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Here We Go Again: Rent-Stabilized Tenants Rally Against Cost Hikes
The NYC Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) held their third of four public forums at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center…
NYC Weekly Events Calendar: June 20 to June 26
The Indypendent’s curated events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. Sign-up for our regular e-newsletter and…
Letter from Catalonia: Barcelona’s Occupy Mayor Wins a Second Term
Three weeks after appearing to lose her re-election bid, Barcelona’s leftist mayor Ada Colau won another four-year term Saturday.…
Brooklyn Machine Backs Do-Nothing Surrogate Court Judge For Re-election
Prominent progressives are also supporting Margarita López Torres who has presided over a cesspool of corruption for more than a decade.
NY Lawmakers Agree to Sweeping Rent Reform Package
New Yorkers took on the real estate industry and won. On Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers in Albany announced a sweeping…
NYC Weekly Events Calendar: June 13 to June 19
The Indypendent’s curated events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. Sign-up for our regular e-newsletter and…
Gov. Cuomo Defends Helicopter Industry Despite Deadly 7th Ave Crash
After yesterday’s helicopter crash atop a 7th Avenue building that left one dead, calls will grow for restricting or…
Was BP Katz Recruited To Queens DA Race by Richard Brown’s Top Lieutenants?
The career politician’s lack of courtroom experience is seen as a plus by entrenched, old guard prosecutors.