Governor Kathy Hochul and MTA Chairman Janno Lieber, were pointing to long term benefits of congestion pricing at the MTA board meeting. Hochul said she would fight President Trump’s efforts to end the controversial toll. ( Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA) MTA Says It’s Still on Track with Congestion Pricing, but Who Knows for How Long? Despite an order from the Trump Administration to turn off the congestion pricing tolls on March 21, Gov. Kathy Hochul told... News 27 Feb 2025 | 02:46
A judge recently lifted a restraining order allowing Mount Sinai to close Beth Israel Hospital, which has served patients in downtown Manhattan since the 1800s. Community advocates, who filed the initial restraining order blocking the closure, have filed an appeal to try to get it restored. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Mount Sinai Gets Go Ahead to Close Beth Israel, Community Plaintiffs File Hail Mary Appeal A judge has lifted a restraining order that prevented Mt. Sinai from closing Beth Israel Hospital on E. 16th St. & 1st Ave.,... News 28 Feb 2025 | 12:45
Comptroller Brad Lander, who racked up five endorsements from West Side Democratic clubs recently, took his campaign for mayor to Zabar’s on Broadway and W. 80th St. on the first day of gathering petitions on Feb. 25. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Brad Lander Racks Up Endorsements from Five West Side Democratic Clubs Five of the West Side’s influential Democratic clubs have endorsed city comptroller Brad Lander in his race to unseat Mayor... Voices 27 Feb 2025 | 08:29
The building at 1 Penn Plaza, which is the tallest in the Penn Plaza complex adjoining Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, was the scene of a grisly death on Feb. 24 around 3 p.m. when a 26 year old man fell to his death. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Man Plunges to His Death from Vornado’s Tallest Tower at Penn Plaza A man fell to his death mid-afternoon on Feb. 24 from a Vornado-owned tower that adjoins Penn Station and Madison Square... News 26 Feb 2025 | 12:27
A photo from the web site of Church World Service, an inter-denominational Christian relief organization whose existence is in peril after funding was abruptly halted in January by the Trump administration. It relied on the US government for over 80 percent of its $220 million budget last year. ( Photo: Church World Service) Immigrant Aid Group Forced to Layoff over 150 Workers in NYC after Trump Admin Cuts Funds Church World Science, a not-for-profit that assists refugees and asylum seekers and provides international disaster relief,... News 25 Feb 2025 | 09:02
City Councilmember Gale Brewer has released a map of 65 faulty streetlights in her district. A few of the 65 were outright missing. The data was gathered in a volunteer survey. ( Photo: Gale Brewer) Volunteers Identify 65 Faulty or Missing UWS Streetlights Volunteers working on behalf of City Councilmember Gale Brewer have identified 65 nonfunctional streetlights on the Upper... News 25 Feb 2025 | 03:17
Since summer 2023, the Roosevelt Hotel at 45th and 5th has been one of New York City’s busiest migrant centers, with over 75 percent of migrants coming to the city passing through its doors. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) Roosevelt Hotel Migrant Center to Close in Coming Months The Roosevelt Hotel, which was was dubbed “the new Ellis Island” as it became the epicenter of the migrant influx since 2022,... News 24 Feb 2025 | 04:33
Dolphin as seen from Bobby Wagner Walk on the UES, and dolphin spotter Dr. Morgan Halane, on Feb. 15. ( Photo: Dr. Morgan Halane) Local Botanist Seeks East River Dolphins—and Finds Them! Look, out in the East River: It’s a barge! It’s a ferry! It’s the Circle Line! No, it’s a dolphin! Two of them, it would seem,... News 24 Feb 2025 | 10:47
The Black history event on Feb. 22 was co-hosted by Council Member Christopher Marte (far left) and Assembly Member Charles D. Fall (far right). In the middle are Senator Charles Schumer and Battery Park City Authority member Tony Kendall, an honoree. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Crowd Celebrates Black History Month at African Burial Ground National Monument More than 200 people spent a few hours at the African Burial Ground National Monument at 290 Broadway on Saturday, Feb. 22,... News 24 Feb 2025 | 06:28
Suspects in the Feb. 15 armed robbery at Park Avenue and East 60th Street. Yellow circle highlights a gun. ( Photo: NYPD (markup Straus News)) Robbers Bag Goods Worth $84G in UES Heist; Maniac Attempts to Rape Woman on W Train A brazen act of banditry occurred on Saturday, Feb. 15, at approximately 12:54 a.m. in the vicinity of Park Avenue and East... News 23 Feb 2025 | 05:02
Suspected robbers as seen on Feb. 10, at the start of a crime spree that has targeted pedestrians in downtown Manhattan five times. Man on left appears older, man on right, aboard the Staten Island Ferry, looks younger. ( Photo: NYPD) Headphone Bandits Preying on Pedestrians in Downtown Nabes Police say a duo is at work stealing headphones five times across Lower Manhattan, and the same bandits are suspected of... News 24 Feb 2025 | 03:00
Surveillance photo of a man suspected of a hate crime in Chelsea on Jan. 30. ( Photo: NYPD ) Graffiti Vandal Hits Five Vehicles in Garment District New York’s finest are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and finding the whereabouts of a man with hate in... News 23 Feb 2025 | 04:36
Ernst Delma being subdued by a Bronx cop in an earlier incident on Aug. 9, 2024. ( Photo: YouTube) Man Out on Bail for Attacking Female Cop Punches Woman in Times Square A man out on bail for punching a female cop has randomly attacked another woman in the streets of Times Square. Ernst Delma,... News 23 Feb 2025 | 04:48
A pregnant woman who had been reported missing in Florida in August, gave birth to a baby girl on W train like the one above. ( Photo: Wikimedia commons ) Birth on the W Train Is Being Called a ‘Miracle,’ but Was It? In the middle of a weekday, subways are typically filled with people going about their daily routines. Nina Burleigh, a journalist... News 24 Feb 2025 | 03:23
A M22 bus travels from Battery Park City to the Lower East Side, Feb. 20, 2025. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) Crosstown Buses Got a Bit Faster Since Start of Congestion Pricing Almost all of the notoriously pokey crosstown buses that run south of 60th Street in Manhattan have sped up, slightly, in... News 21 Feb 2025 | 02:54
