Photos presented by the Manhattan DA’s office show collapsed ceilings, broken front door locks and dilapidated halls in Daniel Ohebshalom’s East Village, Hell’s Kitchen, and Washington Heights buildings. ( Photo: Manhattan District Attorney’s Office) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord,’ Daniel Ohebshalom, Is Charged with Tenant Harassment by D.A. New York City slumlord Daniel Ohebshalom, who is currently jailed on Rikers Island, has been hit with a new set of criminal... News 06 May 2024 | 02:04
Yayun Li, 68, worked 24-hour shifts as a home care aide for 18 years. “It was so hard, I don’t have the words to describe it. I didn’t eat well. I didn’t sleep well,” she said. ( By Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Home Care Aides Stage Hunger Strike, Demanding Ban on 24-Hour Shifts On March 20, 24 home care aides and labor advocates camped out in front of City Hall and launched a six-day hunger strike... Home 03 Apr 2024 | 11:48
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... Home 25 Mar 2024 | 04:58
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
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
Assemblymember Grace Lee delivers a speech on Centre Street, outside of Chung Pak and the Manhattan Detention Complex demolition site, while surrounded by elected officials and community advocates. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Calls to Halt Construction of Chinatown Jail After Cracks Discovered in Senior Home For much of the week, from morning till evening, Chung Pak shakes with the intensity of an earthquake, according to a resident... News 19 Mar 2024 | 03:37
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
Plumbing installation in the Long Island Railroad concourse at Penn Station in 2019. ( Photo by MTA Capital Construction Mega Projects [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons.) Wee the People: These Bills Aim to Fix New York’s Toilet Access Problem “It shouldn’t be this hard to find a bathroom when you need one.” Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine shared this familiar... News 09 Mar 2024 | 06:22
The roped-off entrance to the public adult restroom in the basement of Jefferson Market Library on Feb. 17. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) A Broken Porcelain Throne in the People’s Palace The Jefferson Market branch of the New York Public Library was once voted as one of the most beautiful buildings in the United... News 27 Feb 2024 | 09:42
Maxine Hoover, curator of “Generations: Street Art to Classical Masters,” with her works at Anderson Contemporary. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) A Multi-Generational Art Exhibit Dazzles at DT Show In the airy, sleek atrium plaza of a Seaport office tower, a new art exhibit featuring the works of 11 artists spanning five... News 26 Feb 2024 | 10:12
Signa Holding, an Austrian real estate firm, is selling its 50% stake of the Chrysler Building, four years after its acquisition. ( Photo by Reinhold Möller, via Wikimedia Commons and licensed under CC BY 4.0) Chrysler Building Co-Owner Selling 50 percent Stake After Financial Woes in Europe Signa Holding, the European real estate giant, is selling its 50 percent stake of the Chrysler Building, as it undergoes... News 22 Dec 2023 | 05:42
2023 Poet-in-Residence Ama Codjoe, during The Poetic Line event at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. ( Photo: Enid Alvarez ) The Guggenheim is seeking a Poet-in-Residence The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets, is seeking its third Poet-in-Residence... News 22 Dec 2023 | 02:18
Westbeth Artists Housing, viewed from West Street. ( Photo by AngellosIoannis, via Wikimedia Commons.) LinkNYC Operator Withdraws Westbeth 5G Tower Plans CityBridge, the tech and wireless consortium operating LinkNYC, will withdraw its proposal for installing a LinkNYC 5G tower... News 14 Dec 2023 | 12:28
Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, spent most of his time in Central Park after escaping from his enclosure in its zoo in February. ( Photo: Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons) Want to Catch a Glimpse of Flaco the Owl? Let Him Come to You Earlier this month, he took a well-publicized trip downtown, during which he was seen enjoying the Kenkeleba House sculpture... News 30 Nov 2023 | 05:34
The Fifth Avenue holiday Open Street initiative, which launched last year in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 4, will be back again for this holiday season. (Photo by Violet Mendelsund/Mayoral Photo Office) Stroll car-free down Fifth Avenue On three Sunday afternoons next month - Dec. 3, 10 and 17 - a 12-block stretch of Fifth Avenue leading up to Central Park... Home 25 Nov 2023 | 05:29