NYC building workers strike averted, tentative contract deal reached
April 17, 2026
The $4.50 per hour increase will bring the typical porter’s wage from $62,000 currently to $71,000 annually by the end of the contract.
The $4.50 per hour increase will bring the typical porter’s wage from $62,000 currently to $71,000 annually by the end of the contract.
Department of Sanitation workers may refuse to pick up the garbage at striking buildings, which could lead to piles of trash on sidewalks.
Members of 32BJ SEIU will hold a formal strike authorization vote on Wednesday and could walk off the job on April 21 at 12:01 a.m.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT requires tenants to complete and return the Protect Your Child From Lead Poisoning and Window Falls Annual Notice by Feb. 15.
NY’s Right to Counsel aids tenants facing eviction but remains underfunded, leaving most eligible households without legal representation.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review two challenges to New York’s rent stabilization law, leaving intact regulations.
In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, Second Department, upheld a Kings County Supreme Court ruling.
In an effort to acknowledge National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Letitia James unveiled the most frequent consumer complaints received by her office in 2023 on Monday. The list highlights
A diverse coalition of tenant unions, community groups and elected officials rallied in front of the Brooklyn Housing Court on Tuesday afternoon in support of tenant leader Fidele Albert. The
Apartment hunting in New York City is a special kind of hell, but these backgrounding tips can help you screen out some obvious bad actors.
Montague Street is a unique commercial strip, with a civic center at one end and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, a popular tourist attraction, at the other. The unofficial “Main Street”
Even before COVID-19, Montague Street, the central shopping district in Brooklyn Heights, suffered from a high rate of commercial vacancies and turnover. Now, amid the pandemic, empty storefronts are proliferating
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced an executive order extending the state’s moratorium on COVID-related commercial evictions and foreclosures an additional month, until October 20. This measure extends protections already in place
Groups of tenants’ advocates marched through Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday from the Housing Court on Livingston Street to the office of the eviction marshal on Atlantic Avenue as they called
The New York court system does not plan to extend a statewide residential eviction moratorium past Oct. 1 and will instead leave policymaking to the governor and legislature, New York
New York City Housing Court Judge Daniele Chinea had a prepared speech ready to present to the state senators on Friday during a hearing on the reopening of the court
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Thursday that halts COVID-related commercial evictions and foreclosures until at least Sept. 20. The order is the latest in a series of temporary
The New York state court system has delayed evictions until at least Oct. 1, while imposing mandatory conferences in all cases filed before a mid-March moratorium took effect, including cases
This past Wednesday, the Housing Court was expected to resume eviction proceedings against people with open warrants that were issued prior to the pandemic. However, Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended the
Less than a week after the $600-per-week federal unemployment protection expired and national COVID-19 related deaths topped 155,000, New York’s court system is expected to begin processing new eviction cases
Green-Wood to host Zoom discussion The historic Green-Wood Cemetery on Wednesday evening will host a Zoom discussion on a soon-to-be-completed restoration project at its chapel. In particular, the focus will
New bar opens in Bushwick despite restrictions Mika, a new Bushwick bar, opened for the first time last week, and its customers are dining outdoors to meet coronavirus restrictions. Bar
Kensington limestone selling for $1.599M A two story, bow-fronted early 20th century limestone house at 289 East Fifth St. in Kensington is being offered for $1.599 million. The house was
NEW YORK (AP) — In a city famous for its lack of patience, some businesses have jumped ahead on what’s supposed to be a slow and methodical emergence from the
Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently extended the eviction moratorium to Aug. 20, but the court system announced this week that it has begun scheduling and conducting virtual conferences on pending eviction
Residents of 12 rent-stabilized northern Brooklyn buildings connected to a nonprofit run by one of the city’s worst slumlords requested in court Wednesday that an independent manager be put in
Rodents, water leaks, mold and ongoing electrical issues are just some of the conditions caused by a Bushwick landlord’s negligence, according to papers tenants filed in Brooklyn Housing Court as
Tenants of a Bedford-Stuyvesant building went to court on Thursday to delay action on the eviction of a longtime resident, renewing a two-year battle in which they’ve accused their landlord
Working-class tenants are taking their landlord to court over uninhabitable living conditions at a four-story building in Bushwick. Five tenant families at 299 Troutman St. contend that they have been
A loophole in rent regulation laws is pushing longtime, low-income residents out of their rent-stabilized homes, according to tenants and advocates who faced off against landlords at a hearing on
Mayor Bill de Blasio let his progressive flag fly on Thursday as he announced a number of new worker- and immigrant-friendly initiatives in his State of the City Speech. His
The Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force, set to dive right into the investigation of landlords accused of harassing tenants, announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and Mayor
State Senator Jesse Hamilton announced on Friday, February 6 new legislation that will give mobility-impaired tenants first dibs on vacant apartments on lower floors of buildings. “Every New York City