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Samantha Maldonado retweeted
THE CITY is now The City Reporter!
The thoughtful reporting you’ve come to expect from THE CITY is not changing. And we are still here, holding New York City’s powerful accountable and helping you navigate this crazy city we all love.
More here: thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/…
I'm covering the mayoral debate happening NOW on the other site - follow along there! @THECITYNY is co-moderating the debate.
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Just over a year after @georgejoseph94 & I published the 1st story in a series on how predatory investors target heirs of property in gentrifying NYC neighborhoods, the state made changes to the law to better protect those homeowners.
It's now in effect!
thecity.nyc/2024/07/23/heirs…
If you missed it, here's the original story: thecity.nyc/2023/04/17/specu…
And you can read all the stories in the series here: thecity.nyc/category/in-dept…
Meet the man who lives next door to his parents, makes lo-fi indie rock music in his spare time and spreads a gospel of anti-development around the city.
Housing policy experts say he's peddling “zoning Flat Earther material.”
thecity.nyc/2024/06/13/nimby…
Haven't tweeted in a while but popping up to say... I'm now covering housing + development (in addition to climate + resiliency).
That looks like this story, plus others to come about where and how we're [not] building in NYC.
Send Qs and ideas!
Incredible shrinking affordable housing at Google HQ. In 2015 @BilldeBlasio & @coreyinnyc promised 1,600 apartments, 500 affordable.
The housing is finally coming online: 305 apartments total, 175 affordable. @sssmaldo on how the rest vanished.
thecity.nyc/2024/05/14/googl…
Semi-related: I'm also profiling renters for @nytimes.
Linking my latest below.
Do you have an interesting rental situation or know someone who does? Hit me up!
nytimes.com/2024/05/13/reale…
Samantha Maldonado retweeted
Update: “An Adams spokeswoman said the administration has tasked a person with that role, but would not say who it is.” nydailynews.com/2023/10/02/m…
Samantha Maldonado retweeted
NYC 3 months apart. The climate crisis will manifest in hundreds of ways and we need to be ready
Samantha Maldonado retweeted
As city officials urged New Yorkers to stay home in pummeling rains, migrants whose 60-days had run out were still forced out of a Bushwick shelter, just the same.
"Give us until the morning. But no...We were here for 2 months, why not one more night?”
thecity.nyc/2023/9/29/238964…
Samantha Maldonado retweeted
.@NYCMayor and his admin was caught flat-footed during today's massive rainstorm and faced a deluge of criticism as schools, homes, subways, and roads flooded - but the mayor tipped his hypothetical hat to his team thecity.nyc/2023/9/29/238963…
w/ @sssmaldo @GwynneFitz
A source raised the idea of "Climate Change Days," which are like the new snow days. You stay home!
Have you taken one for rain, flooding, smoke or anything else this year?
This still holds up as a primer on why things are so badly flooded in this downpour
thecity.nyc/2021/9/3/2265641…
Samantha Maldonado retweeted
I've reported on NJ for 10 yrs but never spent time w/ farmworkers, mostly migrants, who fuel the state's $1B agriculture biz. My last dispatch for the NJ desk: a deep dive w/ @MSolDub into how climate change threatens worker health @WNYC @NJSpotlightNews gothamist.com/news/they-pick…
back from vacation and catching up... @GovKathyHochul last week signed a bill into law that mandates disclosure of flood risk when selling homes.
Previously, a seller could pay $500 to avoid disclosure.
apnews.com/article/new-york-…
A lovely and still frustrating story
vice.com/en/article/3ak54k/h…
Samantha Maldonado retweeted
“Adult migrants reentering city shelters will have just 30 days while City Hall is also considering putting migrant families with children on a 60-day clock to leave shelters.” — @GwynneFitz reports thecity.nyc/2023/9/19/238799…
