The issue of real estate broker fees came to a head at a heated City Council hearing on Wednesday, when hundreds showed up to testify both for and against a bill that would essentially shift the burden of paying the dreaded fees to landlords.
City Council members clashed with representatives of the real estate industry at a Wednesday hearing on a bill aimed at relieving renters from having to pay
The City Council's proposed expansion of the Fair Fares half-priced MetroCard would benefit some 650,000 additional low-income New Yorkers, a new report finds.
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Tiffany Raspberry told council members no one from the administration initially appeared because the Council had not "formally invited" anyone. She said she would therefore not answer any questions from members before proceeding to read a statement from the mayor.