”Summer Streets” weekends are back, and this year’s main Manhattan route extends all the way up to W. 200th St. from the Brooklyn Bridge, its longest route ever, stretching more than 10 miles. ( Photo: DOT) Summer Streets Will Stretch From Brooklyn Br. to W. 200th St. The NYC Department of Transportation’s annual “Summer Streets” program is gearing up, meaning that dedicated stroll-takers... News 02 Jul 2025 | 10:48
Silverstein’s “Avenir” casino proposal comes in the form of 45-story mixed-use tower on West 41st Street, and would also reportedly include a 1,000-room hotel. ( Rendering: Silverstein Properties/Binyan Studios) Deadline Day: Three Manhattan Casino Bids Are Among Eight Submitted On casino proposal deadline day, three gargantuan proposals for Manhattan were among eight submitted citywide: Silverstein’s... News 30 Jun 2025 | 10:38
Brad Hoylman-Sigal at his watch party for the Manhattan borough president race on June 24, primary night. He is projected to win after racking up 49 percent of first-choice votes to Keith Powers’s 38 percent. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Hoylman-Sigal Overpowers Powers in Boro Prez Dem Primary West Side State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal is on track to win the Democratic primary for Manhattan borough president after... News 28 Jun 2025 | 07:46
Mayor Eric Adams fires up a stalled “smoke-out” machine at an event promoting rat mitigation, which will now be targeting NYC’s tree beds. ( Photo: Mayor Eric Adams, X.com ) Rat ‘Mitigation’ Teams Are Coming to a Tree Bed Near You Rats making a living in NYC’s tree beds are apparently on notice, with the Adams administration announcing a new “mitigation”... News 25 Jun 2025 | 05:23
Andrew Berman, head of Village Preservation, leads a June 1 rally outside the historic Tony Dapolito Recreation Center. Rallygoers hoped to convince city officials to reroute $51 million in proposed demolition-and-rebuild funds toward repairs instead. ( Photo: Village Preservation) Advocates Say Clock Is Ticking to Preserve Tony Dapolito Rec. Center The Tony Dapolito Recreation Center is inching closer and closer to doom, unless $51 million in proposed budgetary funds... News 21 Jun 2025 | 08:34
Keith Powers says he is in the process of proposing a City Council bill that would effectively “legalize” bodega cats, which are technically barred from all food establishments under NYC’s health code. ( Photo: Keith Powers, TikTok) Keith Powers Prepares Bill to Legalize Bodega Cats You may not have known that bodegas keeping bodega cats around is against the law, but there’s a chance it might not be for... News 17 Jun 2025 | 02:24
State Assmembly Member Rebecca Seawright is touting new bills that will streamline aging-at-home and other eldercare programs for seniors statewide, including in her Upper East Side district, which has one of the highest concentrations of seniors in the city. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Seawright Heralds Passage of Bills That Streamline Elder Care Upper East Side State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright is touting two freshly passed bills that she says will streamline... News 08 Jun 2025 | 06:49
The Prince Street condo building where John Woeltz (seen being escorted from building in lower left) allegedly torturend an Italian man to try to gain access to his crypto password. ( Photo: Jack Ahern/Instagram) Both Suspects in Crypto Kidnap Case Denied Bail Both men charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping and torture spree of an Italian tourist—in a bid to obtain his... News 07 Jun 2025 | 06:29
The Q Bar pictured in 2021. The since-closed gay nightclub was one establishment targeted by three men who robbed and drugged local men, leaving two dead, in 2022. They’ve just received life in prison. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) Men Get Long Sentences For Drugging & Robbing Local Gay Bar Patrons, Killing Two Three men who robbed and drugged Manhattan gay bar patrons, killing two people, have been sentenced to decades in prison.... News 30 May 2025 | 10:55
Northwell’s overhaul plan for Lenox Hill Hospital has progressed from a super-tall 536-foot-tall tower to two final proposals (pictured center and far right): a 436-foot-tall tower or a 395-foot-tall tower. ( Rendering: Northwell Health ) Lenox Hill Hospital’s $2-Billion Overhaul Proposal Comes Before Planning Commission Northwell Health presented their $2-billion proposal to overhaul Lenox Hill Hospital to the City Planning Commission on Wednesday,... News 23 May 2025 | 05:35
To gain his approval for Northwell’s proposed hospital makeover (rendering above), Borough President Levine said the healthcare organization offered two new commitments: the creation of a local mental-health outpatient facility, and the convening of a community-focused “construction task force.” ( Rendering via Northwell Health) Boro Prez Levine Conditionally Approves $2 Billion Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Borough President Mark Levine has conditionally endorsed Northwell Health’s $2-billion plan to overhaul the Upper East Side’s... News 18 May 2025 | 12:35
The recreation center, opened in 1908, has an outdoor pool that is home to a beloved Keith Haring mural. The Parks Department has promised to “preserve” the mural if the demolition goes through. ( Photo: Parks Department) Parks Dept. Hopes to Use $51M to Demolish/Remake Rec Center; Preservationists Infuriated The NYC Parks Department is one step closer to formalizing a plan to demolish the historic Tony Dapolito Recreation Center... Home 16 May 2025 | 07:57
Kayden Hern, who served as the poet laureate of Gov. Kahty Hochul’s administration, reciting a moving poem entitled “In My Mind” at an April 25 ribbon-cutting event for the new Davis Center. ( Photo: Patricia Burmicky) ‘A Restoration’: $160 Million Davis Center Opens at Harlem Meer The Davis Center, a remarkable multi-use recreational space positioned next to the Harlem Meer, is officially accepting visitors.... News 28 Apr 2025 | 05:32
The Queer Urban Orchestra, one of the only dedicated ensembles of its kind in the US, will be putting on a notable performance at the St. Paul & St. Andrew Church on May 10. ( Photo: courtesy Queer Urban Orchestra ) The Queer Urban Orchestra Has Created a Safe Space for Remarkable NYC Musicians If you’re looking for an evening of enriching musical entertainment, you couldn’t possibly do better than attending a performance... News 26 Apr 2025 | 06:14
Local advocates rallied at City Hall on April 8 to demand greater transparency around arts education funding. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Advocates Urge City to Spend More on Arts Ed. for Public Schools, as Cuts Loom Local arts advocates hosted educators and students at an April 8 rally on the steps of Manhattan’s City Hall, in order to... Home 18 Apr 2025 | 07:32
