New York City will pay homeowners up to $395,000 to build an extra dwelling in their garage or basement to help ease the housing shortage

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An ADU model in New York City.
An Ecological Living Module, a 22-square-meter "tiny house", is displayed at the United Nations headquarters in New York, July 16, 2018.

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Architects are cutting big holes in the middle of skyscrapers and adding more floors to turn empty NYC offices into apartments

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Mayor Eric Adams and Richard Coles, Founder and Managing Partner at the Vanbarton Group, are pictured as they tour a new apartment at building located at 160 Water Street in downtown Manhattan in March 2023.
Mayor Eric Adams, right, and Richard Coles, the founder and a managing partner at the Vanbarton Group, tour a new apartment at building located at 160 Water Street in downtown Manhattan in March.

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I wore Meta's new Ray-Ban smart glasses. They were a hit at dinner with my Gen Z friends — but some pictures turned out blurry.

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Jordan Hart wearing Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses
The Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses have two cameras, speakers on either side, and five microphones hidden throughout the frame.

Jordan Hart

I visited Target locations in New York City and the Midwest. The 2 stores felt like totally different chains.

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Target in the Midwest (left) and New York City.
Target in the Midwest (left) and New York City.

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I'm a supercommuter and it takes me 14 hours to get to and from work. I do it because I'm passionate about the job, but it's stressful when things go awry.

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Left: a man on a plane taking a selfie. Right: A view out of a airplane window with a wing in view.
Malick Mercier, left, commutes across the country for work.

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The key to fighting the urban doom loop might be a downtown beach

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People lounge at a new beach on Gansevoort peninsula on the West side of Manhattan.
People lounge at a new beach on Gansevoort peninsula on the West side of Manhattan on an unseasonably warm day in October 2023.

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Retailers and delivery apps must act on e-bike safety, NY officials say, after 3 people died in a house fire linked with a scooter battery

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A GrubHub rider in New York City.
A GrubHub rider in New York City.

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Rats could breed too quickly for NYC's successful new extermination method to keep up

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A rat climbing up a rope.
Climate change is threatening a lot of species, but rats don't seem to mind a warming world.

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NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful — for now

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A rat crosses a yellow section of a Times Square subway platform in New York.
A rat crosses a Times Square subway platform in New York on January 27, 2015.

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I pay $1,550 in rent and spent nearly $14,000 renovating my NYC apartment. Before and after photos show why it was worth it.

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Joe Yatco; the bar and bookshelf he designed in his apartment
Joe Yatco (left) and the renovated bar in his apartment (right).

Arnav Somani; Joe Yatco

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