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
Yayun Li, 68, worked 24-hour shifts as a home care aide for 18 years. “It was so hard, I don’t have the words to describe it. I didn’t eat well. I didn’t sleep well,” she said. ( By Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Home Care Aides Stage Hunger Strike, Demanding Ban on 24-Hour Shifts On March 20, 24 home care aides and labor advocates camped out in front of City Hall and launched a six-day hunger strike... News 03 Apr 2024 | 11:48
A Link5G tower installed in Brooklyn. Preservationists in Manhattan on the Upper East Side and Greenwich Village have argued that the 5G towers are needlessly large and visually incompatible with their historic neighborhoods. ( Photo by Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Link5G Redesign a Possibility, Says Chief Technology Officer LinkNYC’s metallic, 32-foot-tall 5G towers have faced no shortage of backlash since they were first announced in 2022—especially... News 25 Mar 2024 | 04:58
The exterior of 705 and 709 W. 170th St., two Washington Heights buildings owned by Daniel Ohebshalom, where tenants have at times lived without heat, hot water, and electricity, and instead with leaks, mold, chipped lead paint and roach and rodent infestations. ( Image from Google Street View) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ is in Jail. What Led Up to His Arrest? Daniel Ohebshalom is currently serving a 60-day jail sentence on Rikers Island after turning himself in to New York City... News 25 Mar 2024 | 01:18
Protestors at a rally during the summer held photos which they said documented years of neglect and horrendous conditions inside buildings owned by the city’s “worst landlord,” Daniel Ohebshalom. ( Photo by Priyanka Rajput) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ is Finally Arrested, Taken to Rikers Island Daniel Ohebshalom, New York City’s “worst landlord” for two consecutive years, has been arrested, Straus News has learned.... News 24 Mar 2024 | 02:05
Some demonstrators customized their rain gear with protest demands. The watermelon, which bears the black, green, and red colors of the Palestinian flag, has become a familiar symbol at Palestinian protests. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand a Gaza Cease-Fire Thousands of protestors gathered in Washington Square Park and under heavy rain on March 2 and marched to mid-town calling... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 02:19
Plumbing installation in the Long Island Railroad concourse at Penn Station in 2019. ( Photo by MTA Capital Construction Mega Projects [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons.) Wee the People: These Bills Aim to Fix New York’s Toilet Access Problem “It shouldn’t be this hard to find a bathroom when you need one.” Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine shared this familiar... News 09 Mar 2024 | 06:22
Signa Holding, an Austrian real estate firm, is selling its 50% stake of the Chrysler Building, four years after its acquisition. ( Photo by Reinhold Möller, via Wikimedia Commons and licensed under CC BY 4.0) Chrysler Building Co-Owner Selling 50 percent Stake After Financial Woes in Europe Signa Holding, the European real estate giant, is selling its 50 percent stake of the Chrysler Building, as it undergoes... News 22 Dec 2023 | 05:42
2023 Poet-in-Residence Ama Codjoe, during The Poetic Line event at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. ( Photo: Enid Alvarez ) The Guggenheim is seeking a Poet-in-Residence The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets, is seeking its third Poet-in-Residence... News 22 Dec 2023 | 02:18
Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, spent most of his time in Central Park after escaping from his enclosure in its zoo in February. ( Photo: Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons) Want to Catch a Glimpse of Flaco the Owl? Let Him Come to You Earlier this month, he took a well-publicized trip downtown, during which he was seen enjoying the Kenkeleba House sculpture... News 30 Nov 2023 | 05:34
The Fifth Avenue holiday Open Street initiative, which launched last year in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 4, will be back again for this holiday season. (Photo by Violet Mendelsund/Mayoral Photo Office) Stroll car-free down Fifth Avenue On three Sunday afternoons next month - Dec. 3, 10 and 17 - a 12-block stretch of Fifth Avenue leading up to Central Park... Home 25 Nov 2023 | 05:29
Advocates say that LinkNYC’s futuristic 32-foot tall 5G towers will disrupt the character of historic districts and buildings. ( Credit: NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications) 32-Foot LinkNYC 5G Towers Get Pushback from Historic Preservation Advocates New Yorkers may have seen a new fixture on their sidewalks as of late. At 32 feet tall, with metal columns and slightly translucent... News 24 Nov 2023 | 07:35
Ghost guns, ammunition, and magazines found in Cory Davis’s Upper East Side apartment. ( Photo: Manhattan District Attorney’s Office) Two Ghost Gunmakers Plead Guilty in Separate Incidents In this city of hustlers, many of those with the privilege of extra room in their apartments will use that space for their... News 20 Nov 2023 | 02:30
A Citi Bike with a broken tire laying on the side of the street in Hell’s Kitchen. ( Photo: Jim Henderson via Wikimedia Commons) Citi Bike ridership soars but inconsistent service ‘raises serious alarm bells’: Comptroller Earlier this month, the mayor’s office publicized plans to expand the Citi Bike program as 2023 ridership rates have reached... Home 17 Nov 2023 | 03:31
The former site of the St. Benedict the Moor Church, 338-342 W. 53rd St., has a 1965 rectory and an 1869 church. The rectory will be replaced by a seven-story apartment building, while the church will be renovated. ( Photo: Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) New Apts to Rise Next to Chelsea Site that was First Black Catholic Church in NYC The new owner of several adjacent lots on West 53rd Street has filed plans to build a residential building on the grounds... News 10 Nov 2023 | 04:03
