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
Spruce Street School sits across the street from the building where the the city wants to build a new homeless shelter for single men. That drew the ire of many CB1 at a recent quality of life subcommittee hearing. ( Source: Google Satellite) City Plan to Build Homeless Shelter Next to Elementary School Faces CB 1 Firing Squad A plan by New York City’s Department of Social Services (DSS) to open a homeless shelter at 41-43 Beekman Street was met... News 27 Nov 2023 | 05:48
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
Councilmembers Rivera and Keith Powers pose with the 1,000th tree planted as part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project. ( Source: Office of CM Carlina Rivera) Rivera’s Tree Survey Indicates a Healthy but Vulnerable Canopy The Lower East Side is shaded by a generally healthy canopy of trees, but there are “areas for substantial improvement,”... News 13 Nov 2023 | 07:34
Carlina Rivera was first elected to the City Council in 2017 and took office on Jan. 1, 2018. Now, she will begin her final two-year term in office. ( Photo via carlinarivera.nyc ) Carlina Rivera, Unopposed in the General Election, Secures a Final Term in the City Council Democratic City Council Member Carlina Rivera, who won her third campaign for Council District 2, did not hold an election... Home 09 Nov 2023 | 01:07
The approach to Brooklyn Bridge is lined with many vending stalls–too many, says DOT. ( Credit: Nicholas Liu) New DOT Rule Would Ban Vending on Brooklyn Bridge The New York Department of Transportation wants to ban any “peddler, vendor, hawker, or huckster” from conducting business... Home 06 Nov 2023 | 05:26
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
An artists rendering of the new Iron Horse Labs being built on the boyhood home of Yankee legend Lou Gherig on the UES. ( Credit: Elevate Research Properties) Construction of 200,000 Sq. Ft. Iron Horse Labs Now Underway Iron Horse Labs, a 200,000 square-foot, eight-story life sciences facility, is taking form on 94th Street between 1st and... Home 01 Nov 2023 | 02:33
Law & Order: SVU was inspired from the NYPD’s Special Victims Division. Now, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is adding an advisory council to his office’s own one-year-old Special Victims Division. ( Source: NBC) Manhattan DA Invites Stakeholders to Provide Input on Special Victims Division Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the creation of the Special Victims Division Advisory Council, hoping that... News 27 Oct 2023 | 05:12
Lululemon bought Mirror, a device which streams workout videos, in 2020, only to discontinue it three years later as sales flattened in the post pandemic era. ( Source Wikimedia Commons) Lululemon Gets Rid of Struggling Digital App, and also the 119 New York-Based Employees Who Run It As part of a deal that sealed a five-year partnership between sportswear maker Lululemon and exercise equipment producer... News 20 Oct 2023 | 03:06
Credit Suisse is a Swiss investment bank with global reach was taken over by UBS in June. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) UBS-Controlled Credit Suisse Throws 254 Manhattan Employees Overboard Global investment bank Credit Suisse, now grudgingly under UBS management after falling on hard times, is laying off 254... News 19 Oct 2023 | 07:08
Demonstrators at the pro-Palestine rally on Oct. 13. ( Priyanka Rajput) Thousands Gather to Support Palestine and Decry Israeli Policies A Hamas attack that killed 1,400 Israelis and retaliatory Israeli strikes that have killed 2,600 Palestinians in the Gaza... News 17 Oct 2023 | 01:13
Lauraine, known to friends and family as Lori, served on the board of the Jefferson Market Garden. ( Source: Instagram) Beloved 76-Year-Old Gardener Killed in Greenwich Village Car Collision A mainstay of the Jefferson Market Garden in Greenwich Village was killed earlier this month after she was struck by a car... News 16 Oct 2023 | 11:38
The National Academy of Design, in Chelsea ( Photo: Etienne Frossard, from the OHNY website) For Free! Over 300 Venues Invite Visitors for Open House NY Weekend Open House New York Weekend is returning on October 20 with the biggest lineup they’ve sponsored since first opening in 2003.... News 13 Oct 2023 | 06:27
