The parents feared the same possibility: that they’d be detained by immigration enforcement, and their kids would have no one to look out for them. citylimits.org/if-ice-detai...

The city data shows 17,791 households were evicted from apartments in New York City in all of 2025 — the highest total since 2018. gothamist.com/news/more-th...

Housing boom in NYC? www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Vacancies in rent-stabilized apartments across NYC are again on the rise after a COVID-era spike. Citywide, the rent-stabilized vacancy rate was 5.6% as of April 2025, compared to 3.7% in 2016. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/06/v...

On Friday NYC hit a grim new record (since at least 2017) of the most people going to the ER for heat-related illnesses: 146 people.

Management at a garage servicing Brooklyn and Queens was keeping its water bottles in a locked refrigerator and closely rationed despite the extreme temperatures. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/02/a...

I would love to know if temps inside MSG will be set at 78 degrees during this heat wave, or if the venue participates in demand response programs. (Yes, I have asked.) apnews.com/article/tayl...

This project was meant to bring clean power to the city in times of high demand, like the current heat wave. The grid operator said bringing the line into operation "will be hugely beneficial.” www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/02/e...

Delightful interview showing a lesser-known side of NYC. "Edgar the Egret has been coming for 14 years, he’s a full-grown great egret, stands about 4 ft tall. He lands on my dock, walks into the kitchen, walks right up to me & stands there until I get his food ready." nygroove.nyc/guardian-of-...

“The formula really just is not adapting to climate change. It’s just been set in stone in a way that is really out of touch with reality,” said Caleb Smith, a policy manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, adding that the overall pot is also too small.

Myth-busting time: Heatwaves bring calls to mind energy use & keep ACs at 78°. Then people say, "Turn off Times Square!" But the electric grid is divided into separate local networks, so turning off Times Square wouldn't help anyone in other neighborhoods. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2023/07/27/c...

Trading parking spots for trash bins - here's how many and where they'll be. "Buildings with 31 or more units will be automatically assigned the on-street bins that are lifted and emptied by a new fleet of side-loading garbage trucks." gothamist.com/news/nyc-pla...

Climate change made these hot NYC temperatures we're experiencing twice as likely to occur, according to @climatecentral.org

The contract for the new transmission line bringing Canadian hydropower to NYC was supposed to start today. It promised to bring energy in times of high demand, like in a heat wave. But power's not flowing - I'm told there's a "technical issue" right now. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/03/c...

Happy heat wave? No evictions and no Con Ed shut offs, but also no right to cooling… Here’s what to know! www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/01/h...

Great, practical guide to the city's new rental voucher program, by @patrickspauster.com City Hall expects the new vouchers will serve ~ 5,600 households, or 14,000 people, while City Council estimates it could cover 9,600 households, or 30,000 individuals. citylimits.org/city-to-expa...

Was on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social this morning talking about heat wave prep, the record deaths last year, and how to stay safe. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

I'm in your inbox today, dishing about my beat and asking you to support @thecityreporter.nyc! If you value the work my colleagues and I do, consider becoming a donor: tinyurl.com/mubndswm

We got a budget deal, which includes an agreement on the city-funded voucher program that's been caught up in litigation. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/30/m...

Comments on NYC's pied-a-terre tax rule: From - "Communism at its finest." To - "We should be doing everything we can to protect & strengthen our unique society so that ALL people who want to live here can choose to 'Be a part of it, New York, New York.'" rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/rule-re...

Public pools are open just in time for NYC's first heat wave of the season. Temperatures are expected to surpass 100 degrees so be sure to read our swim guide in case you want to beat the heat poolside. buff.ly/UNsvdQo

As the U.S. Supreme Court ruling came down ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants Thursday morning, it swiftly sent shockwaves in Flatbush’s Little Haiti. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/26/t...

rent for about a million stabilized apartments is frozen — it’s the first time for two-year leases www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/r...

A resignation just hours before the vote on a possible rent freeze tonight....

"A pro-landlord member of the Rent Guidelines Board resigned from her post Thursday morning, just hours before the body was scheduled to vote on how much to raise rent on rent-stabilized apartments." — @smaldo.bsky.social reports www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/r...

“No family shall ever travel to New York City for vacation and return home mourning." As Central Park carriage rides resume — days after an 18-year-old was thrown to his death by a breakaway horse — victim's family calls for shutdown. NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/22/c...

The delinquency rates expose thorny questions for a sector that prides itself on housing people on the margins. Are some tenants withholding payments even when they’re able to make them? Or is it harder than ever to be poor in one of the nation’s costliest cities? www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Guess those sick Knicks and World Cup stickers didn't attract too many people to the polls during this early voting period... www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/22/h...

If you see preparations happening in your neighborhood for this heavy rain or are taking steps yourself, let me know!

New York in one photo. No notes. 📸 @fractenberg.bsky.social

Trying to tell my friends in other places what downtown Manhattan was like today and instead just sending them this: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/18/k...

Last summer, heat killed 21 New Yorkers. A single, four-day June heat wave killed 19 of them. It's the highest fatality rate in at least a decade. “All of these deaths are preventable,” an environmental epidemiologist said. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/18/h...

"The Knicks did not just win for New York City. They won like New York City. What is New York if not your back up against the wall? A dream that feels just out of reach? A rent payment you don't know how you'll ever make?" @mayor.nyc.gov

Standing steps from the stage early Thursday, an 11-year-old lifelong Knicks fan said he just felt “lucky, very lucky.” “Because I only had to wait 11 years,” he said. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/18/k...

Massive crowds turned out early Thursday in Lower Manhattan for the New York Knicks’ inaugural ticker-tape parade celebrating the team’s first NBA championship in 53 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/18/k...

thinking about the people camping out tonight (including those making 💰💰💰 to do so)

Knicks Parade tomorrow, which apparently means no evictions -- a rarity. citylimits.org/nyc-temporar...

A must-read on an alleged scammer taking advantage of desperate apartment-seekers. It shines a direct light on how the system has failed to crack down: courts don't enforce judgements so victims can't get their money back, and the DA's office won't pursue prosecution. gothamist.com/news/how-an-...

I’ve been really moved by how KAT’s public expression of grief has moved people during the Finals really poignant story today on that theme:

The FARE Act returned $15,000 to tenants who paid illegal brokers' fees and fined agents about $27,000 in penalties during the first year it was in effect. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/08/b...

NYC repping the blue and orange dates back to 1625 and our Dutch roots, when the city was first colonized and known as New Amsterdam. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2026...

"It’s off the wall. I’ve never seen New York like this." www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/05/a...

The new tally constitutes about 6% of the city’s roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. gothamist.com/news/57000-r...

LA landlords can now jack up rents above 10% again, after post-fire protections expire www.latimes.com/business/sto...

A photog covering Delaney Hall had to ditch her camera bag with $10K of gear an injury. The bag was gone when a friend went to get it, but an airtag showed the bag was at the house of a sergeant in the Essex County Prosecutors office, prosecutors now say: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/o...

Love this behind-the-scenes look at the surprise at the end of 'Romeo and Juliet' for Shakespeare in the Park! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

really great @lillysabs.bsky.social story today about a strange a magical place in Coney Island ... read it! (and then take a trip there this summer)

She got a text when City of Yes passed: “You now have your ADU!” She was elated. Now, she feels exploited by the broken promise: "It wouldn’t have bothered me so much if they didn’t personally leverage me in their communications and in their campaign." www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/01/a...

“When you see more than a quarter of the residents of a 1,600-unit apartment building being brought to court for eviction, there’s something wrong,” said a Legal Aid attorney. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/r...