Data and tenant complaints show NYC’s newest luxury buildings average more code violations per unit than the city norm, and enforcement is ramping up.

Most owners across the Meeker Avenue Plume are declining free EPA indoor‑air tests out of fear about stigma and falling property values, leaving renters uncertain. Officials and community groups say testing and fixes are available — but only if owners let the EPA in.

A federal judge refused to dismiss an ADA challenge to NYC's Open Streets, allowing claims that barriers block paratransit and rideshares to move forward. The ruling could force DOT to redesign how barricades and access are managed.

A City Council bill would ban retail sales of rodent glue traps in New York City, with advocates citing cruelty and health risks and pest sellers pushing back.

About 40 Transit Museum employees filed an NLRB petition to join AFSCME DC 37, adding to a wave of museum union drives in New York City.

Permits show a six-story, 70-foot development at 1189 Fulton with 11 apartments and a small retail space. Filings name Dezhang Fang as architect of record.

Construction has topped out at 579 Sackett Street in Gowanus: an 11-story, 64-unit rental with ground-floor retail and rooftop outdoor space.

A swastika was scrawled on a vacant Court Street storefront in Brooklyn Heights, prompting an NYPD hate‑crime probe as antisemitic incidents climb in the city.

UFCW locals and independent liquor‑store owners are urging Gov. Hochul to block bills that would allow wine sales in New York supermarkets, warning of job losses and Main Street harm.

A customer opened fire at El Cerrito del Carmen in Gravesend late Saturday, injuring two people including a bartender. Police are searching for the suspect.

A first-floor fire in Sunset Park spread from a clothing donation bin, displacing several families. Neighbors say a man camping on the bins may be tied to the blaze.

A 24-year-old man is in critical condition after a shooting at a nightclub in East New York early Sunday. Two others were hospitalized and no arrests have been reported.

After decades, the NYPD says a 1990 Jane Doe found in Bedford‑Stuyvesant has been identified as Sheila Ramsey, renewing a long‑cold investigation.