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
Hundreds of bike protestors started a rally at Union Square on May 30 to protest the NYPD’s recent criminalization drive against bikers. ( Photo: Christian Spencer) Cyclists Protest NYPD Criminalization Push Against Bikers for Traffic Infractions Cyclists Demand ‘Hands Off Our Bikes!’ as They Flood Manhattan Streets Protesting NYPD Crackdown on Undocumented Delivery... News 03 Jun 2025 | 06:49
The “Grinchsters” in one three hour spree, made $150,000 in tech purchases at the Apple store on Fifth Ave. using stolen credit info, prosecutors alleged. The store is open 24/7 and so was a favored target to make early morning purchases after stealing credit cards or phones from intoxicated men in Manhattan nightclubs. ( Photo: Apple) Guilty: ‘Grinch’ Who Targeted Club-goers and Bought $420G of Lux Goods with Stolen Cards A man known as “The Grinch” was convicted of being the ringleader of a crime gang that targeted intoxicated patrons in Manhattan... News 26 Apr 2025 | 05:53
Car-Free Earth Day bill posted by NYC DOT ( Photo: NYC Department of Transportation) Car-Free Earth Day Will Close 28 Manhattan Streets to Motor Vehicles on Sat. April 26 Fifty four streets and public plazas will close to vehicle traffic on Saturday, April 26, as part of the return of Car Free... News 24 Apr 2025 | 12:39
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
Gov. Kathy Hochul Greets Revelers at the Pride March. Hochul recently signed a Trans Safe Bill sponsored by NY State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblyman Harry Bronson. Photo: Governor’s Office via Flickr ( Don Pollard) Pride March Attracts Two Million People Amid New Push to Protect LBGTQ Rights in NYS New York City’s Pride March garnered 75,000 parade marchers and approximately two million attendees on June 30th, making... News 26 Jun 2023 | 02:50
By October 2020, six months after the outbreak of COVID, restaurants took creative steps to insure safe and healthy dining for their patrons. Here, in the Flatiron District one uses a Manhattan take on an igloo, transparent but enclosed. Photo: Ralph Spielman Debate Surrounds the Future of Outdoor Dining as City Council Ponders Fate of New Regs There’s a new word in our Manhattanese argot” “Streeteries.” Loosely defined as on-street outdoor dining establishments, usually... News 12 Feb 2023 | 11:52
Nina Chanel Abney’s art featuring the San Juan Hill neighborhood that was knocked down to make way for Lincoln Center is now being featured in an exhibit at the very site in the David Geffen Hall. Photo: Courtesy Nicholas Knight/Lincoln Center ( NICHOLAS KNIGHT) Major Museums Feature Things to Do in Black History Month That Often Last Beyond Feb. By Mary Gregory February, Black History Month, offers countless ways to celebrate the immense contributions of Black creators,... News 10 Feb 2023 | 02:14
Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins may have sung that a “spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” but soon in this town a new bill introduced by Keith Powers may make chain stores carry warning labels that too much sugar is very bad for your health. Photo: Walt Disney Records Councilman Powers Takes on Sugar with Sweet Truth Act Pop Quiz: What do you and some fast-moving bacteria have in common? Surprise answer: A taste for sweets. Sugar isn’t just... News 10 Feb 2023 | 01:40
NYU Langone ranks as the number 1 hospital in the New York metro area and number three nationally in the prestigious Best Hospitals annual issue of US News & World Report. Photo Lynn Saville NYU Langone ( Lynn Saville) NYC Hospitals Score High in National Rankings by USN&WR Ask any hospital patient what most annoys him and assuming he’s sure his doctor knows what to do the answer is likely to... News 05 Feb 2023 | 07:31
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine has unleashed a sweeping housing plan that could add 70,00 new units in Manhattan to help alleviate the affordable housing crisis. The report finds 171 vacant lots that could support new housing. Boro Pres Unveils Sweeping Housing Plan, Seeks to Add 70,000 New Units Manhattan borough president Mark Levine unveiled a plan to create thousands of new apartments in Manhattan, declaring that... News 02 Feb 2023 | 09:47
In the fall, P.S. 11 (pictured) welcomed an influx of new migrant students. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Are Public Schools Getting A Passing Grade? At P.S. 11, Camila, a third grade student, has been speaking Spanish during the school day—and not just during language classes.... Education Guide 01 Feb 2023 | 04:28
Hundreds marched in NYC in protests after the release of the video showing five Memphis police officer viciously beating Tyre Nichols who later died from his injuries but there were few clashes with NYPD and only three arrests over the weekend. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Protests in NY Stay Largely Peaceful in Wake of Release of Tyre Nichols Video Hundreds of protestors massed in Union Square then marched to Times Square, growing in numbers as they made their way up... News 30 Jan 2023 | 11:37
Council Member Keith Powers referenced his father’s own experience running a small business in an acknowledgement of “how hard mom-and-pop stores work to keep their doors open.” Photo by Stephen Yang / NYPost, courtesy of Keith Powers’ office Council Member Keith Powers Backs Small Biz Break Small businesses were hurting badly during the pandemic — and the way Council Member Keith Powers sees it, they ought to... News 27 Jan 2023 | 07:26
Sayfullo Saipov left behind notes that prosecutors said linked him to Islamic terrorism on day he drove a truck rented from Home Depot onto a West Side bike path killing eight people before he was shot by cops trying to flee. Photo: NYPD surveillance video via Fox News Guilty: Islamic Extremist Who Killed 8 on West Side Bike Path Could Face Death Penalty NEW YORK (AP) _ An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York... News 27 Jan 2023 | 06:03
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