New laws coming into effect by the end of February aim to curb smoking throughout NYC.

“Avant Gardner has made a lot of money from the gays,” a lawyer warns.

“They patronize us and we patronize them”

Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”

The Our City, Our Vote law grants an estimated 800,000 NYC legal permanent residents the ability to vote in municipal elections, becoming the largest expansion of voting rights in the nation’s recent history. A lawsuit filed in Staten Island by the RNC puts its legality to the test.

Diving into the five proposals that New Yorkers will be asked to vote on during Tuesday’s election.

What exactly are your rights as a tenant in this city, and what are the legal obligations of landlords?

Juan Ardila, the 27-year-old progressive, came up roughly 500 votes shy against incumbent Councilman Robert Holden, with roughly 46 percent of the vote according to early tallies. Ardila hasn’t yet conceded.

Travis Simmons alleges two cops from Bushwick’s 83rd Precinct handcuffed, beaten, and arrested him without any evidence.

If you have a personal story about possible wrongdoing by the 83rd Precinct, please email us.

Commercial closures in gentrifying neighborhoods are often caused by landlords harassing tenants into breaking leases so they can find a tenant with deeper pockets.

Tenants of a building long neglected by its landlord are seeking the appointment of a a city administrator to make their home livable again

Pumps isn’t working with a whole lot of space, but the mirrors on every wall give you the sense of hidden corners, side rooms and secret doors

Oh, you know how Bushwick is so cool and hot at the same time that it regularly gets mentioned at all sorts of lists like the recent Vogue’s list of the coolest neighborhoods in the world? So today Bushwick made another list — albeit a less flattering one — 2015 Worst Landlord List

“We’re trying to come up with a sign,” Blake Jordan told me yesterday afternoon inside the newly opened Hops & Hocks on Morgan Ave as we discussed growler etiquette

Neighborhood stalwarts like Pearl’s, Old Stanley’s and 3 Diamond Door are calling it quits for now, while several others circulate an open letter to Cuomo.

A self-described “naughty marketplace” sets up shop with an “intersectional feminist perspective.”

After a run at Fringe Festival, Maggie Crane returns to Bushwick with her tales of ‘death, disability and dunkin donuts’

Famous DJ spotted DJing, while waiting for the L

Safety concerns and money mixups now plague a luxury housing development In Bushwick

Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.

Responding to anonymous graffiti reading: “kill elected officials”

“Spaces in Brooklyn are more open to all types of drag,” says Bobby LeMaire “You can do whatever as long as you can give a show.”

Plans unveiled for a community garden at a vacant lot near Grover Cleveland Park