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Construction is underway on the planned Brooklyn jail near criminal court, April 22, 2026. (Ben Fractenberg/The City Reporter)
Dear New Yorkers,
As a massive new jail goes up in Downtown Brooklyn, several workers have been injured at the jobsite, and some of those incidents weren’t reported as required to authorities, a new investigation by The City Reporter finds.
The $2.9 billion project on Atlantic Avenue is one of four planned borough-based jails meant to replace the notorious Rikers Island complex, which must close in 2027 under city law, though that deadline is essentially moot because of pandemic-related construction delays.
The Brooklyn site has also rained debris onto surrounding homes and sidewalks, neighbors say. "How many times are they going to get lucky that this did not fall on somebody?" said Lori Richmond, whose building has been struck by sheet metal ducts and plastic buckets plummeting from the project.
During a fast-moving storm on Saturday, part of a pedestrian walkway fence at the location collapsed into the street and landed on a motorcyclist, who declined medical treatment. The project’s general contractor, Tutor Perini, was given a violation for failing to safeguard the public and property.
The city banned broker fees for apartment seekers last year, unless they hire a broker themself. Here’s how much money tenants have gotten back in illegal fees, and how the law has affected the housing market overall.
As the Knicks forge ahead in the NBA Finals, savvy street vendors are turning the area around Madison Square Garden into a sea of blue-and-orange merch.
Fixing the city’s byzantine and unequal property tax system has been a vexing problem for generations of mayors. But the Mamdani administration may actually tackle it as part of a settlement reached Friday in a long-standing court case.
The coalition Tax Equity Now New York filed a lawsuit in 2017 aiming to get the courts to force property tax reform. The city and TENNY have now agreed to begin a settlement process to negotiate the structure and implementation of the state property tax law. Negotiations, which will be overseen by the court, are slated to begin in October, according to TENNY.
The property tax system has been in the spotlight since Mamdani floated hiking those taxes to help plug the city’s budget gap — an idea he abandoned after significant public backlash. A new tax on luxury second homes in New York City that came as part of the state budget requires the city Department of Finance to create a new way to assess condos and coops, potentially opening up further reforms.
Tuesday, June 9: The annual Museum Mile Festival returns to Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, offering free admission to some of the world’s top museums. Free, Museum Mile, 6 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, June 9: Grammy-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein performs music by Bach and Philip Glass, alongside string ensemble Baroklyn and choral artists CONCORA in Central Park. Free, Naumburg Bandshell, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
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