NYC DOT pedal-assist e-cargo bicycle, “Cargi B” ( Source: NYCDOT ) City Supports Expansion of Electric Cargo Bikes In an effort to reduce the number of unwieldy, high-polluting trucks on the streets of New York City, the city’s Department... News 01 Apr 2024 | 12:47
Some demonstrators customized their rain gear with protest demands. The watermelon, which bears the black, green, and red colors of the Palestinian flag, has become a familiar symbol at Palestinian protests. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand a Gaza Cease-Fire Thousands of protestors gathered in Washington Square Park and under heavy rain on March 2 and marched to mid-town calling... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 02:19
Protestors against the congestion pricing toll gathered at City Hall Park on Feb. 27th. “What is going to happen when the FDR Drive turns into a parking lot?” one lower east sider asked. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Deep Divisions in Hearings Over Congestion Pricing as Opponents and Boosters Battle Deep divisions between boosters and bashers were seen Feb. 29 as the MTA kicked off the first of its four public hearings... News 04 Mar 2024 | 05:18
Cyclists and residents living along 10th Avenue have been sending photos of horse-drawn carriages on bike lanes to CM Bottcher’s office. ( Source: Office of Council Member Eric Bottcher) Complaints Over Bike Lane Takeovers and Animal Dung Put Horse-Drawn Carriages Under More Scrutiny Horse-drawn carriages, a popular tourist attraction evocative of bygone, quaint romanticism, are not so popular among frustrated... News 27 Feb 2024 | 11:47
Kristina Puzyreva and Nikolay Goltsev, pictured in happier times before prosecutors charged them with partaking in a money laundering scheme to send military equipment to Russian military entities. ( Source: Facebook) Couple Behind Russian Gun Running Plot Nabbed in Manhattan Hotel Room Kristina Puzyreva, a 32-year old Russian-Canadian woman, pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court to money laundering,... News 16 Feb 2024 | 06:23
Meta first leased space at 770 Broadway in 2019. Now it is cutting one third of its footprint there. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) Meta Drops 275,000 sq ft of Workspace at 770 Broadway Meta Platforms, the social media giant that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is abandoning 275,000 square feet out... News 15 Feb 2024 | 10:53
New York County Courthouse ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) New York City Makes “Judicial Hellholes” List, but Critics Call the Report a Tool of Big Business New York City has once again landed on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s (ATRF) annual “Judicial Hellholes” list, ranking... News 22 Dec 2023 | 02:09
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has made a reputation as an involved philanthropist but has been shifting emphasis from journalistic ventures to veterans of late. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) Craigslist Founder Pledges $100M to Vets’ Causes, but Pulls $$$s from THE CITY News Site Craigslist is not the only thing named after its founder Craig Newmark. There’s also the Craig Newmark Graduate School of... News 15 Dec 2023 | 08:12
On the same day WeWork struck a deal with 18 landlords in bankruptcy court, they also renegotiated a favorable lease on 1440 Broadway, where Amazon uses WeWork office space. ( Source: Google Satellite) WeWork Catches Its Breath After Reaching Bankruptcy Agreement with 18 Landlords After months of impasse, office space retailer WeWork has finally come to a resolution with a group of 18 landlords who have... News 14 Dec 2023 | 05:53
1 Union Square West is one of over 30 locations in Manhattan where WeWork is attempting to cancel their leases as they work the company works through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ( Source: Google Satellite) WeWork, Mired in Bankruptcy, Abandons Nearly 40 Office Spaces Across Manhattan WeWork, a company that once struck gold by renting and then subletting sleek, amenity-filled office spaces, is filing for... News 01 Dec 2023 | 05:51
State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal sponsored the bill’s passage in the upper house. A similar passed the NYS Assembly and now all eyes turn to Governor Hochul to see if she will sign or veto the bill. ( Source: New York State Senate Media Services) City Joins Business, Medical Groups in Lobbying Against Grieving Families Act Backed by Hoylman-Sigal New York City has joined an expanding chorus of local governments, businesses, and medical groups urging Governor Kathy Hochul... News 24 Nov 2023 | 04:21
Maryanne Trump Barry was a high-ranking federal judge first appointed to the bench by Ronald Reagan in 1983. Here, she testifies at Samuel Alito’s SCOTUS confirmation hearing in 2006. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) Maryanne Trump Barry, the Former President’s Sister, Found Dead in UES Apartment Maryanne Trump Barry, the older sister of Donald J. Trump and a former federal judge, has died at age 86. She was found by... Home 14 Nov 2023 | 01:46
New York City been battling with rats who create networks of burrows and then emerge to feast on trash. Carbon monoxide pumps are puts rats on E. 86th St. on the run and now council member Julie Menin wants to expand the successful program to other trouble spots. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) With 86th Street Rat Population On Run, Menin Pushes to Expand to New Trouble Spots The East 86th Street commercial corridor in Council Member Julie Menin’s district was once a playground for rats. No more,... News 06 Nov 2023 | 02:43
An artists rendering of the new Iron Horse Labs being built on the boyhood home of Yankee legend Lou Gherig on the UES. ( Credit: Elevate Research Properties) Construction of 200,000 Sq. Ft. Iron Horse Labs Now Underway Iron Horse Labs, a 200,000 square-foot, eight-story life sciences facility, is taking form on 94th Street between 1st and... Home 01 Nov 2023 | 02:33
Law & Order: SVU was inspired from the NYPD’s Special Victims Division. Now, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is adding an advisory council to his office’s own one-year-old Special Victims Division. ( Source: NBC) Manhattan DA Invites Stakeholders to Provide Input on Special Victims Division Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the creation of the Special Victims Division Advisory Council, hoping that... News 27 Oct 2023 | 05:12
