With Democrats having won a clear majority in the New York state Senate for the first time since the 1960s, there is strong momentum to strengthen the state’s rent-regulation laws. Legislators and housing activists say changes are virtually inevitable—from the rollback of Giuliani-era
Since the sale of a $238 million penthouse at 220 Central Park South made headlines, calls for a pied-à-terre tax on the second homes owned by the wealthiest of the wealthy have grown louder. A bill has already been introduced by state Senator Brad Hoylman—one that is, unsurprisingly,
At the March 3 forum on pot legalization, budding pot entrepreneurs from High Mi Madre, Emily Ramos, left, and Pilar DeJesus, second from right, posed with Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, right, and a fellow legalization advocate. (Photos by Lincoln Anderson) BY LINCOLN ANDERSON