MTA Chair Janno Lieber during the final sign-off vote on congestion pricing, which passed 11-1. ( Photo via MTA ) Congestion Pricing Gets Final MTA Sign-Off, Remains Relatively Unchanged Congestion pricing seems like a done deal, barring any surprise lawsuit victories by its opponents, after the MTA issued... News Alert 28 Mar 2024 | 10:34
Eric Adams signing an extension of NYC’s rent stabilization law on March 25, which will now expire in April 2027. ( Photo via NYC’s Mayor’s Office ) NYC’s Rent Stabilization Law Is Extended To 2027, Defying Landlord Lobby Mayor Eric Adams signed a City Council bill that extends NYC’s Rent Stabilization Law–which sets the rate of rent increases... News 28 Mar 2024 | 10:31
A tree that had stood since Stuyvesant Town opened over 75 years ago came tumbling down in Peter Cooper Village adjacent to an empty basketball court on March 23. Photo: Tim McCann Trees Tumble, Central Park Floods, As Rainfall Record Falls Manhattan was slowly drying out early this week after being drenched by a storm that dumped a record rainfall totaling 3.66... News 27 Mar 2024 | 09:22
A Link5G tower installed in Brooklyn. Preservationists in Manhattan on the Upper East Side and Greenwich Village have argued that the 5G towers are needlessly large and visually incompatible with their historic neighborhoods. ( Photo by Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Link5G Redesign a Possibility, Says Chief Technology Officer LinkNYC’s metallic, 32-foot-tall 5G towers have faced no shortage of backlash since they were first announced in 2022—especially... News 25 Mar 2024 | 04:56
Brad Holyman-Sigal (bottom screen) attending a March 20 District 2 school board meeting, where a resolution passed that called for a “review” of trans women playing school sports. He later slammed it as bigoted and lacking evidence. ( Photo via DOE ) Anti-Trans Vote By District 2 Ed Board Draws Fierce Protest Manhattan’s Community Education Council District 2, the borough’s largest school board, has passed an 8-3 resolution asking... News 26 Mar 2024 | 10:22
The company founder, the late CK Chu, (in yellow) was a college professor when he launched the CK Chu Tai Chi School 50 years ago. It is now run by his wife, Carol Chu. They met when both were students at NYU. Photo: Carol A. Chu Teaching the Art of Tai Chi Amid Bustle of Times Square for Five Decades ”We say if you can do tai chi or meditation in Times Square, you can do it anywhere,” said Carol Chu, owner of CK Chu Tai... Features 25 Mar 2024 | 12:47
The exterior of 705 and 709 W. 170th St., two Washington Heights buildings owned by Daniel Ohebshalom, where tenants have at times lived without heat, hot water, and electricity, and instead with leaks, mold, chipped lead paint and roach and rodent infestations. ( Image from Google Street View) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ is in Jail. What Led Up to His Arrest? Daniel Ohebshalom is currently serving a 60-day jail sentence on Rikers Island after turning himself in to New York City... News 25 Mar 2024 | 01:18
Karoline Bjerkel Grovdal, 33,of Norway break the tape to win women’s race at the NYC Half Marathon on March 17 with a time of 1:09:09 averaging 5:17 per mile. Photo: NY Roadrunners Record 27,000 Runners Kick Off ‘24 Season in NYC Half Marathon More than 27,000 runners traversed 13.1 miles on Sunday March 17, from the eastern edge of Prospect Park in Brooklyn to the... News 23 Mar 2024 | 10:50
Stormy Daniels, the adult film star whose real name is Stephanie Cliffords, is introduced by Andrew Barret Cox, at a viewing party at the Three Dollar Bill for a new documentary about her life entitled “Stormy.” Photo: Marie Pohl Stormy Daniels Storms Into Town Ahead of Latest Trump Trial As the criminal trial against former president Donald Trump inches closer to a start date, one of the principal witnesses... News 23 Mar 2024 | 01:48
Some people would prefer to not spring forward in daylight saving time each March. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Daylight Danger Time: Most People Prefer No Time Changes A lot of doctors are betting you didn’t sleep well recently. Their explanation: Daylight Saving. Benjamin Franklin was a big... News 23 Mar 2024 | 10:02
A newsstand on W. 81st St. & Columbus Ave., which a duo allegedly robbed on Mar. 21, according to the authorities. ( Photo via Google St. View ) Duo Allegedly Robs $3,000 From UWS Newsstand Two young men reportedly robbed a UWS newsstand on March 21, according to the NYPD. At around 6:33 p.m., police officers... News 24 Mar 2024 | 02:53
CB5 has played a big role in advising on the efforts to renovate Penn Station and the granting of a special permit to allow Madison Square Garden to sit atop the nation’s busiest rail hub. Photo: Ilovechocolate/Wikimedia Commons Behind the Crazy Upheaval at CB5 as an Open NY Rep Becomes New Chairman The disembodied voice emanated from a black zoom screen, the video off. You are, the voice warned, being “secretly infiltrated.”... News Alert 23 Mar 2024 | 12:40
Protestors at a rally during the summer held photos which they said documented years of neglect and horrendous conditions inside buildings owned by the city’s “worst landlord,” Daniel Ohebshalom. ( Photo by Priyanka Rajput) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ is Finally Arrested, Taken to Rikers Island Daniel Ohebshalom, New York City’s “worst landlord” for two consecutive years, has been arrested, Straus News has learned.... News 24 Mar 2024 | 02:05
The outside of popular Jewish owned, Effy’s Cafe, located at 104 W 96th street in the Upper West Side, vandalized by fake blood over the restaurant shed and anti-semitic hate crime written on the concrete with black graffiti paint saying “Form line here to support genocide” on March 18. Photo Credit: Twitter of Mark Svensson, attorney. Brewer Decries Spate of Hate Crimes on UWS After 3 Incidents in 24 Hr Period Sunday morning, [March 17] the NYPD 24th Police Precinct alerted me to anti-Israel graffiti painted on cement bollards in... Voices 25 Mar 2024 | 04:29