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• US Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to NY rent stabilization law

  12-11-2024 21:50 via amny.com
  
  The US Supreme Court has declined to hear two challenges to New York’s rent stabilization law, keeping in place a system regulating rents for roughly a million apartments despite landlords attempting to overturn it.
  The high court in Washington declined to grant certiorari to two landlords’ challenges, G-Max Management and Building & Realty Institute of Westchester and Putnam Counties. The court did not give a reason for the denial, nor was a tally of the justices provided.
  
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• Mayor Adams raises concerns over real estate broker fee bill set to get City Council vote Wednesday

  12-11-2024 21:15 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday raised concerns about City Council legislation that would relieve most renters from having to pay real estate broker fees, a day before the bill is expected to pass the chamber.
  During his weekly off-topic news conference on Nov. 12, Adams said that while he agrees with the premise of the legislation — known as the FARE (Fairness in Apartment Rentals) Act — he believes it will have unintended consequences. The FARE Act, if enacted, would require whomever h
  
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• Bronx teacher awarded as a “Rising Star” in journalism education

  12-11-2024 20:44 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Journalism Education Association presented Bronx River High School teacher Debbi Porterfield with its “Rising Star Award” for new journalism advisors at the National High School Journalism Convention in Philadelphia over the weekend. Porterfield, a special education teacher at Bronx River High School, also serves as faculty advisor to the school paper, the Bronx River News.
  Press Pass NYC Founder and Director Lara Bergen praised Porterfield’s work in educating student journ
  
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• Report: Rental prices in several Bronx neighborhoods hold steady in October, with slight dips in studios and modest rises in one-bedrooms

  12-11-2024 20:06 via bxtimes.com
  
  The average rental price across a number of Bronx neighborhoods remained mostly static in October 2024, compared to the previous year, according to a report by the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate.
  The average price to rent an apartment in a number of select Bronx neighborhoods—Riverdale, Morris Heights/University Heights, Concourse/Highbridge and Mott Haven—went down 0.37% year-over-year, from $2,489 in October 2023 to $2,479 in October 2024.
  Studios in these
  
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• Housing lottery launches for 36 units in Highbridge, rent starts at $1,133

  12-11-2024 19:57 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City has launched a housing lottery for 36 affordable units at 1182 Woodycrest Ave., a newly built, nine-story building in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx.
  Named 1182 Woodycrest Apartments, the building offers 45 total residential units, with nine priced at market rate and 36 reserved for households meeting specific income criteria.
  The affordable units are categorized by income levels. One unit is available for residents earning 50% of the area median income (AMI), 18 units fo
  
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• Pete Alonso rumors: Mets, Yankees among top free-agent destinations

  12-11-2024 18:05 via amny.com
  
  Most of the attention will understandably be on the free agency of Juan Soto this winter. Still, slugging first baseman Pete Alonso will be one of the notable dominoes expected to fall shortly after the crown jewel of the winter finds a new home. 
  Alonso will likely get a deal richer than the seven-year, $158 million offer he turned down from the Mets last season. However, it would be a major surprise if he and agent Scott Boras got the $200 million figure they once pined over in hopes of r
  
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• 2024 MLB Awards: Yankees, Mets litter list of finalists

  12-11-2024 15:00 via amny.com
  
  After regular seasons of success, numerous Yankees and Mets saw their accomplishments rewarded as they were named finalists for MLB awards, voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA).
  On the American League side, it looks like the Yankees captain is going to receive his second MVP award in three years, as Aaron Judge is primed to win yet again. Coming off of one of the best regular seasons of his career, Judge finished 2024 with 58 home runs and a career-high 144 RBI.
  
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• Mets snag Yankees coach to add to Carlos Mendoza’s staff

  12-11-2024 14:48 via amny.com
  
  The Mets are raiding the Yankees’ coaching staff again to strengthen their pitching department under manager Carlos Mendoza. 
  Per SNY, the Mets have hired former Yankees assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel, who will jump from the Bronx to Queens to work under pitching coach Jeremy Hefner. 
  Druschel had been with the Yankees since 2019, working three seasons as the organization’s minor-league manager of pitching development before joining the big-league club in 2022. He p
  
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• New mandatory garbage rule to begin in NYC Tuesday: Here’s what you need to know

  12-11-2024 12:00 via amny.com
  
  New Yorkers will have to start containing their curbside trash on Tuesday, per NYC’s new mandatory garbage rule that aims to eliminate eyesores of black plastic bags that pile up on city streets.
  The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will require all properties with one to nine residential units, including single-family homes, to use garbage pails that are 55 gallons or less, with secure lids, for setting out trash starting Nov. 12.
  Beginning Jan. 2, 2025, DSNY will impose fines starting
  
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