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Summer rent prices broke records across New York City with averages hitting $5,558 per month in Manhattan, $4,347 in Brooklyn and $4,003 in Northwest Queens, the Douglas Elliman study shows. The median rent in Manhattan hit $4,400 last month — also a new record, according to the Douglas Elliman study. And, yet again, rent wasn't much better in Brooklyn and Queens. The median rent in Brooklyn

A New York judge ordered the seizure of a Roman sculpture on display at an Ohio museum, claiming the piece had been stolen from Turkey. The Cleveland Museum of Art has long said the sculpture, valued at $20 million, is believed to be a depiction of a headless Marcus Aurelius, the former Roman emperor, posing in a regal stance wearing elaborate drapes. But the museum has recently changed the

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said Monday that he wants the troubled jail complex to be stripped away from the control of the Eric Adams administration and instead be under oversight by a court-appointed outside authority. Williams said Rikers Island“has been in crisis for years.” The federal prosecutor's comments come after several reports have detailed

As authorities continue to investigate a crane collapse that rained thousands of pounds of steel debris onto a busy Manhattan thoroughfare Wednesday, the owner and operator of the failed crane are facing scrutiny over past safety failures. The tower crane, owned by New York Crane and Equipment Corp., was hoisting concrete to the 36th story of a luxury high-rise when a fire broke out in the