NYC inches closer to creating ‘land bank’ for tax debts and seized properties
New York City is inching closer to scrapping its controversial tax lien sale process with the creation of…
A Rezoning Grows In Brooklyn, And What Else Happened This Week In Housing
After voters passed measures that could compel Bay Ridge to permit more housing, Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso decided to…
Three New York nursing home staff members charged in resident’s choking death
Three New York nursing home staff members charged in resident’s choking death HERKIMER COUNTY, N.Y. — Three staff…
Hudson Square gets a colorful pedestrian plaza
Photos courtesy of Hudson Square BID A new pedestrian plaza officially opened in Hudson Square last week, adding…
NYC Relics: The Strange Secrets Hiding in Plain Sight
New York City has always been a city in motion — forever reinventing itself, tearing down the old…
Friends, both 24, hit & killed by NYC subway train while sitting on tracks: reports
NEW YORK (TNND) — Two 24-year-old New Jersey friends were hit and killed by a subway train in…
EV Grieve: Exclusive: New proposal calls for replacing Meltzer Tower
The building design is conceptual. The heavy machinery and soil testing recently spotted on the grounds of Meltzer…
How New York Can Influence the Future of Artificial Intelligence
At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works.…
A Bronx rape went unsolved for 20 years. Genetic genealogy helped crack the case.
For more than two decades after a stranger raped a 21-year-old college student in her Bronx apartment, police…
NY Rangers Receive Encouraging Placement in Early NHL Power Rankings
With training camp underway for the New York Rangers, the team is back on the ice hoping to…
Attorney General James Moves to Protect Historic Burial Ground for Formerly Enslaved New Yorkers in Queens
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today moved to protect a historic burial ground for…
News 12 | Bronx | New York City Repairs 200k Potholes In 2026
New York City has repaired its 200,000th pothole of the year, saving many drivers a trip to the…