As NYC's first-ever rat czar gets to work, cities like Boston and Chicago are looking for inspiration to fix their own rodent problems

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America's major cities are considering taking a cue from New York City in the fight against rat infestations.

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I'm a real-estate broker who uses ChatGPT to write my listings. It saves me hours of time, but it's not perfect.

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Randy Baruh.

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Exonerated 'Central Park 5' member mimics Trump's 1980s ad that called for the return of the death penalty

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Yusef Salaam at the unveiling of the "Gate of the Exonerated" in Harlem on December 19, 2022 in New York City.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene compared New York to Gotham City and said it 'smells bad' after she had to wade through a crowd of hecklers in Manhattan

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) pushes through the crowd gathered outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump arrived for his arraignment on April 4, 2023 in New York City.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) pushes through the crowd gathered outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump arrived for his arraignment on April 4, 2023 in New York City.

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An NYC real estate investor explains why the 'golden age' of being a landlord is over and he's switching to 'safer' investments

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Ben Carlos Thypin is a commercial and residential landlord in New York City.

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San Francisco, New York, and LA top the list of cities Americans are flocking away from, according to a report

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New York City's population has been steadily declining since 2016.

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Sunlight in your bedroom could become a luxury as cities debate allowing landlords to rent windowless rooms in former office buildings to alleviate the housing crisis

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A woman cleans the windows of her apartment in a public housing complex on April 12, 2022 in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City, New York.
A woman cleans the windows of her apartment in a public housing complex on April 12, 2022 in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City, New York.

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A 4-month old calf escaped a slaughterhouse and roamed the streets of Brooklyn. Now she'll live out her days at a sanctuary.

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The escaped four-month-old calf was captured on TikTok.

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A New York City Airbnb has nearly $1M in fines. It hasn't paid any of them, new Bloomberg report says

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Forget the 'death of downtowns' — we're about to experience the Big City Renaissance

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City downtowns aren't doomed — the rise of remote work is about to spark the Big City Renaissance.

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America's great cities are in a precarious spot.

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