To gain his approval for Northwell’s proposed hospital makeover (rendering above), Borough President Levine said the healthcare organization offered two new commitments: the creation of a local mental-health outpatient facility, and the convening of a community-focused “construction task force.” ( Rendering via Northwell Health) Boro Prez Levine Conditionally Approves $2 Billion Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Borough President Mark Levine has conditionally endorsed Northwell Health’s $2-billion plan to overhaul the Upper East Side’s... News 18 May 2025 | 12:35
Car-Free Earth Day will be held on April 26, the NYC Department of Transportation announced, formally kicking off 2025’s “Open Streets” programming. ( Photo: NYC DOT ) ‘Car-Free Earth Day’ to Kick Off Open Streets Across Manhattan The NYC Department of Transportation will kick off its Open Streets season on April 26, for its ninth annual Car-Free Earth... News 04 Apr 2025 | 01:53
Tee ballers, barely bigger than the banner, get ready to step off at the start of the Opening Day parade for the Peter Stuyvesant Little League. There are still Tee ball openings for players living in the district between East 12th Street and East 72nd Street. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) 3 NY Mets Champs Help Little League Kick Off Its 75th Season Play ball! The Peter Stuyvesant Little League, whose catchment district stretches from East 12th Street to East 72nd Street... News 02 Apr 2025 | 02:58
Flagbearer waves to crowd at 264th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Ave. on March 17. ( Photo: Heather Stein) Wet Weather Does Not Dampen Spirits at St. Patrick’s Day Parade There was a little bit of everything surrounding the 264th St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 17. It kicked off with an early-morning... News 24 Mar 2025 | 10:35
A visibly angered Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the demand by the Trump Administration to cease the New York Congestion Pricing program. ( Photo: Office of NYS Governor) Hochul Fires Back after “King” Trump Pushes to End Congestion Pricing It is all out war over congestion pricing after President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation issued an edict to... News 23 Feb 2025 | 06:56
Cold temperatures did not keep this young lady from enjoying the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown. ( Photo: NYCmayorsoffice) Chinatown Splendiferous: Lion Dancers, Drums, Flying Confetti in Lunar New Year Parade Thousands of spectators swarmed the streets of greater Chinatown on Feb. 8 to enjoy the sights and sounds of the annual “Super... News 11 Feb 2025 | 11:20
City Planning Commission Chair Dan Garodnick speaking at NYU Law about the “City of Yes” housing amendment, shortly after the agency he runs approved it by a vote of 10-3. It now moves to the City Council for consideration. ( Photo: NY Planning Commission, X.com ) “City of Yes” Housing Overhaul Passes Zoning Commission The “City of Yes” housing amendment moved moderately closer to becoming a reality on September 25, when the City Planning... News 02 Oct 2024 | 08:25
Council Member Sandy Nurse and public bathroom advocates, including BP Mark Levine, rally at City Hall, September 19, 2024. ( Photo: Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit.) Yes We Can Can? Council Renews Push for More Public Restrooms but Success May Prove E-loo-sive These are the days that try men’s prostates. They are also the days that try the bladders of women (especially pregnant women),... News 30 Sep 2024 | 10:49
Borough president Mark Levine tried to quell a rebellion at Community Board 5 when a majority of its 50-member board urged him to rescind the ouster of two long time board members, Craig Slutznik and Mary Brosnahan. Levine defended his move and labeled as “reprehensible” a resolution that Slutznik supported last month at Educational Community Advisory Council District 2 urging the DOE to study its stance that allows transgender individuals to compete on girls sports teams. Photo: Community Board 5 Chaos at CB5: Boro Pres Levine Refuses to Reverse Decision Ousting 2 Longtime Board Members So why did Borough President Mark Levine dump two long-serving members from Community Board five, one just as he was running... News 21 May 2024 | 07:50
A view of the skyline of lower Manhattan where rental prices appear to be softening in advance of congestion pricing going into effect later this year. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Is Congestion Pricing Prompting New Renters to Look Outside Zone? The rental landscape in Manhattan took a slight dip in February, fueled by dips in many downtown neighborhoods, even while... News 29 Mar 2024 | 02:10
CB5 has played a big role in advising on the efforts to renovate Penn Station and the granting of a special permit to allow Madison Square Garden to sit atop the nation’s busiest rail hub. Photo: Ilovechocolate/Wikimedia Commons Behind the Crazy Upheaval at CB5 as an Open NY Rep Becomes New Chairman The disembodied voice emanated from a black zoom screen, the video off. You are, the voice warned, being “secretly infiltrated.”... News 23 Mar 2024 | 12:40
Housing is the borough’s “biggest crisis,” Manhattan borough president Mark Levine said in his state of the borough address on March 3. ( Jakub Halun/Wikimedia Commons) Deepening Housing Crisis Emerges Amid Luxury Resurgence in Manhattan As luxury condos and rental units in Manhattan experience a resurgence following the pandemic, a growing inequality in securing... News 07 Mar 2024 | 05:13
Eric Adams speaking at an August 17 press conference on his tripartite plan to convert a wide swath of unused office space into affordable housing. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is to his left. ( Photo via NYC Mayor’s Office) Mayors Adams Proposes New Plans to Turn Vacant Midtown Offices Into Apartments As a grim housing shortage plaguing New York has shown no signs of abatement, Mayor Eric Adams held a Tuesday, August 17... News 20 Aug 2023 | 10:59
Kimberly Schiller carries a shirtwaist banner with the name of one of the 146 people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 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 26 Mar 2023 | 05:50
Cyclists and pedestrians in Riverside Park. Photo: Flickr (Howard Brier) Chelsea, Upper West Side Most Perilous to Cyclists and Pedestrians in Manhattan Chelsea and the Upper West Side neighborhoods were among the most dangerous in Manhattan in terms of traffic injuries for... News 13 Mar 2023 | 05:14
Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions