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NYC and EmblemHealth Settle Senior Care Co-Pay Class Action for $53 Million

By SÍLE MOLONEY
In a major development, the City of New York and EmblemHealth agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit on behalf of more than 250,000 elderly and disabled retired City workers enrolled in EmblemHealth’s GHI Senior Care Plan, lawyers for the workers said on Monday, Aug. 3. They said the suit was brought by the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees and a handful of retirees, and the signed settlement papers were sent to New York County Supreme Court Justice Lyle E. Frank for the Court’s approval. 

UPDATE Tracey Towers Tenants Opposing +28% Rent Hike Take Fight to City Hall, as Rent Freeze for Other Tenants Prevails

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Tenants at Bedford Park’s Tracey Towers took their fight to resist a further, proposed 28%+ rent hike to City Hall on July 15, providing testimony on the ongoing repair problems they face at the Mitchel Lama building. Residents are especially frustrated by the latest rent hike proposal given the numerous complaints they say have been filed regarding the longstanding, required structural and other repairs, especially those relating to broken elevators, flooding and leaks.

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Proposal to Build Apartments at Norwood’s Bainbridge Ave Fire Site

By DAVID GREENE
This week, we asked readers for their opinions on the possibility, as reported, of a multi-story apartment building, with commercial space on the first floor, being built on the empty Bainbridge Avenue lot below East 206th Street, and northwest of East 204th and East 205th Streets in Norwood, where as reported, a row of one-story, small businesses burned down in a devastating fire on Oct. 10, 2023.