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Your Guide to Legal Cannabis in New York City: Where to Buy and …
WEBJul 18, 2023 · Is weed legal in New York? Yes, with some caveats. Thanks to a bill passed by Albany lawmakers in 2021, New Yorkers 21 years and older can possess, use, buy, transport, smoke or consume up to three ounces of marijuana and up to 24 grams of concentrated cannabis, used in products like tinctures, vape pen oils or butters. That bill is the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act, or MRTA, which ...
How to Legally Stay in NYC Airbnb and How the Registration …
WEBAug 15, 2023 · The situation on sites like Airbnb is in flux with the Sept. 5 start of enforcement of New York’s new short-term rental registration system under Local Law 18. First, you should know that property owners are barred from renting out a whole apartment to short-term guests staying for fewer than 30 days.
Five Years Later, Still ‘A Long Way to Go’ on NYCHA Agreement …
WEBFeb 2, 2024 · Meaningful change on mold, elevator and lead paint remains elusive years after a surprise de Blasio-Trump agreement to install an independent monitor to oversee public housing repairs.
Hit By Soaring Con Ed Bills? Here’s What You Can Do About It
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Our reporting shows that, across the state, almost 1.3 million residential gas and electric customers are 60 or more days behind on their bills. All together, they owe over $1.7 billion, according to THE CITY’s analysis of data provided to the state by 10 utility companies. That includes 411,694 residential Con Ed customers in New York City ...
What Is NYCHA? Your Questions Answered About New York City …
WEBFeb 22, 2021 · But despite its size, many New Yorkers may not realize what public housing in the city is all about — how it works, how to get in and the battle over its future with an estimated $40 billion in repairs needed. Here’s what you need to know about the city’s public housing authority. Where did NYCHA come from? NYCHA was born in 1934 via dual forces: pressure from housing reformers and big ...
Retired NYC Workers Celebrate Medicare Coverage Switch Court …
WEBMar 3, 2022 · Court rules retirees can keep current insurance free of charge, as alternative to a planned cost-cutting transfer to Medicare Advantage.
Second Avenue Subway Inches Forward on Phase Two Extension
WEBJan 22, 2024 · Second Avenue Subway Inches Forward on Phase Two Extension. The MTA awarded the first contract on the $7.7 billion project to take the Q line to 125th Street, but legal challenges to congestion pricing, which helps pay for it, and other uncertainties remain. The MTA released renderings of the Second Avenue Subway extension at …
Adams and Largest Municipal Union Reach Tentative Agreement, …
WEBFeb 17, 2023 · Additional reporting by Katie Honan and Greg David Mayor Eric Adams and the city’s largest municipal workers’ union, District Council 37, struck a tentative five-year contract agreement Thursday, one that stands to set a pattern for renewing a slew of expired agreements with other unions. The deal, which still needs to be ratified by the union’s approximately 100,000 members, guarantees ...
What We Know About Tim Pearson, the Eric Adams Operative …
WEBOct 25, 2023 · He’s got no public schedule to speak of. He’s rarely seen in public with Eric Adams, but has the mayor’s ear across a variety of subjects. He works for a quasi-city agency, the Economic Development Corporation, but runs point for City Hall on security in migrant shelters and makes top-level decisions about the New York Police Department he once served in. Timothy Pearson, an influential ...