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Stylistically, Old Law Tenements are unique and conspicuous. Though each uniformly occupies a twenty-five-foot lot just like the pre-Old Law tenement, the Old Law facade – with its fanciful sandstone human and animal gargoyles (sometimes in full figure), its terracotta filigree of no apparent historical precedent, [citation needed] its occasional design aberrations (e.g., dwarf columns), and ...
During various periods from the 1600s onward, New York law prescribed the death penalty for crimes such as sodomy, adultery, counterfeiting, perjury, and attempted rape or murder by slaves. [8] In 1796, New York abolished the death penalty for crimes other than murder and treason, but arson was made a capital crime in 1808. [8]
The new zoning encouraged privately owned public space to ease the density of the city. [9] On December 5, 2024, the New York City Council voted to increase and allow the construction of a number of affordable housing units within the five boroughs. Zoning laws will once again be adjusted citywide.
The 486 ft (148 m) tall neo-Romanesque City Investing Building is one of many buildings that can no longer be seen in New York today. It was built between 1906–1908 and was demolished in 1968. This is a list of demolished buildings and structures in New York City. Over time, countless buildings have been built in what is now New York City.
Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991), commonly known as the Ghostbusters ruling, was a case in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.The court held that a house, which the owner had previously advertised as haunted by ghosts, was legally haunted for the purpose of an action for rescission brought by a subsequent purchaser of the house.
New York City — In 1997, Walter Johnson was sentenced to five life terms for a robbery conviction at a time when he went by "King Tut" and was known as a notorious New York criminal. But 27 ...
The LPC was headquartered in the Mutual Reserve Building from 1967 to 1980, [57] and in the Old New York Evening Post Building from 1980 to 1987. [58] The original legislation enabled the LPC to designate landmarks for eighteen months after the law became effective, followed by alternating cycles of three-year hiatuses and six-month ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed a slate of initiatives in response, including hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for more cameras. Protests have broken out in Rochester and Brooklyn ...