A Brooklyn man acting as a construction contractor is targeting recently arrived migrants in NYC, promising them jobs. Now, more than a dozen workers told us he owes them hundreds or $1,000+ in wages. We found that the man, Francisco Giron, has faced wage theft allegations for

“[The housing] shortage can be especially hard on people with disabilities and serious medical problems. More than 38% of renters with disabilities pay at least half their income on housing.”

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By Gothamist’s David Brand

NYCHA officials are standing by a private company picked to manage a pair of public housing campuses after it got fired from the same role at another site in Bushwick

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hey, remember that whole 'turn empty hotels into the housing we need' thing?

Arun Venugopal with a good look at the one conversion actually happening over near Kennedy Airport
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IS THERE A CONSPIRACY OF OUTSIDE AGITATORS FUELING PROTESTS IN NYC AS LLEGED BY NYPD NEWS AND Mayor Eric Adams????

OR ARE COLLEGE KIDS JUST BUYING THE CHEAPEST, MOST DISPOSABLE TENTS????

A Hell Gate *subscribe today!* INVESTIGATION

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Very important piece from Rosalind Adams in THE CITY on how Hochul essentially prioritized private equity over social equity when it came to building out dispensaries for justice-involved entrepreneurs

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.Columbia Daily Spectator overnight reported the midnight deadline was pushed back campus admin another 48 hours, after administration cited 'important progress' in talks with student organizers.

These sleepless student journalists are following every twist and turn of this ⬇️⬇️

32 women have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually assaulted by medical staffers while detained at Rikers. Most said they were assaulted during exams, including the medical assessments that all detainees undergo when they arrive. By Samantha Max: gothamist.com/news/women-hel…

NEW: NY law now bans insurers from asking property owners about tenant income or if tenants use programs like Section 8 to help pay rent

The new law also prohibits insurers from using that info to deny coverage or raise rates

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powerful reporting from Samantha Max: “The claims highlight ongoing concerns about the city’s safety measures for protecting detainees during medical procedures and speak to the difficulty of bringing criminal charges against health care providers and other staff at Rikers.”

Listening back to The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast’s budget debrief and loling his reaction to Jon Campbell describing the new construction exemption going back to 2009:

“What!”

“Treat your body like a car. Would you stop in the middle of the street to answer a text if you were driving?”

wise words. love this Gothamist sidewalk etiquette piece gothamist.com/news/we-set-ou…

Are you covered by New York's new Good Cause law?

Here's how to find out gothamist.com/news/good-caus…

Spent six hours on ⁦⁦Columbia University⁩’s campus reporting on the multiple demonstrations that took place today even despite the hundreds of arrests that happened last week. w/ ⁦Ramsey Khalifeh رمزي خليفة⁩ + ⁦Bahar Ostadan⁩ gothamist.com/news/columbia-…

Justice Elena Kagan: 'For a homeless person who has no place to go, sleeping in public is kind of like breathing in public.'

NY now has Good Cause eviction measures in place.

So ... what does that mean?

More from the great David Brand:

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My latest article for Gothamist WNYC 🎙 covers the EPA's plan to address the immediate health risks at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in Greenpoint and East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where cancerous chemical vapors are entering homes and businesses. gothamist.com/news/poisonous…

Over a third of New York City tenants with disabilities pay at least half their income on rent, according to city housing data. gothamist.com/news/heres-how…

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