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131
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Jeanmarie Evelly

    Opinion: Bill to Overhaul Last-Mile Deliveries Would Hurt Businesses Like Mine (opens the original)

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    “New York can have a serious conversation about how to improve last-mile delivery. But that conversation has to include the people whose livelihoods are at stake.” A bill under consideration in the City Council is looking to regular “last-mile” delivery companies, including those subcontracted by corporations like

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Jeanmarie Evelly

    NYC Looks to Raise Penalties on Property Owners Who Fail to Keep Vacant Lots Clean (opens the original)

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    The Sanitation Department wants to more than double the fine—from $100 to $250—for owners with empty lots that create neighborhood eyesores. The number of neglected lots cleaned by the city directly has plunged in recent years, thanks to budget cuts under former Mayor Adams. An empty lot on Perry Avenue in the Bronx. (Adi Talwar/City Limits)</figcapt

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · BySunny Nagpaul

    The Poet in Public Housing Who Turned Neighbors' Stories Into Sculptures - City Limits (opens the original)

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    Tamra Cosby, 28, said it was “very humbling” to hear her Astoria Houses neighbors—some of whom she’s known for over a decade—speak candidly about personal doubts and worries. Her new sculptures have fellow residents’ words etched into them. Tamra Cosby, a 28-year-old poet and resident of Astoria Houses, led poetry workshops for her neighbors for more than a year and a half, with a goal to get residents involved in the design of their new outdoor gathering area. Cosby, who’s lived there since she

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · ByMichael P. Mezzacappa

    Opinion: Legionnaires' Disease Keeps Coming Back. What Can NYC Do Differently? - City Limits (opens the original)

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    “While other issues, such as aging infrastructure, further compound the problem, the very design of cooling towers allows for the atomization of particles that can wreak havoc when inhaled.” Cooling towers are ubiquitous in New York City, where roughly 5,000 of them are used to circulate water so that air conditioning systems do not overheat, emitting mist or water vapor. Similarly ever-present is bacteria itself, which has been around long before, and certainly will outlive, the human race. In

  5. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · ByJeanmarie Evelly

    NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 28-Oct. 5 - City Limits (opens the original)

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    City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Know of an event we should include in next week’s calendar? Email us. Upcoming housing and land use-related events: NYC Affordable Housing Lotteries:

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