's food writing on our news site Gothamist as well. Robert joins Weekend …
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Eric Adams is still the mayor of New York City and it seems that he will be for at least the near future. The mayor has since last year faced charges of corruption, bribery, wire fraud and soliciting and accepting campaign donations from foreign nationals. The Department of Justice under President Trump has sought to drop the charges, and a judge i…
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February 22nd is what's known as Lizzie's Day to honor Elizabeth Jennings Graham, the Black schoolteacher who successfully challenged the racist transportation system in New York City. Her push for justice came in the 1850s, a century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama. Her effort also preceded the start of the Civ…
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Governor Hochul says she won’t remove Mayor Adams from office in spite of growing calls for his exit. But through all of the controversies surrounding the mayor, Brooklyn Democratic Chair and State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn has stood by the Mayor. In a letter released yesterday, she and a group of Black lawmakers criticized the effo…
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WNYC's State Capitol reporter Jon Campbell and senior politics reporter Brigid Bergin join host Sean Carlson to talk about the week's top political news. Hear about the Trump administration's threat to congestion pricing, the latest in Mayor Eric Adams' legal case and the mayoral race still heating up in New York City.…
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Refugee newcomers have an outsize impact in upstate New York communities where houses sit empty after deindustrialization hurt the local economy and drove population down. But President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending new refugee admissions cut into services that helped refugees who were here already, forcing resettlement agencies to lay …
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In just one short year, dating coach Niko Emanuilidis has amassed hundreds of clients. And it hasn’t been hard to do either, he said. His clients span across different ages, genders and races, and live both in and out of the city. But he said those in New York, where he is based, often echo a similar sentiment: The dating scene is worse here than a…
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Countless people in New York City are making differences in their communities. WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk has been highlighting some of those people, our neighbors. We're calling them community champions. Today we meet Davina Furbert, the creator of Compassionate Cleaning, which provides cleaning and remodeling services to underserved and o…
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Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is engulfed in chaos. Critics say the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against Adams in exchange for cooperation with President Trump’s immigration enforcement. That prompted four deputy mayors to resign. Now, prominent Democrats are considering whether – and how – to remove Adams. One of the peop…
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New York City will mark a key milestone this year: The transit system hired its first Black train conductor 90 years ago, shattering a barrier that has since offered tens of thousands of African Americans and other people of color a pathway to the middle class. Jotham T. Coleman, whom researchers have little information about, was hired as a conduc…
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What makes a restaurant fun? For some, it might be a giant singing mechanical rodent and a roomful of video games. For others, it could be a quiet space as far removed from video screens and screaming youngsters as possible. So obviously, it's a different answer for everybody. Our friends at Eater New York just released a list of places they consid…
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The Justice Department filed a motion Friday asking a judge to dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The request caps off a week of legal drama between the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and DOJ officials in Washington D.C. The Justice Department directed prosecutors in New York City to toss the charges aga…
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Mayor Adams says he’s preparing an executive order to allow federal immigration officers to operate on Rikers Island, where they have essentially been banned for the last decade. Adams made the announcement after meeting with President Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan. Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who helped pass the cit…
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New Yorkers can be innovative when it comes to making use of their tiny backyards. Some install swimming pools, raise chickens, build tree houses and even tend Manhattan’s only wine vineyard. But a hockey rink in a 12-by-18 foot patch of Western Queens? That may be a new one.
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A letter from the Department of Justice told federal prosecutors to drop Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Monday, arguing he needs space to focus on supporting Trump’s immigration agenda. “Either he comes to the table or we go around him,” said Trump's border czar Tom Homan. Raising the stakes for Adams is the fact that the DOJ’s letter issued …
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Community boards in New York City are one way for people to dip their toes into local government. In Brooklyn and the Bronx, the deadline to apply is just around the corner. Applications to join the boards in those two boroughs close on Valentine's Day. Mike Racioppo — district manager for Community Board 6 in Brooklyn, which covers Park Slope, Gow…
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After losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 World Series and losing slugger Juan Soto to the New York Mets, the Yankees are hoping to bounce back this season. Dave Sims is the radio play-by-play commentator for the New York Yankees and host of the Hey Now! podcast. He joined WNYC host Janae Pierre to preview the coming season, which officia…
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The Justice Department’s move to dismiss Mayor Adams’s federal corruption charges isn’t necessarily the end of the road for the Mayor’s legal troubles. Daniel Richman is a former federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and currently the Paul J. Kellner Professor of law at Columbia Law School. He talked…
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