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Landlords in New York City have filed a lawsuit in Staten Island Supreme Court challenging the Rent Guidelines Board’s June rent freeze on 1 million stabilized units for two years, arguing the process was biased and the outcome predetermined. The suit seeks to block the freeze before it takes effect and calls for expedited discovery of communications between the mayor’s offices and the RGB.
A slow-moving nor'easter has struck the Mid‑Atlantic and New England since late September, causing heavy rain, strong onshore winds and coastal flooding from New Jersey to southern New England. Utilities, flights and events have been disrupted, at least one person has died in New York City, and forecasters warn additional high‑tide flooding will persist into Monday and Tuesday.
A newly exposed beam section on Nantucket’s Miacomet Beach is believed to be part of the Warren Sawyer, an 1884 wooden schooner. Archaeologists are surveying the site as a nor’easter batters the Northeast, causing flooding and power outages. Officials caution that identification remains uncertain as storms reshape the coastline.