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New York City is facing a 1.4% vacancy rate, the lowest since 1968. Meanwhile, more than half of all renter households spend more than 30% of their income on housing. Mamdani has doubled down on his promise of a rent freeze, but he also said during the campaign that the private sector plays a key role in building more housing.
In Queens, no F trains between 75 Ave. and Sutphin Boulevard. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s disabled today Feb. 5 through Feb. 8 due to snow removal.
By the way…
If you’re looking to try a new restaurant, it’s the last week for New York City’s “Restaurant Week,” where participating restaurants offer specially priced prix-fixe menus.
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The death toll for New Yorkers during the record cold snap has climbed to 17, according to an update by Mamdani Wednesday morning. The city continues to observe “Enhanced Code Blue” protocols, which include more frequent homeless outreach efforts, as temperatures are poised to dip to single digits this weekend.
More than 450 days after a Rikers Island whistleblower accused officers of routinely isolating severely mentally ill men in cells for extended periods, a city Department of Investigation probe into the allegations has yet to materialize.
Reporter’s Notebook
Heat Pump Pilot Grows
Energy efficient, electric heat pumps will be installed in 712 apartments at NYCHA’s Beach 41st Street Houses in Far Rockaway, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and officials announced Wednesday.
The effort is an expansion of a 2021 pilot program to replace steam-heat radiators with window-mounted heat pumps, which were first installed at NYCHA’s Woodside Houses in Queens. The equipment — invented as part of a competition NYCHA held — provides both heating and cooling that residents can control themselves. An early study found the pumps provided more comfort, slashed energy use by 87% and nearly halved costs.
Officials said 10,000 apartments across NYCHA will be outfitted with heat pumps by 2030. At this point, NYCHA has purchased 5,000 heat pumps to be installed at Woodside Houses and Bay View Houses.
Beach 41st Street Houses will see its heat pumps installed in a two-year phase, starting in about two years from now.
— Samantha Maldonado
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things going on around the city this week.
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