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
The Royalton Hotel slipped out of LuxUrban’s hands after a previously announced deal was never finalized. ( Source: Google Satellite) Hotel Chain with NYC Leases Shakes Up Leadership as Lawsuits and Fines Mount LuxUrban Hotels, an “asset-light” Miami-based hotel chain that leases buildings instead of buying them, is struggling to... News 18 Mar 2024 | 04:14
Gannett’s Manhattan offices at 1675 Broadway ( Source: Google Satellite) USA Today Owner Gannett Moves HQ from VA to the Theater District Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher which owns USA Today and more than 250 local newspapers from Phoenix to... News 10 Mar 2024 | 06:10
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
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
State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal appeared at the protest and called on BlueSky Management to respect the tenants’ wishes. ( Credit: Nicholas Liu) After Uproar, Landlord Abandons Plan to Drop 24/7 Doorman and Change Address When Gina Robinson’s 24-old daughter Maya needed immediate medical attention for a sickle-cell anemia crisis on December... News 22 Dec 2023 | 05:49
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
Lithium-ion batteries, if improperly stored, can cause explosions and outbreaks of fire. Seventeen people have been killed in New York City so far this year from fires attributed to faulty batteries, the FDNY says. ( Source: Office of Council Member Gale Brewer) FDNY Issues Violations on UWS Delivery Center for Dangerous Lithium-Ion Batteries FDNY’s Special Inspection Unit slapped two violations on an Upper West Side quick delivery center for failing to properly... News 11 Dec 2023 | 05:27
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
