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The governor is trying to keep the lights, gas and water on in buildings where the landlord isn’t paying the bills.
As part of the State of the State address she will deliver on Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Kathy Hochul will propose a statewide measure to prevent utilities from shutting off services to tenants in apartments when landlords are behind on payments, THE CITY has learned.
Currently, when property owners don’t pay for gas, electric or water bills, utility companies may cut services — or threaten to — for the residents who usually don’t have a way to intervene. In the governor’s proposed legislation, utility companies would be able put liens on properties for nonpayment instead of shutting off services.
Read more here about the governor’s new proposal, and everything else she’s already previewed from her big speech later today as she gear up for her own reelection run later this year.
In Queens, Manhattan-bound F trains skip Sutphin Blvd, Briarwood and 75 Ave. from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Jan. 13.
By the way…
How much you’re paying in produce and meat in NYC’s grocery stores may be off.
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A City Council staffer was arrested Monday afternoon while attending a “routine” appointment with immigration officials on Long Island, Speaker Julie Menin said at a press conference late Monday. Read more here.
New York’s last mayor is now the salesman for a new crypto coin he calls The NYC Token. He didn’t say who’s backing the venture, but did say some of the profits would go to fighting antisemitism and what he called “anti-Americanism.” Read more here about Eric Adams’ excellent new adventure.
About 15,000 nurses at three of the city’s biggest private hospital systems walked off the job Monday morning in what their union says is the largest such strike in city history — and Mayor Mamdani briefly joined them on a picket line to register his support. Read more here.
The new mayor’s messaging takes center stage on the latest episode of the FAQ NYC podcast, as the hosts dig into his responses to pro-Hamas chants in Queens, and to two fatal police shootings in the same day. Listen here.
We had the wrong link in yesterday’s Scoop to the Lit NYC podcast episode featuring Gage & Tollner steward St. John Frizell talking about the craft of the cocktail, the business of Brooklyn, the nature of a great good place, and much more. You can listen to that here.
Reporter’s Notebook
Mamdani’s New Media Boss
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed former City Councilmember Rafael Espinal as the new commissioner for the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
Espinal has spent the last six years as executive director of the Freelancers Union, which has more than 500,000 members.
MOME works with the city’s creative industries, and assists with workforce development. The office oversees permitting for film, television, and commercial productions, and for the city’s public media outlets like NYC TV. It also hands out press credentials.
“Most productions that are filmed in this city interact with this agency, and I was struck by Rafael’s passion for this specific work and the importance that it holds,” Mamdani said at the announcement.
Espinal said he’ll focus on ensuring New York remains “the creative capital of the world” with a focus on economic stability.
“If New York is unaffordable, we don’t just lose residents, we lose our culture,” he said. —Katie Honan
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