Pa'Lante Harlem

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

SNAP rules have changed. Some recipients may now need to show proof of work, volunteer service, or job training to keep receiving benefits.

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06/01/2026

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a $22 billion, five-year housing plan this week that sets the most ambitious affordable housing targets in the city's modern history. The plan would build 200,000 new affordable homes and preserve 200,000 more over the next decade. For homeowners, one of the most practical proposals is legalizing basement apartments citywide, giving owners a new path to create rental income from space they already have.

06/01/2026

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office indicted eighteen people for alleged deed theft and mortgage fraud this week.

The DA’s office alleged that the defendants stole the deed to a residential brownstone on West 131st Street in Manhattan through identity theft – artificially inflating the value of the property and cashing out via a mortgage.

“There’s an entire, we allege, ecosystem,” Bragg said at a press conference. “You have people who procure the identities, you have lawyers, you have real estate brokers.”

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06/01/2026

HUD is expected to issue a new funding request outlining the kinds of programs it will pay for next year by the end of Monday.

05/29/2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani fired NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda and replaced him with retired NYPD Lieutenant Edwin Raymond, multiple sources said.

05/29/2026

A new lawsuit claims more than a quarter of the households in the River Park Towers have been hit with eviction cases in the past two years over “recertifications” required for a key tax credit.

05/29/2026

05/28/2026

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg accused relatives of Brooklyn Councilmember Darlene Mealy as part of an alleged ring that tried to steal a Harlem brownstone.

05/28/2026

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the defendants spent several years hatching a plan to steal the building for their own benefit.