New Yorkers gradually returning to city after COVID exodus, says Comptroller
A new report from New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer shows New Yorkers who fled the city ate the height of the COVID pandemic are...
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Owners $1.3B behind on property tax payments
City Comptroller Scott Stringer today reported that, as of February, $1.3 billion in real estate tax payments were overdue – equal to 4.5% of the...
How the affordable housing industry can fill broadband gap
Millions of New Yorkers lack adequate access to high-speed internet. This is in large part because families living in low-income areas are inadequately served by...
Report: M/WBEs could be wiped out by coronavirus
Nearly three quarters of the city’s Minority and Women Owned Businesses (M/WBE) expect to shut down within the next six months if they can’t get...
Stringer says NYC shortchanged by Trump
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling on the federal government to deliver more relief to the city as it claws its way back...
Stringer looks for savings to pay for virus impact
With Big Apple restaurants and bars now relying on takeout and delivery only and Broadway having gone dark, the city will lose $3.2 billion in...
Howard Hughes promises to clean up its act
The Howard Hughes Corporation has vowed to be a good neighbor and pull out all the stops to clean up its cleanup plans for a...
421a Builder pays back wages to workers
Attorney General Letitia James, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, and 32BJ SEIU President Kyle Bragg yesterday distributed more than $400,000 in back pay to...
Stringer rails over $600M slow-go subway
The MTA’s $600 million contract with Bombardier Transit Corporation to produce 300 subway cars is nearly three years behind schedule. An audit New York City...
City seeking answers as retail suffers a decade of decline
The rate of retail space becoming vacant in New York City has shot up by 50 percent in the span of one decade, according to...