August 9, 2019 – Weekly News Roundup

NYC officials are behind schedule on installing GPS on school buses before the new year - Chalkbeat

De Blasio got mortgage from bank founded by brother of landlords in controversial $173M deal with the city - Daily News

Ride-hail apps fret over New York City’s new regulations - City & State

Subway service to get speed boost in key areas as MTA brass ready major signal fixes - Daily News

DOE to roll out contentious admission test to more schools across city - NY Post

Jeffrey Epstein lavished cash on lawyers’ charities after sweetheart plea deal - NY Post

"Epstein’s C.O.U.Q. nonprofit donated $500,000 in 2007 to the Ramaz School on the Upper East Side, where attorney Jay Lefkowitz was a prominent member of the school’s Orthodox Jewish community."

Kosher deli on ‘Billionaire’s Row’ takes landlord to court to fight eviction - NY Post

NY AG calls for removal of federal barriers to addiction treatment - Times Union

Carnegie Hill Gets Smart About Rat Control - NYCP

NYC one-bedroom rents reach yet another high at $3,050/month - Curbed

Where the sidewalk ends for disabled New Yorkers - City & State

Legislators want the state to study state studies - Politico

Climate Change Exacerbates the Affordable Housing Shortage - Scientific American

CityLab University: Zoning Codes - CityLab

Lawsuit: Landlords Are Illegally Locking Out Thousands Of Homeless New Yorkers - Gothamist

NYCHA Hits the Road to Pitch Private Management of Developments - NY1

OPINION: Why New York City needs universal internet access - City & State

SOME LOCAL POLS WANT CITY TO SLOW DOWN ON NEW BIKE LANE PUSH - The City

Midtown food cart operators say 34th Street Partnership is using planters, benches to force them out - am NY

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