Weekly News Roundup – June 16, 2025

Tourists on the Tram? Roosevelt Islanders Are Fed Up - NY Times

Blood Center's $750M expansion on UES stalls years after rezoning - Crain’s

Vacant apartments, questionable spending plague some NYC affordable housing, audit finds - Gothamist

NYC Mayoral Candidates All Agree on Building More Housing. But Where? - Bloomberg

Federal judge clears way for NYC broker fee ban to begin - Gothamist

Cuts in federal rent aid may force hundreds of senior citizens to move into smaller apartments or pay higher rent - NY Daily News

NYC Just Banned Broker Fees on Tenants. Landlords Are Already Jacking Up Rents. - Wall Street Journal

City Cuts Key Incentive For Landlords to Take CityFHEPS Housing Vouchers - City Limits

What New York City Apartment Hunters Can’t Live Without - NY Times

NYCHA has nearly 6K vacant apartments. Lawmakers want to know why. - Gothamist

Demolition Wrapping Up At 1655 First Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Superstructure Rising at 500 East 81st Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

1522 First Avenue Wraps Up Construction on Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Subway shame! Fare evasion thrives despite MTA and NYPD efforts to stop the revenue-losing scourge - AM NY

Some OMNY users in NYC say they’re getting charged multiple times for just one ride - Gothamist

Adam’s 15 MPH E-Bike Speed Cap Sparks Debates as City Faces Increasing Traffic Woes - Our Town

City To Expand Pedestrian And Cyclist Pathways On Queensboro Bridge - YIMBY

With summonses mostly dismissed, advocates question criminal e-bike enforcement - NY1

Trump admin proposes $1B for city transportation projects - Crain’s

E-bike bonanza: NYC to give free e-bikes to delivery workers as part of its ongoing safety surge - AM NY

Super smash: NYC destroys mopeds, e-bikes as mayor celebrates illegal vehicle crackdown - Gothamist

Pickleball Forever Wars: Grudges Persist at Carl Schurz - Our Town

NYC school playgrounds would stay open longer under bill expected to pass City Council - Gothamist

Public Hearing Calls for the Roll Out of a Statewide Cap-and-Invest Program - City Limits

Hochul Paused Carbon Pricing to Get More Feedback — But Hasn’t Asked for Any - NY Focus

Tap Is Tops When It Comes to NYC Drinking Water - Our Town

New York Police Agencies Train Officers on a Discredited Medical Condition. Legislators Are Trying to Ban It. - NY Focus

Tech companies are spending big on 2025 NYC races - City and State

How New Yorkers Choose Judges — and Why There Might Not Be Any on Your Ballot - The City

Heading home, here’s what lawmakers got done in the last legislative week - City and State

New Yorkers head to the polls as early voting begins in NYC mayoral primary - Gothamist

NY lawmakers pass medically assisted suicide bill - Gothamist

Religious groups urge Hochul to kill Medical Aid in Dying bill - City and State

Storefronts and Apartments Grow, Fertilized by New Zoning and Tax Schemes - The City

NYC lawmaker wants to legalize bodega cats in the 5 boroughs - Gothamist