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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
Jaclyn is a former Gothamist reporter.
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These Bed-Stuy blocks lost 80% of their Airbnbs after NYC’s short-term rental crackdown
The number of short-term rentals plummeted in a section of Brooklyn that once had the highest concentration of Airbnb listings in the city.
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David Brand
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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Many NYC park bathrooms are still gross, study confirms
Nearly a quarter of the bathrooms surveyed were marked as “unsanitary” and many lack essentials like soap.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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Want to crack open a cold one at an NYC park or beach? Be ready to pay a $25 ticket.
NYPD tickets for public drinking have more than doubled since 2019.
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Bahar Ostadan
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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Complaints of parking placard abuse by NYC employees double in a year, 311 data shows
Watchdogs are calling for a crackdown on city workers who flout parking rules. See where the complaints were made.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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1 in 10 NYC public restrooms are out of order
More than 100 public bathrooms across the city are closed to the public, data shows.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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Several rescued on NYC highways from flash flooding, officials say
Rain totals exceeded 5 inches in parts of the Bronx and Northern New Jersey.
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Brittany Kriegstein
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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Map: Where New York City's shootings happen
This map combines two publicly available NYPD datasets and Gothamist’s own data to show block-level concentrations of gun violence over four years.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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Brittany Kriegstein
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Risk of mosquito-borne diseases remains low in NYC, but that could change
Despite rising cases in New York, local mosquitoes aren’t carrying dengue — at least, not yet.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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2 NYC lawmakers say their names were used in Mayor Adams' resource request form without their knowledge
Many lawmakers have used the form. Others have refused.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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NYC's massive Link5G towers aren't actually providing 5G (yet)
Almost all of the towers stand empty, CityBridge officials say, leaving residents without the promised high-speed 5G internet access.
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David Brand
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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July 4th fireworks are partly responsible for NYC’s bad air quality
Particulate matter pollution spiked last night. Thanks, America.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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See where New Yorkers complain the most about July 4 fireworks
Calls to the hotline have calmed down since their 2020 peak, but remain high in some neighborhoods.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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