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DEVELOPMENT Apartment tower in Bay Village wins approval An apartment tower in Boston’s Bay Village neighborhood cleared a key hurdle this week when it was approved by the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals. Despite concern from some residents that the 199-foot building was out of scale with the low- slung brick neighborhood behind it, ZBA members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the project. Transom Development wants to put 133 apartments on what’s now a surface parking lot and empty lot alongside the Revere Hotel. They hope to start construction in spring of 2018. — TIM LOGAN TRANSPORTATION Peter Pan reaches settlement in disabilities discrimination case A Massachusetts bus company accused of discriminating against passengers with disabilities has reached a settlement with federal prosecutors that resolves the allegations. The US attorney’s office in Boston said Wednesday that Peter Pan Bus Lines Inc. violated federal law by failing to ensure its motor coaches were access...

T wo weeks ago, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge handed down a decision designed to strike fear in the hearts of landlords. Justice James d’Auguste ordered that an independent receiver be appointed to manage two Midtown residential buildings where the landlords allegedly allowed illegal Airbnb rentals to occur. The case, which began when the city sued the landlords in February 2015, has become one of the battlegrounds in a larger war between city enforcement agencies and short- term rental sites like Airbnb. Airbnb, which was recently valued at $31 billion, refuses to release the exact addresses of hosts who break the law by renting their entire apartment for less than 30 days without being present. Without the addresses and names of Airbnb violators , the city mostly targets the owners of buildings that rack up the most illegal hotel complaints from 311 calls and the New York City Department of Buildings. “This entire model—and it was intentional [by the city]—is complaint-drive...

Published: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 11:11 PM Updated: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 7:06 AM By: Breaking News Staff UPDATE @ 6:48 a.m. (Saturday) Hurricane Harvey has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane Saturday morning after making landfall around 11 p.m. Friday night as a Category 4 storm , according to the Associated Press. WHIO’s Gabrielle Enright reports Ohio Task Force 1 is awaiting orders from FEMA for rescue assignments. Enright reports the task force may be asked to help with the flooding expected to come in the coming days. Our news team in Texas is expected to meet up with the task force later today to learn more about their role in recovery efforts.  UPDATE @ 11:55 p.m. Ohio Task Force 1 has 49 members who arrived late tonight in San Antonio, Texas, ready for the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The category 4 storm made landfall late tonight . MORE:  Inside Ohio Task Force 1 Flooding rains and high winds are expected to wreak havoc across the Texas coast. Local...

Published: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 11:11 PM Updated: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 7:06 AM By: Breaking News Staff UPDATE @ 6:48 a.m. (Saturday) Hurricane Harvey has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane Saturday morning after making landfall around 11 p.m. Friday night as a Category 4 storm , according to the Associated Press. WHIO’s Gabrielle Enright reports Ohio Task Force 1 is awaiting orders from FEMA for rescue assignments. Enright reports the task force may be asked to help with the flooding expected to come in the coming days. Our news team in Texas is expected to meet up with the task force later today to learn more about their role in recovery efforts.  UPDATE @ 11:55 p.m. Ohio Task Force 1 has 49 members who arrived late tonight in San Antonio, Texas, ready for the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The category 4 storm made landfall late tonight . MORE:  Inside Ohio Task Force 1 Flooding rains and high winds are expected to wreak havoc across the Texas coast. Local...

Published: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 11:11 PM Updated: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 7:06 AM By: Breaking News Staff UPDATE @ 6:48 a.m. (Saturday) Hurricane Harvey has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane Saturday morning after making landfall around 11 p.m. Friday night as a Category 4 storm , according to the Associated Press. WHIO’s Gabrielle Enright reports Ohio Task Force 1 is awaiting orders from FEMA for rescue assignments. Enright reports the task force may be asked to help with the flooding expected to come in the coming days. Our news team in Texas is expected to meet up with the task force later today to learn more about their role in recovery efforts.  UPDATE @ 11:55 p.m. Ohio Task Force 1 has 49 members who arrived late tonight in San Antonio, Texas, ready for the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The category 4 storm made landfall late tonight . MORE:  Inside Ohio Task Force 1 Flooding rains and high winds are expected to wreak havoc across the Texas coast. Local...