Hi r/nyc , we're four NYU Stern students running a short pilot for our class and looking for pilot testers.

Who it's for: NYC renters with a repair that management keeps not fixing: no heat or hot water, leaks, mold, pests, a broken window or lock, plumbing, anything that's dragging on.

What happens:

- You fill out a 5-minute form (address, what needs fixing and when it started, when you told management, your rent so we can estimate what you may be owed, and a photo if you have one).

- We draft timed, written follow-ups to your management. You approve every message before it goes out, and you're copied on everything. You can also choose to send them yourself.

- You get a dated record of the issue and an estimate of the rent abatement you may be owed under NY's warranty of habitability.

- You can pause anytime.

What it isn't: We're not lawyers and this isn't legal advice. The dollar figure is only an estimate. We never file anything with 311, HPD or the courts for you. If the repair still isn't fixed, we show you how to file a 311 complaint yourself. It's free, with no account or login.

Privacy: We only collect what the follow-ups need, never sell it, and delete pilot data when the pilot ends. An AI service reads management's replies (you'll be asked to consent first). Details: https://abate-mu.vercel.app/privacy

If that sounds useful: https://abate-mu.vercel.app/
You can also comment or DM with questions. If neighbors have the same problem, the app has an invite link for them.

Thanks!

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills Wednesday morning aimed at the tech already in kids’ bedrooms and on their phones: AI chatbots and internet-connected baby monitors.

The first law bars companies from offering a list of chatbot features to anyone under 18, or to any user whose age the company hasn’t confirmed. Chatbots can no longer pretend to be a real person, claim to be alive or say they have human emotions.

They can’t claim a romantic, personal, professional or authority-figure relationship with a child. They can’t use flattery or “people-pleasing” replies built to keep kids engaged, ask unprompted emotional questions or pull up a child’s private health or personal details from past chats.

The law also bans chatbots from promoting suicide, self-harm, eating disorders or drug and alcohol use, from urging kids to keep secrets or avoid parents and other trusted adults, and from producing sexually explicit content.

Read more [paywall removed for Redditors]: https://fortune.com/2026/10/28/new-york-state-kathy-hochul-bans-ai-chatbots-romantic-baby-monitors/?utm_source=reddit/

Things are really getting out of hand.

We lost our 5-year-old son’s beloved stuffed sloth on Monday, October 26, around 8:20 PM, somewhere along Park Avenue between E 48th and E 52nd Streets, possibly near E 52nd Street.
It’s a small, shaggy brown sloth with a gray face and very long arms and legs (see photos).
This little guy has been our son’s companion for years and means the world to him. We’re hoping someone picked him up or placed him somewhere safe.
If anyone has seen or found him or knows the sanitation workers that service this area, please message me! We would be incredibly grateful to have him back. Please share if you’re in the NYC area! Offering a REWARD!

A Manhattan grand jury has upgraded the criminal charges against retired NYPD detective Victor Romero — who is accused of fatally shooting a Con Edison worker during a road-rage clash on the George Washington Bridge — from manslaughter to murder, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office announced Tuesday.

Romero, 62, fatally shot Koran Irvine after the two men nearly collided during a lane change as they entered the bridge around 7:15 p.m. Oct. 20, cops said.

Although NYPD detectives initially charged him with murder, the charge was downgraded to manslaughter by Bragg’s office. Romero to be released Friday after posting $1 million bail.

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UPDATE: SHE'S BEEN FOUND!!!

I don't have the details yet, but she's with the NYPD and they're bringing her back to the family, who has spoken to her and confirmed it's her.

Thanks to everyone for amplifying and your kind words. New Yorkers are the best!