NYC mom jumps from third-floor window of Queens apartment to escape knife-wielding son: sources
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NYC mom jumps from third-floor window of Queens apartment to escape knife-wielding son: sources

ByNews Polite

A 64-year-old woman jumped out of the third-floor window of a Queens apartment to escape her knife-wielding son on Friday night, police and sources said. The woman was found conscious and alert outside the apartment on Shore Boulevard near 20th Road in Astoria at around 9:15 p.m., the NYPD said….

Meatpacking District to lose last beef businesses as trendy nabe eyes new housing deal
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Meatpacking District to lose last beef businesses as trendy nabe eyes new housing deal

ByNews Polite

The Meatpacking District’s last remaining meatpackers might soon give way to 600 rental apartments, a Whitney Museum expansion and new facilities for Friends of the High Line, Realty Check has learned. The meat merchants, which once numbered in the hundreds, dwindled to a mere few in recent decades as the area drew…

Here’s how much you need to earn to leave in each borough
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Here’s how much you need to earn to leave in each borough

ByNews Polite

Anyone who’s tried to rent an apartment in New York City knows that it’s highly competitive and highly priced, and the latest data suggests this market is showing no signs of letting up. In August 2024, the median asking rent for apartments in four New York City boroughs — Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and…

West Village ‘grifter’ Kate Gladstone evicted after more than three years
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West Village ‘grifter’ Kate Gladstone evicted after more than three years

ByNews Polite

The West Village “grifter” who lived rent free for three years in one of NYC’s priciest neighborhoods, partly by exploiting New York’s eviction moratorium, has finally been given the boot. Kate Gladstone, who also uses the name Katherine Klein, was evicted from owner Valentina Bajada and Heidi Russell’s two-bedroom Barrow…