“Rest in Peace Proud Mexican Cadets” reads a sign scrawled in Spanish on a Mexican flag at a makeshift memorial growing on the Brooklyn side of the East River near the site where a tall ship of the Mexican Navy collided with the Brooklyn Bridge after it left the South Street Seaport. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Memorial Grows for 2 Mexican Cadets Killed After Tall Ship Collides with Brooklyn Bridge “Rest in Peace Proud Mexican Cadets.” That’s one of the signs, scrawled in Spanish on a Mexican flag near the site where two... News 19 May 2025 | 07:02
Police handcuffed a biker they detained in Central Park on the morning of May 10 around 7:30am. Police had not responded to a query as to why the biker was retained and what if any charges/citations were issued. But it sparked outrage on a pro-bike subreddit. ( Photo: r/NYCbike) Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions Less than a month into the NYPD’s program to issue criminal summonses to bicyclists who violate traffic laws with infractions... News 19 May 2025 | 06:46
Related says it will no longer pursue its bid to obtain a casino license to build a gambling mecca at Hudson Yards with Wynn Resorts. Related plans to focus on housing and a possible a hotel on the large undeveloped parcel. City Council Member Erik Bottcher came out against the casino plan on May 19. ( Photo: Related Companies) Related and Wynn Drop Bid for Hudson Yards Casino After Bottcher Says He Is Not on Board It’s snake eyes for Related Companies and Wynn Resorts. Shortly after City Council Member Erik Bottcher said he could not... News 19 May 2025 | 05:38
Msgr. Joseph LaMorte (gold vestments, right), giving out communion at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, said Cardinal Dolan will be back in NYC next week and will tell what he can about the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Catholics Flock to St. Patrick’s to Celebrate 1st Made-in-America Pope Catholic worshipers flocked to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on May 11, the first Sunday following the election of Chicago native... Voices 15 May 2025 | 10:16
This biker (center) was collared by police at 7:30am in Central Park on May 10 because he refused to stop immediately when ordered to, according to a post on the subreddit site r/nycbike. The post said that the biker was eventually let off with a “violation.” ( Photo: r/nycbike) Road War: NYPD Now Handing Out Criminal Summonses to Bikers for Traffic Violations The NYPD has quietly begun to write criminal summonses, as opposed to traffic tickets, for e-bikers and pedal bikers alike... News 13 May 2025 | 11:13
Clockwise from top left: Christopher Marte in a campaign video, Eric Yu, Jess Coleman, and Elizabeth Lewinsohn, all candidates for City Council District 1 in the Democratic primary on June 24. ( Photos: candidate campaigns) How 2 Downtown City Council Races are Shaping Up As they Head into the Home Stretch Manhattan City Council District 1: the Financial District, Tribeca, Chinatown, Battery Park City, SoHo, and portions of the... News 09 May 2025 | 04:45
Bids are begining to arrive from potential suitors looking to tear down the 101-year-old Roosevelt Hotel, which served as a migrant check-in and emergency housing shelter. Offers could reach $1 billion. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Nearing the end: Food Workers at Roosevelt Hotel Told June 20 Will Be Last Day The Roosevelt Hotel has already announced plans to lay off nearly 100 employees in mid-June as the city no longer needs what... News 09 May 2025 | 02:16
Georgios Smaragdis, who has a huge following in an electronic music genre known as synthwave was killed when he was knocked from his e-bike in Soho on May 1 and was run over by a box truck. Fans who knew him as “George” and “Starcadia” were shocked as news spread on social media last week. ( Photo: Facebook) Fans Mourn Famed Electronic Music Artist, Killed in Tragic E-bike Accident in SOHO The 44 year-old e-biker who was struck and killed in Soho on May 1 when he skidded under the wheels of a tequila delivery... News 05 May 2025 | 04:34
Rendering of the proposed pedestrian-friendly Fifth Avenue of the Future, which calls for 230 trees, doubling the size of sidewalks, and reducing traffic lanes from five to three. ( Photo: City Hall) Adams’s $115B Budget Proposal Contains Manhattan Surprises and Boosts for Police, Education Mayor Eric Adams released his final $115-billion record-setting budget proposal for next year on May 1 with some big surprises... News 03 May 2025 | 12:27
A memorial is growing outside the apartment building where beloved Harlem grandmother Excenia Mette was killed on April 22. She was caught in the crossfire by two men fighting on the street near her apartment on Lenox Avenue. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Beloved Harlem Grandma Momma Zee Killed in Crossfire A beloved grandmother and community figure was gunned down on a Harlem street when she went to investigate the source of... News 28 Apr 2025 | 03:13
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch (center) and NYC Mayor Eric Adams (left) unveiled the Quality of Life division during an April 10 kickoff at the 13th Precinct on the East Side. Francisco Marte (front row right), president of the Bodega and Small Business Group ,praised the new pilot program. ( Photo: Mayoral Photography Office/YouTube) NYPD’s New Quality of Life Pilot Program Includes East Side Pct The newly unveiled Quality of Life division of the NYPD officially began performing on April 14 and includes the 13th Precinct... News 27 Apr 2025 | 08:11
Cardinal Timothy Dolan blesses a youngster before the start of Easter Sunday Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on April 20. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Easter Paraders, Thousands of Worshippers, and a Few Protestors at St. Patrick’s There were several thousand worshippers inside, a throng of people on Fifth Avenue outside showing off their zany bonnets,... News 21 Apr 2025 | 11:00
Fewer Easter eggs may be getting dyed this year as shortages and high prices still plague stores across Manhattan. ( Photo: Wikimedia commons) Egg Shortages and High Prices in Peak Season Around Easter At a Target store in the East Village, an employee was filling the shelves with cartons of eggs on Palm Sunday [April 13]... News 21 Apr 2025 | 10:24
NYPD and FDNY divers were in the water within 10 minutes of the crash, but none of the six victims could be saved. Salvage operations took place over the next four days following the April 10 crash. ( Photo: NYPD) FAA Grounds Helicopter Company at Center of Hudson River Crash That Killed 6 People The Federal Aviation Authority has issued an emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Charter Inc., the sightseeing... News 20 Apr 2025 | 09:40
Tiffany Collings and Oscar Hernandez, two of the three co-owners of Wayne & Sons in the East Village, say they’ll be forced to move the popular Tex-Mex place if the city forces them to tear down their enclosed outdoor dining shed. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Restaurant Owners Say They’re Under Fire, Urge Changes to Outdoor Dining Shed Rules When it was first unveiled by Mayor Eric Adams, it was hailed as a compromise that kept outdoor dining sheds intact for eight... News 20 Apr 2025 | 07:50
Road War: NYPD Now Handing Out Criminal Summonses to Bikers for Traffic Violations