Author: Gothamist

How would you like to own your apartment after years of renting? One Brooklyn community group is trying to make that happen for tenants of a four-story building in the Cypress Hill section of East New York through an innovative housing program. The East New York Community Land Trust bought the 21-unit, rent-stabilized apartment building…

A crowd of terrified passengers struggled to flee while exiting a train at Brooklyn’s Fulton Street station after the shots were fired in last week’s shooting at the nearby Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway stop, multiple riders told Gothamist on Sunday. An altercation at the busy station during rush hour on Thursday resulted in one passenger being shot…

The New Jersey State Attorney General will not defend a lawsuit against a controversial ballot system known as the county line because he said he believes it is unconstitutional. In a letter to the court, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said his office will not intervene in the case filed by U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who…

New York City’s Public Schools Athletic League canceled a varsity boy’s basketball championship game on Friday after an audit found teams violated age limit and academic eligibility rules, according to Schools Chancellor David Banks. Brooklyn high schools South Shore and Eagle Academy II were slated to play the league’s 4A title game, but the game…

A long-awaited city report shared exclusively with Gothamist provides new information about what types of illegal guns police are seizing and where. The data comes after the New York City Council passed a bill in 2022 requiring the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and the NYPD to report annually on all the guns police seized…

A federal judge will hear arguments on Monday over New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim’s lawsuit to stop state ballots from using the “county line,” a unique system that gives preferential treatment to primary candidates endorsed by political parties. The county line system has come into sharp focus in the Democratic primary between frontrunners Kim and…

Two people were injured after a shooting in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village on Saturday afternoon, according to the NYPD. Police said they received a 911 call at around 12:45 p.m. saying that multiple people had been shot at the park. They arrived to find a 26-year-old man who’d been shot in the…

Let’s unpack that. A new comedy show that incorporates elements of therapy is selling out every month in Manhattan. “Cheap Therapy By Hoes With Feelings,” is hosted by “untrained professionals” and New York City comedians Karolena Theresa and Melissa Rich. Rich and Theresa, who both said they’ve been in therapy for years, emphasized that they’re…

The Manhattan St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday and the 2024 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon on Sunday will make this an especially hairy weekend to visit the city by car, the city Department of Transportation said. Major streets will be closed across the city, especially in Manhattan and Brooklyn On Saturday, the St. Patrick’s…

Queens native Derek “iDom” Ruffin is a professional esports athlete and world champion of the 2019 Capcom Cup, one of the top-tier events in the fighting game world, for which he won a $250,000 prize. Ruffin has competed in Japan, South Africa, Qatar, the United Kingdom and nearly every major U.S. city. He specializes in…