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Editorsâ Note: May 2, 2021
A note and corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, May 2, 2021.
May 2, 2021, 12:32 a.m. ET
MAGAZINE
An article on March 7 about Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions inspired the movie âHotel Rwanda,â omitted a sourceâs connection to Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda. Pierre-Richard Prosper was the lead attorney defending Kagame in a lawsuit filed in United States federal court in 2010. Prosper would not disclose whether he or his firm, Arent Fox, currently provides legal services to the government of Rwanda.
CORRECTIONS
REAL ESTATE
An article on April 18 about the conversion of empty commercial spaces into other uses misspelled the surname of a New York State senator who is sponsoring a bill to simplify the process for turning hotels into affordable housing. He is State Senator Brian Kavanagh, not Kavanaugh.
Four NYPD officers responded to a shooting at a Brooklyn apartment block on March 7
New bodycam footage shows the officers entering a stairwell where they approached the suspect who was waving a gun
The suspect, identified as Ridhwaan Abdur Rashid, fired three bullets at the officers
One was struck in his duty jacket and the other was grazed in the leg; both officers were treated for their injuries and will make a full recovery
The Big Apple is currently struggling with a drastic surge in shootings, which are up by 77 percent on last year
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Enough about the mayor’s race! Let’s take a break and focus instead on New York’s five mini-mayors, and the influence they have to shape your neighborhood.
M.K. Hhana
The pandemic was the impetus for many renters leaving NYC, opening units and dropping rents.
These nine renters took advantage of the favored market and upgraded their living spaces for less.
With free-month deals and negotiations, some are saving hundreds on bigger or newer apartments.
New York is a notoriously unaffordable city but over the past year, the sky-high rents that once characterized life in the five boroughs have crept back down to earth.
Renters who fled the city s cramped apartments, seeking more square footage and fresh air, opened the chasm of pricey rentals in need of tenants, which forced landlords to cut deals to bring in new occupants.