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Heastie says he’s a yes on the plastics bill, the votes are there, and for a third year he killed it without a vote

NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is blocking a floor vote on the plastics bill for the third year and pushing a constitutional redistricting amendment. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who again ...
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Raya Salter named to New York’s permanent environmental justice council

Raya Salter, executive director of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, has been appointed to New York State's Permanent Environmental Justice Advisory Council. bushwickdaily February 11, 2026 · ...
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Claire Valdez ran on rejecting PAC money, then a $2 million superPAC showed up: “we have a campaign that we need to win”

NY Assemblywoman Claire Valdez reversed her no-PAC pledge at a Wednesday NY1 debate on her NY-7 congressional bid, citing outside AIPAC spending in the race. Assembly Member Claire Valdez, whose ...
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They ran a vintage shop until 2012. Now they run northern Brooklyn’s go-to doggy daycare, where someone sleeps over with the dogs

Scott and Greer Shatzer transformed their vintage shop into Your Spoiled Pets, northern Brooklyn’s top doggy daycare at 124 ...
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East Williamsburg’s Grand Street is getting a ten-story, 55-unit building. The $29 million to build it just closed.

Developer Mendel Schwimmer secured a $29 million construction loan to build 55 new units in East Williamsburg, though the ...
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Mesiba’s name means ‘party’ in Hebrew. The Williamsburg restaurant just served its last one and is becoming a rentable events space

Mesiba, the Levantine restaurant in Williamsburg’s Moxy Hotel, has closed permanently after opening in March 2024 and will ...
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Broadway’s biggest characters are getting interrogated in East Williamsburg, and nothing is off-limits

Comedians in full Broadway character face audience Q&A at Eris in East Williamsburg for Musical Theatre Foolishness, a ...
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NYC’s landlord enforcement system has been running on paper for years. The Mamdani administration is digitizing it and launching a campaign to go after the cit…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major overhaul of NYC's housing code enforcement, digitizing paper-based systems and ...
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Unlawful landlord fees will now be treated as illegal debt collection under Mamdani’s 23-point Rental Ripoff Report

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s 23-point Rental Ripoff Report targets landlord abuses including hidden fees, mold, and ...
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NYC has never legally recognized tenant unions. Mamdani’s 23-policy Rental Ripoff Report changes that, shaped by over 2,400 New Yorkers’ testimony.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani unveiled a 23-policy Rental Ripoff Report to strengthen tenant protections in NYC, including legal ...
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That StreetEasy listing photo could be AI-altered, and landlords don’t have to tell you. Mamdani’s Rental Ripoff Report would change that, among 22 other new tenant rul…

Mayor Mamdani’s Rental Ripoff Report mandates landlords disclose AI-altered rental photos, strengthens tenant protections, ...
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New York City will legally recognize tenant unions and protect renters from landlord retaliation, part of a 23-action Rental Ripoff Report built on testimony from 2,300 N…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a 23-point Rental Ripoff Report that legally recognizes tenant unions and protects renters from ...