Can I Still Get a Payout for My Rent-Regulated Apartment?

NYTimes.com (Times Wire) 7/15 12:45P By RONDA KAYSEN

New regulations in New York City are designed to make life easier for renters — except when they want to cash in.

NYC sues Virginia company for flooding Big Apple with untaxed cigarettes

NYPost.com (Metro) 7/15 10:43A Emily Saul

A Virginia cigarette company schemed with black-market sellers in New York City to funnel tens of thousands of cartons of un-taxed smokes into the city every month, officials charged Monday. The City has slapped Cigarettes Unlimited with a...

MTA chief slams handwritten service notices inside stations

NYPost.com (Metro) 7/15 8:57A David Meyer

New York City Transit president Andy Byford thinks handwritten service announcements — like the ones observed by The Post Monday morning at a station in Brooklyn — make the world s largest subway system look like a mom-and-pop shop. The city...

A Sunday in Coffey Park

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 7/15 8:40A Noah Goldberg

Brooklyn’s parks are the closest most neighborhoods get to a town square, a refuge for all across class and culture. Coming to you not from the fields of Prospect Park, but the smaller spots across...

Flushing BID now accepting applications for vendors for sixth annual Flushing Street Fair in...

The Queens Courier 7/15 8:00A Carlotta Mohamed

The Flushing Business Improvement District is now accepting applications for vendors for its upcoming sixth-annual Flushing Street Fair in September. The fair is a great opportunity for local...

De Blasio Haters Have a Field Day With Mayor’s Blackout Absence

NYMag.com (Daily Intelligencer) 7/15 7:12A Benjamin Hart

Critics of New York City Bill de Blasio had a field day when the mayor missed Saturday’s blackout because was campaigning for the 2020 Democratic nomination in Iowa.

Con Edison warns more blackouts possible in NYC amid anticipated heat wave

PIX11.com (Local) 7/15 6:12A Corey Crockett

NEW YORK — Con Edison said Monday more outages are possible after the massive blackout that affected Manhattan's West Side Saturday, with the city's first heat wave of the summer expected later this...

NYC Students Can Now Easily Change Name, Gender at School

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 7/15 4:50A ERIN EDWARDS

With parental consent, New York City public school students can now change their names and gender at school without proper legal documentation. Photo Credit: NBC 5 News

New York City Is Still a Disaster for the Disabled

NYMag.com (Daily Intelligencer) 7/15 4:42A Justin Davidson

Almost 30 Years After the Americans With Disabilities Act, New York City Is Still a Disaster for the Disabled

Protesters promise escalating action to combat climate policy

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 7/15 4:31A Paul Stremple

A newly-formed Park Slope climate advocacy group marched through Prospect Park on Saturday morning with signs, flyers and promises of escalating action. Gathering at the archway of Grand Army Plaza...

Coney Island on My Mind: A Brief History of Brooklyn’s Waterfront Playground

Brownstoner.com 7/15 4:00A Suzanne Spellen (aka Montrose Mo

New York City starts in Coney Island. When Henry Hudson came to our shores looking for a passage to the East in 1609, his first landing was at Coney Island. There he found the Canarsie people, who used the island as a place to fish, dig for...

Student at Queensborough Community College in Bayside wins at fifth annual Sports Humanitarian...

The Queens Courier 7/15 3:00A Jenna Bagcal

A Bayside college student was recognized for making a positive impact through soccer at the fifth-annual Sports Humanitarian Awards last week. Rising sophomore Yasmine Sanchez won the inaugural Billie...

On the Fiftieth anniversary of the Moon Landing, Revisit What It Was Like to Watch the Event from...

NewYorker.com (News) 7/14 11:00P Various Authors

On July 20, 1969, the world watched in anticipation as Apollo 11 approached the surface of the moon. Journey back to the viewing parties taking place that night in the apartments, parks, streets, and bars of Manhattan.

Borough President calls for meditation training for cops follow string of suicides

BrooklynDaily.com 7/14 7:00P By Aidan Graham

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com . By Aidan Graham Brooklyn Paper Borough President Eric Adams climbed the steps of City Hall on Friday flanked by an unlikely entourage of yoga gurus, wellness...

Hunts Point Playground gets an over $3 million revamp

BXTimes.com 7/14 7:00P By Alex Mitchell

See this story at BxTimes.com . By Alex Mitchell Bronx Times Eager students from P.S. 48 joined Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver and other officials and community members to cut the ribbon for...