City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer

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‘Tenant Bill of Rights’ Will Help New Yorkers Hold Landlords Accountable

Brooklyn building. Photo by Anthony Fomin [https://unsplash.com/@aginsbrook?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash. [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/brooklyn?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] NEW YORK CITY — Today, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer called for legislation

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[UPDATE] AirBnB, AirDNA Refute Comptroller’s Claims, Say Housing Price Study Is “Deeply Flawed”

After Comptroller Scott M. Stringer’s office published a study blaming AirBnB for rising rents in New York, the private-rental company has refuted the study’s claims. One of the key factors, they say, is that the study misinterprets the data scraped from AirDNA, a third-party company. “AirDNA fully supports

Central Brooklyn

Local Daycares Failed To Test Water For Lead, Audit Shows

(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin

Affordable Care Act

9 Percent Of Kensington And Borough Park Residents Lack Health Insurance, Comptroller Finds

Photo by Kensington BKApproximately nine percent of those living in Community District 12 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neigh_info/bk12_info.shtml], which includes Kensington and Borough Park, do not have health insurance, according to figures [http://comptroller.nyc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Poverty-and-Uninsured-Rate-by-Community-District-ACS-2014.pdf] released