Gabriel Poblete, Author at THE CITY

A vacant retail space in a renovated wing of Penn Station, Jan. 25, 2024.

Zoning

Hidden $80K Donation Further Fuels Battle at Community Board Roiled by Development Fights

June 3, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 3, 2024, 11:22 a.m.

A zoning task force at Manhattan Community Board 5 covertly secured the anonymous funds and met privately — which may violate city ethics and transparency rules.

Housing

Regulated Apartments Vanish at Rising Rate, Rent Board Learns as It Readies Hike Vote

May 23, 2024, 4:02 p.m.May 23, 2024, 4:14 p.m.

Final research from the board shows units were removed from rent stabilization via various loopholes, including renovations on vacated apartments.

Pedestrians walk past the Carnegie House on West 57th Street.

Real Estate

Manhattan Co-op in Crisis Spearheads Push to Cap Land Rent Hikes

May 13, 2024, 4:59 a.m.May 12, 2024, 12:09 p.m.

Apartment owners from across the city went to Albany this week to push bills to limit how much landlords can charge for building leases, with a boost from Billionaires’ Row residents.

Hunter College sophomore Molly Gardiner works outside her dorm in Kips Bay.

Real Estate

No New Dorm Plan as CUNY Prepares to Raze Hundreds of Affordable Student Rooms

April 29, 2024, 4:59 a.m.April 28, 2024, 11:51 a.m.

The Brookdale dorms cost students about $7,500 a year and will soon be replaced by a new science campus that includes no student housing.

An unlicensed cannabis shop s specials for 420.

Law Enforcement

State to Pull Lotto, Liquor Licenses From Bogus Weed Shops as City Given Padlock Power

April 19, 2024, 2:49 p.m.April 19, 2024, 2:49 p.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the change with Adams on Friday — without the head of the state’s cannabis agency.

The city's new trash containers sit on 148th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue

How to New York

How and When NYC Will Mandate Trash Bins to Combat Stinky Sidewalks, Rats

April 16, 2024, 5:01 a.m.April 15, 2024, 3:31 p.m.

‘Containerization’ is coming to New York City. Imagine not seeing giant piles of plastic garbage bags on every street.

Manhattan Community Board 5 chair Samir Lavingia speaks at an executive committee meeting.

Community Boards

Divided Manhattan Community Board to Vote on Activist Ban

April 10, 2024, 6:58 p.m.April 11, 2024, 9:34 p.m.

Community Board 5 uproar over pro-housing group — who include the board’s new chair — yields resolution that would block advocacy group leaders from influence.

Waste Management

Own a Home? You’ll Have to Buy Trash Bins From This One Company, Says Sanitation

April 9, 2024, 9:27 p.m.Sept. 5, 2024, 3:06 p.m.

City Department of Sanitation is about to enter an exclusive 10-year contract with a North Carolina firm to sell disposal containers that must be used by all residences with fewer than 10 apartments.

A resident leaves 35 Commercial Street in Greenpoint.

Affordable Housing

New Greenpoint Waterfront Tower Highlights Affordable Housing Hurdles and Benefits

April 3, 2024, 7:20 p.m.April 3, 2024, 7:27 p.m.

A housing lottery opened doors for Commercial Street residents, with help from an array of subsidies.

Rent Guidelines Board Chair Nestor Davidson speaks at their first public hearing of the year.

Housing

Rent Board Reckons With Landlord Highs and Lows as it Considers Hikes

March 28, 2024, 2:24 p.m.March 28, 2024, 2:26 p.m.

Owners’ income surged in Manhattan and sagged in The Bronx amid the pandemic recovery, with 1 in 10 buildings now spending more to operate than tenants pay.

Gabriel Poblete

Hidden $80K Donation Further Fuels Battle at Community Board Roiled by Development Fights

Regulated Apartments Vanish at Rising Rate, Rent Board Learns as It Readies Hike Vote

Manhattan Co-op in Crisis Spearheads Push to Cap Land Rent Hikes

No New Dorm Plan as CUNY Prepares to Raze Hundreds of Affordable Student Rooms

State to Pull Lotto, Liquor Licenses From Bogus Weed Shops as City Given Padlock Power

How and When NYC Will Mandate Trash Bins to Combat Stinky Sidewalks, Rats

Divided Manhattan Community Board to Vote on Activist Ban

Own a Home? You’ll Have to Buy Trash Bins From This One Company, Says Sanitation

New Greenpoint Waterfront Tower Highlights Affordable Housing Hurdles and Benefits

Rent Board Reckons With Landlord Highs and Lows as it Considers Hikes

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