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Rent Freeze Proposal Chills Cash-Starved Owners of Bronx Buildings

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Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s pledge is raising alarms as bankers refuse to finance regulated buildings where costs outstrip income. This article originally apeared in The City. By Greg David The City August 9, 2025 NEW YORK - Every month, Langsam Property Services collects dozens of rent checks from two buildings it manages in The Bronx. But that’s not enough to cover the mortgage and operating expenses. So every month, the buildings’ owner sends another check — for at least $30,000, just to meet the mortgage. The owner of this Bronx building had to pay the bank $830,000 to buy out his mortgage after no other bank would refinance. A promise to freeze rents on all rent-regulated apartments for the next four years helped Zohran Mamdani win the Democratic primary for mayor. But not all rent-regulated buildings are alike.  Following years of limited deregulation, many buildings in high-rent neighborho...
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Lung Cancer Identification and Treatment Improves in the Bronx

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By Neel P. Chudgar, M.D., cancer surgeon at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center and assistant professor of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine  Queens Voice  August 8, 2025  NEW YORK - Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. — largely because it is diagnosed at a late stage. The five-year survival rate for stage I or II lung cancer is over 65%, compared to just 8% for later-stage III and IV disease, according to the American Lung Association. In the Bronx, historically patients have been diagnosed at more advanced and less curable stages than people in other places in the U.S. To turn the tide in our community, in 2022 Montefiore Einstein Comprehensi...
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Heavy Rain Again Scrambles Commute for NYC, But City Escapes Forecast’s Worst

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The National Weather Service had predicted up to 5 inches of rain in the area and issued flash flood warnings for all five boroughs. This article originally appeared in The City. By Samantha Maldonado  The City  August 1, 2025 NEW YORK - Subway stations flooded. Cars got stuck on a Queens parkway. Park staircases became waterwalls in Brooklyn. But, overall, New York City mostly avoided the worst possible outcome from Thursday evening’s torrential rain storm. New York City was under a flood watch Thursday afternoon, bracing for potentially dangerous and disruptive flooding in streets, basement apartments and on transit. The outlook looked grim ahead of the storm, with the five boroughs expecting to see 1.5 inches to 3 inches of rain and the possibility of up to 5 inches in some areas, according to the National Weather Service . Some neighborhoods experienced more severe flooding ...
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From Setback to Comeback: Helping Older Adults Recover After a Fall

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By Kent Ye Physical Therapist, VNS Health  Queens Voice  July 29, 2025 NEW YORK - Falls can be life-changing—impacting both body and mind. Each year, more than 14 million adults aged 65 and older report having a fall—and once you’ve had one fall, the risk of falling again doubles. Falls are the leading cause of injury in older adults, and while the physical toll can be tough, the emotional toll can hit just as hard.  As a physical therapist working with my patients in their homes, I’ve seen how a single fall can start a vicious cycle: After someone experiences a fall, they become overly cautious and try to avoid moving, worried they’ll fall again just doing everyday things. That fear can prevent them from getting help or support and may also result in their becoming sedentary, all of which may actually increase their risk for another fall.  ...
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The Most Pro-Housing Administration in City History

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Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams Community OpEd Queens Voice July 25, 2025   NEW YORK - Ask any young person, senior citizen, or working-class New Yorker about the biggest issues facing our city and you’ll hear the same response: affordable housing.  When our administration came into office, we were clear that our city could not afford to keep kicking the can down the road on housing; it was not enough to tinker around the edges of our housing crisis, and we could not pass the buck off to a future administration. We had to undertake ambitious initiatives to build hundreds of thousands of new homes as soon as possible — and that is exactly what we have done for three years.   From the Bronx to Staten Island, across every borough and neighborhood in New York City, our administration has created record amounts of affordable housing year after year. We p...
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