SHAREWhen Gov. Andrew Cuomo went on a tirade Wednesday against a critic who’d demanded a criminal investigation of his handling of nursing home fatalities during the pandemic, the name was unfamiliar to most outside politics and a corner of northeast Queens.But Assemblymember Ron Kim (D-Queens), once little known beyond his Flushing and Murray Hill district, has rapidly emerged as the elected official who dared take on Cuomo — and reportedly in return.“The thing that really pisses me off the most is that he took away our ability to legislate by not sharing that data in real time,” Kim said...…SHAREWhen Gov. Andrew Cuomo went on a tirade Wednesday against a critic who’d demanded a criminal investigation of his handling of nursing home fatalities during the pandemic, the name was unfamiliar to most outside politics and a corner of northeast Queens.But Assemblymember Ron Kim (D-Queens), once little known beyond his Flushing and Murray Hill district, has rapidly emerged as the elected official who dared take on Cuomo — and reportedly in return.“The thing that really pisses me off the most is that he took away our ability to legislate by not sharing that data in real time,” Kim said...WW…

SHARESHAREpDexter Lendor and Delene Ahye sat on the basement stairs inside their Prospect Lefferts Garden apartment building, eyes fixed on an iPhone propped up on a railing, when the judge told them they won the first step of their case to sue their landlord.After a long few months, relief washed over the couple’s faces at the thought of finally getting needed repairs to the building at 22 Hawthorne St., with a court order to correct all housing code violations.Lendor and Ahye weren’t alone when they heard the news. Neighbors and members of the Crown Heights Tenant Union sat with them on...…SHARESHAREpDexter Lendor and Delene Ahye sat on the basement stairs inside their Prospect Lefferts Garden apartment building, eyes fixed on an iPhone propped up on a railing, when the judge told them they won the first step of their case to sue their landlord.After a long few months, relief washed over the couple’s faces at the thought of finally getting needed repairs to the building at 22 Hawthorne St., with a court order to correct all housing code violations.Lendor and Ahye weren’t alone when they heard the news. Neighbors and members of the Crown Heights Tenant Union sat with them on...WW…

Additional reporting by Will WelchSHAREThree months after Mayor Bill de Blasio that cops would stop ticketing street vendors, some are still getting hit with costly violations by police as they battle back from the pandemic shutdown.Case in point: NYPD officers issued tickets to two food sellers in Lower Manhattan Monday, in what cops promoted on social media as an to protect quality of life. Unlawful vending can adversely affect local businesses and quality of life. Community members alerted cops to quality of life concerns regarding illegal vending and your cops went to work...…Additional reporting by Will WelchSHAREThree months after Mayor Bill de Blasio that cops would stop ticketing street vendors, some are still getting hit with costly violations by police as they battle back from the pandemic shutdown.Case in point: NYPD officers issued tickets to two food sellers in Lower Manhattan Monday, in what cops promoted on social media as an to protect quality of life. Unlawful vending can adversely affect local businesses and quality of life. Community members alerted cops to quality of life concerns regarding illegal vending and your cops went to work...WW…

Additional reporting by Will WelchSHAREThree months after Mayor Bill de Blasio that cops would stop ticketing street vendors, some are still getting hit with costly violations by police as they battle back from the pandemic shutdown.Case in point: NYPD officers issued tickets to two food sellers in Lower Manhattan Monday, in what cops promoted on social media as an to protect quality of life. Unlawful vending can adversely affect local businesses and quality of life. Community members alerted cops to quality of life concerns regarding illegal vending and your cops went to work...…Additional reporting by Will WelchSHAREThree months after Mayor Bill de Blasio that cops would stop ticketing street vendors, some are still getting hit with costly violations by police as they battle back from the pandemic shutdown.Case in point: NYPD officers issued tickets to two food sellers in Lower Manhattan Monday, in what cops promoted on social media as an to protect quality of life. Unlawful vending can adversely affect local businesses and quality of life. Community members alerted cops to quality of life concerns regarding illegal vending and your cops went to work...WW…