The lawyers for the teachers' union lawsuit seeking to block the first-in-the-nation congestion pricing scheme sent a letter to a federal judge flunking the MTA's announcement that the new $15 toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th street will go into effect June 30.
New York’s squatter nightmare has gotten so far out of control that even liberal lawmakers are finally moving to plug the loopholes that have facilitated the crisis.
A backlog of housing court cases and tweaks to the law have made it easier for illegal squatters to take over private homes in the five boroughs and harder for landlords to get rid of them.