Rebecca Redelmeier

As NYC rental affordability worsens, Black and Hispanic residents bear the brunt. Those earning median incomes can only afford less than 15% of market rate rentals.

A few dozen New Yorkers staying on the streets and subways managed to move into permanent housing quickly through a pilot program that bypasses some of the usual hurdles.

Enrollment in Summer Rising, the city’s free summer programming for students in grades K-8 is open through May 1. Unlike last year, it won’t be first-come, first-serve.

The city has pledged to develop enough solar power by 2030 to energize 250,000 homes. It needs to significantly ramp up its pace of solar panel installations to get there.

The company had planned to build the vaporizers, which process liquid natural gas, at its Greenpoint Energy Center facility.

Members of COVID-19 support groups said they are united by the difficulties each has faced losing a loved one to a virus that has been politicized and, in some circles, dismissed as a cause of death.

The bill, which does not yet have a cost estimate, proposes free universal child care for kids aged 6 weeks to 5 years old. The Adams administration has paused expansion of existing early childhood programs.

City lawmakers are now mulling three new bills that would require the Department of Environmental Protection to make sure residents know when things are amiss.

Among the unknowns: How much money does it take to create long-term change?

The City Council will hold a hearing on the delayed payments on Wednesday. Last week, Mayor Eric Adams established a new office of early childhood education in City Hall.

As heat and hot water complaints reach a 14-year high, supply chain issues around boilers stall repairs and replacements.

Experts say one reason for the rise might be high prices on used cars and parts.