SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY ESCALATORS FAIL TO RISE: REPORT - The City

Generation Z on the cb - Our Town

Cuomo: Trump Lost in Citizenship Question Bid - Spectrum

DE BLASIO CROSS-COUNTRY PRESIDENTIAL RUN TAKES NYC TAXPAYERS FOR A $100K RIDE - The City

Cars significantly more dangerous than guns in New York, new data shows - Daily News

NYC struggles to enforce paid sick leave law: city comptroller - Daily News

Judge rejects request to temporarily block New York's vaccination law - Politico

FOIL-ed again! City attorneys mistakenly release confidential information on NYPD’s facial recognition program for second time - Daily News

NYC parents march for disability pride to bring ‘a face to the journey’ - Chalkbeat

TAXI DRIVER DRUG TEST FAILURES SOAR AMID GROWING STRESS - The City

Inadequate traffic enforcement is undermining Vision Zero - City & State

State education officials call for revamping high school Regents exam system - Newsday

Landlords Challenge New York’s Rent-Control Law in Federal Court - WSJ

What the City Didn’t Want the Public to Know: Its Policy Deepens Segregation - NY Times

Struggling with Overcrowded Schools and Large Class Sizes, City Advances $8.8 Billion Plan - Gotham Gazette

New York Raises Statewide Smoking Age to 21- Time

COURT KNOCKS OUT BUILDING BLOCK OF LOWER EAST SIDE STACKED TOWER - The City

Thousands likely overpaid property taxes due to computer glitch - Post

NEW HOUSING HONCHO A NO-SHOW AT ANNUAL NYCHA TOWN HALL - The City

Chick-fil-A To Open New Upper East Side Location - Patch

Lawless Dirt Bikes, ATVs Terrorizing UES - Patch

Meet the New Yorker cataloging the history of the city through its trash  - Curbed

How to prepare for a power outage in New York City - Curbed

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When the heat index, which is an estimate of how it feels when air temperature and humidity are combined, is predicted to be dangerously high, New York City opens cooling centers in air-conditioned facilities to offer people relief from the heat.

Locations where cooling centers are located include:

Libraries
Community centers
Senior centers
NYCHA facilities

You should use a cooling center during a heatwave if you have no access to a cool environment, and particularly if you are at risk for heat-related illness.

Brewer Lets Borough Testify on Zoning Loopholes - NY County Politics

City mulls next steps to crack down on height-boosting ‘zoning loopholes’ - Curbed

Skanska says city owes $56M for controversial UES garbage station - Crain's

OPINION - Connecting Astoria and the Upper East Side: A No-Brainer for NYC Ferry - Gotham Gazette

Upper East Side Dean & Deluca Closes - Patch

Free meals for a healthy summer - Our Town

PARENTS SACRIFICE SAVINGS AND CAREERS IN FIGHT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES - The City

OPINION - The rent-regulation reform debacle: A landlord says he will now let his buildings deteriorate - NY Daily News

NYC’s De Blasio Rejects a Rescue for Cabbies Facing Bankruptcy - Bloomberg

NYPD Chief: It's 'Absolutely Insensitive' To Ticket Cyclists After Deadly Crashes - Gothamist

Blood on the Streets - Our Town

NYC and union officials hail move toward pay parity for pre-K teachers but some worry over educators left out of deal - Chalkbeat

New York Faces a ‘Floodier Future,’ Spurred by Rising Seas - Bloomberg

NELLIE BLY MEMORIAL IN WORKS FOR SITE OF ASYLUM SHE PROBED - The City

Developers can finally start building senior housing under a new city program - Real Deal

Epstein’s New York Mansion Could Set Townhouse Record in Sale - Bloomberg

NY blasts ‘cruel’ HUD proposal to evict immigrants from public housing - Curbed

NYCHA won’t meet pest reduction targets imposed by deal with feds, experts say - Daily News

Proud Boy gets 40 weekends in jail for Republican Club brawl - NY Post

Naftali Group lands $176M for (another) Upper East side project - Real Deal

Will an E-Cigarette Ban Do More Harm Than Good? - NYU

Levain Bakery is bringing its jumbo cookies to the Upper East Side - AM New York

Lifeguard seriously hurt mixing chemicals to clean Upper East Side basement swimming pool - Daily News

Guggenheim Museum Named UNESCO World Heritage Site - Patch

OPINION - As the wealthy flee New York, poorest will be most affected - The Hill

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James hails Supreme Court ruling blocking census citizenship question - Politico

NYPD To Reconsider Ticketing Cyclists Where Drivers Kill Cyclists - Gothamist

NYC Declares Climate Emergency, Joining International Movement - Patch

How Subway Delays and the Homeless Crisis Are Intertwined - NY Times

Trump Administration to Take on Local Housing Barriers - WSJ

New York’s Affordable-Housing Agency Overhauls Middle-Income Program - WSJ

What will New York Democrats do for an encore in 2020? - Politico

Cuomo Seeks Israeli Know-How for Fix to Struggling New York Subway -Bloomberg

Lead-linked NYCHA officials stayed on payroll months after resignation - NY Post

Landlord groups planning lawsuit over new NY rent law - NY Post

It’s the End of the World as We Know It - Commercial Observer

REBNY president steps down - Crain's

BREWER UPS LEGAL FIGHT AGAINST PRIVATE TOWER AT NYCHA SITE - The City

How ranked-choice voting would change New York City campaigns - City & State

New Rendering For Assisted Living Facility From The Engel Burman Group In Yorkville, Manhattan - Yimby

East Side Public School Debuts New $600K Playground - Patch

NYPD Forced to Protect DOT’s Second Avenue ‘Protected Bike Lane’ - Streetsblog

Ambulance Bursts Into Flames On Upper East Side, FDNY Says - Patch

Housing Update: Funding for Land Trusts, NYCHA’s New Chair, 125th St. Building Boom - City Limits

Beckford House And Tower Continue To Take Shape At 301 East 81st Street In Yorkville, On The Upper East Side - YIMBY

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Housing Committee
Wednesday, July 24 - 6:30 PM
Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center
415 East 93rd Street (between First and York Avenues)
Dining Room A & B

AGENDA:

Update Presentation by Pete Harrison of the Housing Justice for All Campaign on the 2019 Rent Laws Renewal.

As some of you may be aware, tomorrow the MTA will begin the first phase of their much larger project to phase out the MetroCard and replace it with an updated payment system called OMNY (standing for One Metropolitan New York). Before you fret, don’t worry, the MetroCard will not be officially phased out of existence until 2023. However, some changes will be coming up (you may have seen the new fare card readers on some subway turnstiles around the City), so below is a short summary of the program in case you have any questions.

Rendering Revealed For Robert A.M. Stern-Designed 1230 Madison Avenue, In Carnegie Hill - YIMBY

"A new rendering has been revealed for 1230 Madison Avenue, an upcoming 20-story building on the Upper East Side. Located in Carnegie Hill by the the southwestern corner of Madison Avenue and East 89th Street, the site is on the same block as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

At a June 6th, 2018 meeting, representatives from The NYC Department of Design and Construction presented a Schematic Design for the East 92nd Street Marine Transfer Station (MTS) Ramp over the FDR Drive to the Transportation Committee and Environment and Sanitation Committee.