Weekly News Roundup – May 5, 2025

Redesigned Delacorte Theater Nears Completion in Central Park, Manhattan - YIMBY

After NYC's parks burned last year, Council OKs a plan for wildfires - Gothamist

Carl Schurz Gets Permanent Pickleball Nets; Basketball Courts Remain Shoddy - Our Town

1448 Third Avenue Reaches Street Level on Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

New Developments Coming to Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Mayor Adams Announces Housing Investments in FY2026 Executive Budget - YIMBY

NYC has a plan to fill empty affordable apartments — at least for now - Gothamist

$50 million for housing vouchers is better than nothing - City and State

N.Y.C. Panel Eyes Ways to Ease Housing Crisis and Improve Voter Turnout - NY Times

NYC’s rent-stabilized tenants face increase as high as 7.75% under preliminary board vote - Gothamist

Gov. Hochul says NY budget will create $50M rental aid program championed by tenant groups - Gothamist

Hochul wants condos in exchange for HAVP - City and State

Affordable Housing Lottery Chops Paperwork Pile for Apartment Applications - The City

Vacant Affordable Apartments to Now Skip Lottery and Be Filled on First-Come, First-Served Basis - The City

State Should Use Bond Act Funds to Electrify Homes at NYCHA, Lawmakers Say - City Limits

War on fare evasion continues as MTA set to install delayed emergency exit doors at 150 additional subway stations - AM NY

Police seized 93 vehicles since congestion pricing started - Pix 11

MTA wants AI to flag 'problematic behavior' in NYC subways - Gothamist

MTA to begin replacing NYC's subway turnstiles with modern fare gates - Gothamist

NYC’s Congestion Toll Raised $159 Million in the First Quarter - Bloomberg

The M.T.A. Gets $68 Billion in the State Budget. What Will Riders Get? - NY Times

MTA audit on subway self-evacuations finds agency must do more to keep passengers in cars during delays - AM NY

MetroCard Holdouts Cling to Slivers of Plastic Despite Tap-and-Go OMNY-presence - The City

‘This isn’t meant to take away autonomy’: NYC schools chief defends sweeping curriculum mandates - Chalkbeat

Gov. Hochul announces $254B budget that bans phone use in school, sends out rebate checks - Gothamist

NYC needs thousands more teachers. Can it grow them from the ground up? - Chalkbeat

New York Bans Smartphones in Schools, Joining National Movement - NY Times

NYC, state battle over child care funding for thousands of New Yorkers - Gothamist

Eric Adams’ ‘best budget ever’ by the numbers - City and State

NYPD removed 27K homeless people from the streets last year — mostly in Manhattan - Gothamist

500 NYC bodegas getting panic buttons with direct police link to help fight crime, Mayor Adams says - AM NY

4 charts that explain how discovery reform has affected New York’s criminal cases - Gothamist

Vending Enforcement Slams Poor Minorities in White Neighborhoods, New Report Finds - The City

Proposed law would let City Council remove NYC mayor - City and State

New Yorkers will receive their first-ever inflation refund checks later this year - Time Out

When Taxpayers Fund Shows Like ‘Blue Bloods’ and ‘S.N.L.,’ Does It Pay Off? - NY Times

The Tiny Sidewalk Boxes That Help Make New York City’s Tap Water So Good - NY Times

Airbnb to up its spending in NY races to $10 million - City and State