Restaurants and bars in NYC are struggling to stay afloat while they wait for their liquor licenses to be approved. Photo: Pexels. Restaurateurs Exasperated With Long Liquor License Delays Restaurateurs and bar owners are furious with the New York State Liquor Authority for its long delays in processing liquor... News 25 Mar 2023 | 11:00
Kimberly Schiller carries a shirtwaist banner with the name of one of the 146 people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911 in the biggest fire tragedy in the city’s history. Her daughter Anna Lee carries three white roses. The victims were mostly poor Jewish and Italian immigrants. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Remembering the Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, 112 Years Later It’s been 112 years, but several hundred people gathered on the corner of Washington and Greene Streets in Greenwich Village... News 25 Mar 2023 | 10:08
City Councilwoman Gale Brewer’s district is among those with participatory budgeting this spring. Photo: District 6. Voting Underway: 10 Groups Seek Slice of Gale Brewers’ $1 Million Pot of Discretionary Spending. Santa Claus is coming early to local local schools, non profits, and civic organizations as council members get ready to... News 23 Mar 2023 | 01:20
A woman who slipped and fell at Pershing Square Café says the management has not made good on its promise to pay her bills. Photo: Pershing Square Café. Woman Injured In Restaurant Fall Says Management Won’t Pay Her Medical Bills After being injured in a fall at Pershing Square Café, a Manhattan woman is pleading with the restaurant’s management to... News 22 Mar 2023 | 05:06
The city announced its plan to shift responsibility for enforcing regulations on street vendors like this one to the Department of Sanitation. Photo: Flickr. Mayor Will Shift Enforcement of Street Vending Regulations To Sanitation Department The city plans to shift enforcement of regulations on street vendors away from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection... News 22 Mar 2023 | 01:34
The new logo broadcast on a screen in Times Square. Photo: Kay Bontempo. A new marketing campaign aimed at boosting tourism and the NYC global brand is featuring the classic “I ❤️ NY” logo which... News 21 Mar 2023 | 05:59
Unlicensed cannabis shops have proliferated in the city–but a deputy sheriffs’ union says the laws around inspecting them are unclear. Photo: Flickr. A Sheriffs’ Union Is Hesitant to Shut Down Illegal Smoke Shops A top sheriff’s union said the agency should not be charged with tackling the illegal smoke shops in New York City. There... News 21 Mar 2023 | 03:25
Governor Kathy Hochul has stated she wants to expand the number of charter schools in New York City, but has met with opposition in the state legislature. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. State Assembly and Senate Democrats Oppose Hochul’s Charter School Plan State Democrats in both the Assembly and the Senate have opposed Governor Kathy Hochul’s push to increase the number of charter... News 17 Mar 2023 | 07:39
Judith Heumann speaking at a TED talk. Photo: The Heumann Perspective. “Mother of Disability Rights Movement” Judith Heumann Is Remembered Disability rights activist Judith Heumann passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at age 75. Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright,... News 17 Mar 2023 | 07:27
The theft occurred on a northbound Q train at 34th Street. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Men Steal Louis Vuitton Handbag In Subway Theft Thieves nabbed a Louis Vuitton handbag in a subway robbery on Sunday, March 12. The robbery took place around 6pm on a Q train.... Home 13 Mar 2023 | 05:12
The rented truck that West Side bike path terrorist Sayfullo Saipov used in the horrifying attack in a bike lane on Halloween 2017. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Jury Spares Bike Path Terrorist Death Sentence, Draws Life in Prison Instead Jurors elected not to give the death sentence to the terrorist whose truck attack in a bike path killed eight people on Halloween... News 13 Mar 2023 | 04:53
Jamel McIver, 30, who is charged with a violent rape of a woman on the Upper West Side on March 5 was remanded into custody without bail. Photo: CrimeStoppers. No Bail for Suspect in Brutal Rape Case on Upper West Side A man with 15 past arrests who is charged with the brutal rape of a 21-year-old woman on the Upper West Side in the early... News 10 Mar 2023 | 05:54
The site of the partial building collapse at 126 Lafayette Street on March 7th where one injured worker succumbed to injuries the following day. Photo: Kay Bontempo One Worker Dies from Building Collapse at 126 Lafayette; Site Had Prior Violations One of the workers injured in a partial building collapse at 126 Lafayette Street has died after after a wall of the abandoned... News 08 Mar 2023 | 05:21
Amsterdam Houses on the Upper West Side, where the new youth development program will take place. Photo: Flickr Council Member Gale Brewer, Assembly Member Council member Gale Brewer, in conjunction with assembly member Linda B. Rosenthal, announced a development program for young... News 08 Mar 2023 | 01:32
108 West 83rd Street, the location for the soon-to-be shelter. Photo: Google Maps. Transitional Housing Program for Homeless to Open on Upper West Side A ‘low-barrier transitional housing program’ for the homeless is scheduled to open on the Upper West Side in April, and in... News 06 Mar 2023 | 03:19
