NYC DOT Commissioner Ydannis Rodriguez hosting a May 1 presser on the “My Bike, My City” campaign, which aims to promote cycling among women, girls, transgender women, and non-conforming people. ( Photo via NYC DOT ) NYC DOT’s “My Bike, My City” Campaign Encourages Women-Led Cycling As part of its plan to get more New Yorkers cycling during “Bike Month,” NYC’s Department of Transportation has rolled out... News 01 May 2024 | 04:43
Police roped off the area on the corner of Seventh Ave. and 24th St., following a violent struggle with a suspect who was shot dead by a three member law enforcement task force who attempted to apprehend him. Photo: Citizen app. Armed Suspect Shot Dead by Cops in Chelsea An armed man being sought by a violent gang task force involving the NYPD and a Homeland Security was shot dead inside a... News Alert 30 Apr 2024 | 07:24
The intersection of 33rd St. & 8th Ave., clogged with rush hour traffic. Congestion pricing tolls are set to begin below 60th St. on June 30. ( Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Congestion Pricing Tolls To Begin On June 30, LIRR & Metro-North Riders Get Discounts Congestion pricing tolls will officially begin on June 30, MTA Chief Janno Lieber announced on April 26, barring any surprise... News 30 Apr 2024 | 07:10
59 East Drive Central Park where a reported grand larceny took place on April 29 at 10 a.m. and the suspect, a 42-year-old man, Fontaine Moise, was named, who snatched 35-year-old woman’s phone by Swan Lake was arrested. After String of 5 Muggings in Central Park in 5 Days, NYPD Boosts Patrols The NYPD boosted their number of patrols these past few days after string of five violent muggings in Central Park that included... News 29 Apr 2024 | 07:19
Longtime activist tells of the 50 year battle to create Hudson River Park in a just released new book. Photo: Amazon A 50 Yr Battle to Create Hudson River Park Captured in New Book by Activist Tom Fox It’s been a mere half century since a repair truck, laden with asphalt, plunged through the elevated West Side Highway on... News 29 Apr 2024 | 03:28
Selma Hayek was in a 2012 celebrity milk ad, pouring a glass of milk for her daughter. A glass of milk contains the relaxing amino acid tryptophan. Photo: Milk Processing Education Program The Foods You Eat (or Drink) Impact Your Moods From breakfast until bedtime, your daily diet delivers a pharmacy full of foods whose natural chemicals influence your mood... News 29 Apr 2024 | 12:46
NYC Planning Commission Chair Dan Garodnick (left) and Mayor Eric Adams during a April 29 rally that promoted the “City of Yes” zoning amendment. The draft text entered public review that same day. ( Photo via nyc.gov) “City of Yes” Would Put “A Little More Housing In Every Neighborhood” The City of Yes, a draft zoning text amendment that aims to address New York City’s critical housing shortage by ramping... News 29 Apr 2024 | 07:48
Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal was a primary sponsor of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, which has resulted in a $90 million tax incentive for local newspapers being included in the state budget. He discussed the credit during the annual convention of the New York Press Association in Saratoga Springs. ( Photo via nysenate.gov ) NY’s Local Papers Get $90M Payroll Tax Credit In State Budget A $90 million payroll tax credit for local newspapers was included in New York State’s 2025 budget, marking an unqualified... News 29 Apr 2024 | 09:46
UWS City Council member Gale Brewer (at mic) was invited by Governor Kathy Hochul (far right) to join NYC Mayor Eric Adams (left) and NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda (rear) and other officials announcing new law designed to curb illegal weed shops. Photo: Office of City Council member Gale Brewer State to Pull Lotto, Liquor Licenses From Bogus Weed Shops as City Given Padlock Power New York City will have more power to crack down on illegal cannabis shops, the governor announced Friday, in a deal that... News 25 Apr 2024 | 05:05
In February, zoning modifications were introduced that would make it easier for Related Co. to build a Hudson Yards casino. On April 1, West Side’s Community Board 4 issued a blistering condemnation of the changes. ( Rendering via Related Co. & Wynn Resorts ) CB4 Letter Blasts Proposed Zoning Changes For Possible $12 Billion Hudson Yards Casino As Related Co. seeks to earn the rights to operate a casino complex in Hudson Yards, it is drawing the ire of a local community... News 25 Apr 2024 | 06:23
In one of the alleged punch attacks, suspect Daquan Armstead was said to have struck an assistant NYU professor on a street at the rear of Washington Square Park. The attack was being investigated as a hate crime. Photo: Slippy Hollow/Wikimedia Commons Serial-Puncher Arrested for 8 Random Attacks on Women is Remanded on $20,000 Bail A 30-year-old Bronx man was arrested on April 23 and charged with eight random punching attacks on women in Tribeca, the... News 24 Apr 2024 | 06:06
Samir Lavingia ended up as the unlikely interim chairman of CB 5 in March, but is facing a contested election when board members vote on a new chair in June. Photo: courtesy Samir Lavingia. CB5 Chairman Vote Heads Toward Contested Election in June Contested elections are rare at the city’s community boards. But Samir Lavingia, interim chair of Community Board Five, appears... News 29 Apr 2024 | 04:21
Pro-Palestine NYU students and faculty on April 22 protest and demand NYU divest from holdings in Israel. ( (Photo: Tehsin Pala)) Claims and Counter Claims Fly as “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” Gets Crushed at NYU Tensions remain high at New York University.after hundreds of students who had set up a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in Gould... News 24 Apr 2024 | 08:07
Wollman Rink’s Pickle Courts Will Now Be A Summer Staple The fourteen courts that replaced the Central Park ice-skating facilities at the Wollman Rink last summer–which made them... News 24 Apr 2024 | 05:21