Posted inWork
Nike Springs for Deal to Sport Official NYC Logos
City tourism bureau goes into business with the sneaker and apparel giant — with warnings to treat workers well.
Savannah Jacobson
Posted inQueens
Queens Neighborhood Fights for Bigger Single-Family Homes, Bucking U.S. Trend
Local pols embrace single-family zoning in Kew Gardens Hills, even as it falls by the wayside amid an affordable housing crunch in NYC and beyond.
Posted inHousing
City Pays Storage Fees for Homeless, But One Bronx Family Still Lost Items
The city shells out $17.5 million annually to self-storage companies. But some clients report big problems with the little-regulated industry.
Posted inManhattan
Foreclosure on $72m Loan Threatens GWB Bus Terminal Developers
Lenders take the firm behind the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal overhaul to court after alleged default on payments this spring.
Posted inInfrastructure
Con Ed’s Brooklyn Blackout Caught Many by Surprise
The power shutdown for 30K came with scant notice, angering many — including de Blasio and Cuomo. The utility said it averted a bigger crisis.
Posted inTransportation
Taxi Driver Drug Test Failures Soar Amid Growing Stress
A spike in cab license revocations for marijuana, cocaine and other substances coincides with crushing financial pressures.
Posted inLayleen Polanco
Ten Miles From Stonewall: Polanco Death Haunts a Prideful Celebration
Layleen Polanco, a transgender 27-year-old woman, died in a jail cell just as a month of rainbow-hued events celebrating LGBTQIA progress kicked off.
Posted inLayleen Polanco
Ballroom Family Re Layleen Polanco, Who’d Spent Week in Hospital While Jailed
Layleen Polanco, the 27-year-old who died in solitary last week, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital for eight days just two weeks before her death.
Posted inJustice
Pregnant Pause: Jail Officials Seek Safe Path for Body Scanners
Correction brass vow to protect pregnant women from body scanners after doctors raise concerns. But how will they know who’s pregnant?
Posted inRikers Island
Woman Who Died at Rikers Island Was in Solitary
Layleen Polanco, 27, was being punished in solitary confinement after being jailed on misdemeanor charges and held on $500 bail, sources said.