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1 week ago | 
hellgatenyc.com | Max Rivlin-Nadler |Max Rivlin Nadler
Last June, Hell Gate celebrated the return of the 99 cent slice to BD Star Pizza on Avenue A in the East Village. At the time, owner Sana Ullah told this publication that while inflation during President Joe Biden's term meant increases in the costs of things like flour, cheese, and even napkins, the market itself simply couldn't stand a $1.50 slice. He lowered the price back down to 99 cents, and saw demand restored.
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1 week ago | 
hellgatenyc.com | Max Rivlin-Nadler |Max Rivlin Nadler
On Saturday, former governor and leading Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo released his plan for "Addressing New York's Housing Crisis."The 29-page plan itself is fairly unremarkable—much of it is spent talking about Cuomo's accomplishments as governor and laying out just how hard it is to find and build affordable housing in New York City.
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1 week ago | 
hellgatenyc.com | Max Rivlin-Nadler |Max Rivlin Nadler
Under Mayor Eric Adams, Freedom of Information Law requests are lingering in limbo for months and sometimes years, according to a new analysis from the good government group Reinvent Albany. The group examined all of the records that were in the City's FOIL system in 2024 to come up with their findings. The biggest offenders?
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2 weeks ago | 
hellgatenyc.com | Max Rivlin-Nadler |Max Rivlin Nadler
For roughly 250,000 New Yorkers, the state's Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) program has undoubtedly changed their lives.
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3 weeks ago | 
hellgatenyc.com | Max Rivlin-Nadler |Max Rivlin Nadler
Profligate Mets owner Steve Cohen is a huge step closer to getting the state approval he needs for his much-desired Citi Field casino. On Sunday, Cohen held a press conference in Flushing to announce that State Senator John Liu would be introducing a parkland alienation bill in the State Senate, pulling a crucial lever that Cohen needs to turn his dream into an endless money-sucking machine. Raise that big giant centerfield apple! More like "meet the B-E-T-S," amirite?
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4 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | Faye Qiu |Fisayo Okare |Max Rivlin-Nadler |Ralph Joseph
The Trump administration has quietly halted the processing of green card applications for certain individuals, including immigrants granted refugee or asylum status, citing that “additional screening and vetting” was needed to identify “potential fraud, public safety, or national security concerns,” CBS News reported Tuesday.
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4 weeks ago | 
hellgatenyc.com | Max Rivlin-Nadler |Max Rivlin Nadler
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4 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | Faye Qiu |Max Rivlin-Nadler |Fisayo Okare |Ralph Joseph
Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. ‘I’m not going to back down’ — Immigration attorneys fight back over Trump’s legal threats:The president threatened Justice Department sanctions against law firms and attorneys who challenge his deportations, alarming immigration attorneys and other lawyers.
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4 weeks ago | 
documentedny.com | Ralph Joseph |Max Rivlin-Nadler |Fisayo Okare |Benjamin A. Rubin
For many Caribbean immigrants in New York City, accessing healthcare has become more complicated under Trump-era immigration policies. Misinformation, fear of enforcement actions, and language barriers have led some to avoid traditional healthcare settings. Instead, many are now waiting to see doctors who speak their language and share their cultural background.
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1 month ago | 
documentedny.com | Ralph Joseph |Max Rivlin-Nadler |Fisayo Okare |Kizzy Cox
Since the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card-holding pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student, many have asked which legal residents the Trump administration will target next. Trump promised that the 30-year-old Columbia graduate and Algerian citizen of Palestinian descent would be the first of many such arrests to come.
