Has New York finally found a solution to its rat problem?
Could toxic gas be the way to finally rid New York City of its most notorious residents?
Housing
‘We’re in a housing desert’: a month in, is New York’s Airbnb crackdown working?
Could NYC's new Airbnb law bring back needed housing supply?
New York is building the world’s tallest jail in Chinatown. Can anyone stop it?
A brutal symbol of incarceration, or the sign of an improving justice system?
Yu & Me Books, after the fire
"It just feels like, Oh my God, no, not again."
Will America’s first ‘right to sleep outside’ actually help unhoused people?
It leaves out the one right that would actually solve homelessness: housing.
‘I thought they’d kill us’: how the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island
For 60+ years, the US Navy fired explosives on Vieques. Today, the islanders still suffer the devastating consequences.
What if we made It easier for renters to buy their buildings?
A new bill in Albany would give tenants the right to purchase their buildings — and the funding to do it.
‘It’s legal, there’s just no precedent’: the first US town to demand a rent decrease
When housing prices soared in Kingston, it tried something no other city had ever done.
The crumbling building where no one claims to be the landlord
The strange case of a Crown Heights building that no landlord claims to own.
What happens when you house more than 1,000 refugees on a cruise ship?
Temporary cruise-ship housing for migrants has become a real trend — does it work?
‘We have to make ourselves seen’: the New York rent strikers fighting eviction
When the coronavirus first hit New York City, many tenants stopped paying rent. Some refuse to start again.
Mold, leaks, rot: how Brad Pitt’s post-Katrina housing project went horribly wrong
It seemed like Pitt had answered their prayers. Then the homes started falling apart.
