New NY rent-control bill would drive out small landlords

New NY rent-control bill would drive out small landlords

Socialist-minded legislators in Albany won’t quit until they bankrupt every apartment-building landlord in New York City — and make the housing crisis even worse than it is. A bill now in the Legislature, sneakily disguised as an eviction-prevention measure, would impose rent controls on market-rate buildings for the first time. The reversal of generations-old policy … Read more

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Heartbreaking photos show 5 children killed in NY crash

Heartbreaking photos show 5 children killed in NY crash

Heartbreaking images showed the five young relatives killed when a 16-year-old driver crashed off a Scarsdale parkway in the early hours of Sunday. Images of the dead — aged from 8 to 17 — emerged in a series of social media posts by their parents as well as a fundraiser seeking help for their collective … Read more

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2 shot, 1 killed, during fight at NYC deli: cops

2 shot, 1 killed, during fight at NYC deli: cops

One man was shot dead — and another person injured — during a shooting at a Bronx deli on Sunday night, cops said. A 24-year-old victim was fatally shot in the stomach during the feud that erupted at the Zoom Zoom Deli Grill on White Plains Road near Cranford Avenue in Wakefield around 11:50 p.m., … Read more

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Five kids ages 8 to 17 die in fiery New York car crash

Five kids ages 8 to 17 die in fiery New York car crash

Five kids ages 17 and under were killed in a fiery single-car crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale early Sunday — with the sole survivor a 9-year-old boy who was riding in the trunk, cops said. The 16-year-old boy driving the Nissan Rogue lost control just past the exit for Mamaroneck Road in … Read more

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NJ Gov. Murphy rips NYC’s congestion pricing plan

NJ Gov. Murphy rips NYC's congestion pricing plan

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Sunday ripped the MTA’s congestion pricing plan, warning New York City, as it recovers from the pandemic, shouldn’t want to give people “some other excuse to not be in Manhattan.” The controversial program — which aims to cut traffic in downtown Manhattan by charging drivers anywhere from $9 to … Read more

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Man leaps to his death from Fashion Institute in NYC

Man leaps to his death from Fashion Institute in NYC

A 37-year-old man jumped to his death from the Fashion Institute of Technology in Chelsea on Sunday morning, cops said. The man, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was found on the ground in front of the building at 227 W. 27th St. around 5 a.m., cops said. He appeared to have jumped off the building’s … Read more

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