The + POOL should float in the East River off of Pier 35 in the summer of 2025, public officials say. Filtration testing on the project began this month. ( Photo: Friends of + POOL ) Pier 35 Selected as Location for Planned East River Floating Pool Water filtration tests have already begun for a floating public pool in the East River, in advance of a hoped-for opening... News Alert 10 Aug 2024 | 01:52
New Battery Park City Project renderings provided on June 20, 2024 that include new planters, wood tops on seating elements, a larger wall height, and protected pedestrian experience on Route 9a and Tribeca. Photo: Battery Park City Authority. $1.5B Battery Park City Rendering to Protect Lower Manhattan Coastline Revealed But Work Won’t Get Underway Until Late 2025 Climate Change has been an ongoing issue in New York City. With an estimated $19 billion in damages and lost economic activity... News 21 Jun 2024 | 06:00
Catherine Kassenoff, seen here with two of her three children took her own life in an assisted suicide in a Swiss clinic in May. 2023. Although she was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she claimed in a final Facebook post that it was the Family Court blocking her from seeing her three children for years that triggered her decison to take her own life at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland ( Photo: Facebook) NY Democratic Leaders Must Tap “Mothers’ Vote” to Boost the Harris/Walz Ticket New York Democratic Leaders Must Tap “Mothers’ Vote” to Boost the Harris/Walz Ticket New York Democratic leaders may not know... Voices 08 Aug 2024 | 03:51
Mark Nordlicht a decade ago was accussed of running a “Ponzi-like” scheme at his hedge fund. A federal judge overseeing the case always felt the feds case was weak sentenced him to only six months of home confinement and a $5,000 fine. While he beat the main ponzi charge, regaining his reputation has proven impossible. ( Photo: Platinum Partners) A Ponzi Case Ends in a Bust, But a Damaged Reputation Lasts Forever His name is Mark Nordlicht, and while his is not a household name, we would all do well to heed the tale of his unwarranted... Voices 08 Aug 2024 | 04:17
Siblings Arielle Jacobs and Adam Jacobs shared lively anecdotes, accompanied on the keyboard by Justin Ramos, at Broadway by the Boardwalk. ( Photo: Gillian Blum) New Broadway by the Boardwalk Free Concert Series Encourages Accessible Art Hudson River Park introduced Broadway by the Boardwalk, a series of free concerts featuring fan-favorite Broadway stars,... City Arts 07 Aug 2024 | 04:53
DOT Commissioner Ydannis Rodriguez using a pilot e-bike battery charging station, as part of Eric Adams’s “Charge Safe, Ride Safe” campaign. The agency claims that after five months, the pilot has massively boosted safe battery swaps. ( Photo: DOT ) DOT: E-Bike Charge Pilot, Meant to Combat Unregulated Battery Fires, Is Raging Success Since March, NYC’s Department of Transportation has been running a pilot e-bike charging program for deliveristas, and the... News 08 Aug 2024 | 03:31
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in tracking down the individual seen here, who allegedly committed an anti-Muslim hate crime. ( Courtesy of NYPD DCPI) Police Search For Suspect After Anti-Muslim Hate Crime in Midtown After slinging a slew of anti-Muslim slurs, a man said he was then punched in the face near E. 53rd St. The NYPD Hate Crimes... News 07 Aug 2024 | 03:44
Mayor Eric Adams visits a Saturday Night Lights program in the Bronx in July 2022. Adams announced Aug. 2 that some summer youth programs will extend their hours as part of an effort to curb violence. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Some NYC Summer Youth Programs Will Stay Open Later in Coming Weeks Some New York City summer youth programs will stay open extra hours in the coming weeks to give kids more time in supervised... News 06 Aug 2024 | 04:26
Trade My Spin co-founder Ari Kimmelfeld told Straus News that he can meet secondhand Peloton customers where they’re at, due to delivery services and purchasable warranties. ( Photo: Ari Kimmelfeld) Trade My Spin Brings Cheaper Peloton Bikes to NYers, Delivery Included As Peloton cycles through CEOs and secures refinancing to pay down its hefty debt load, a new company has emerged to ease... News Alert 09 Aug 2024 | 11:58
Current Chair of The New York State Liquor Authority, Lily M. Fan, is a former member of Community Board 7 in Manhattan. She has cut the backlog of applicants for liquor licenes by 26 percent, but new applicants are still facing a nine month of delays in getting a first-time liquor license issued, sources say. ( Photo: State Liquor Authority) SLA Slowly Reducing License Backlog Under New Chair But Months Long Delays Persist The State Liquor Authority is slowly cutting the backlog for new restaurants and bars seeking to get a first-time liquor... Home 08 Aug 2024 | 11:31
Debbie Gibson engaged with her fans many times throughout her “Electric Youth” 35th Anniversary concert, most memorably when she sang a song in the audience instead of onstage. ( Photo: Anthony Mulcahy) Passionate Fandom at Debbie Gibson Anniversary Concert I was born in 2003, and therefore was likely one of the youngest people at the Town Hall on July 26 for Debbie Gibson’s “Electric... News 06 Aug 2024 | 02:52
The big three railroads, MTA, Amtrak and NJ Transit, say they will need to expand Penn Station in coming years to accommodate booming demand, expecially from NJ commuters. ( Photo: Amtrak) Railway Giants Finally Unveil Why They Need to Expand Penn Station Demand for rail service into Penn Station is growing quickly again, post-covid, and the three big railroads told a community... News 05 Aug 2024 | 06:11
The “tap-and-go” feature of OMNY working at a subway turnstile is now being rolled out for seniors using reduced fare metro cards. Seniors can convert to OMNY upon receipt of the new MetroCard, or hang onto their new white plastic card for three more years. ( Photo: Courtesy of MTA) Slow Rollout: MTA Issuing Last of Reduced Fare MetroCards for Seniors, Officially Transitioning to OMNY Senior citizens are receiving their last reduced-fare MetroCard, as the MTA officially plans to put OMNY in the hands of... News 05 Aug 2024 | 03:49
A roadway dining shed being dismantled outside the Headless Widow in the East Village on Aug. 4. The DOT has announced that it’s received only 3,200-odd applications for a formalized Dining Out NYC program, a vast dip from the 12,500 overall street sheds that were up in outdoor dining’s 2022 peak. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly ) Farewell to Most Street Dining Sheds, Numbers to Plunge Nearly 75% The city’s outdoor dining program is set to massively shrink, at least compared to its peak, after the DOT received only... Home 06 Aug 2024 | 02:22
Venezuela Quiere Libertad y Paz: Venezuela wants freedom and peace. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Venezuelan New Yorkers Protest Election Results in Homeland—Decry President Maduro’s “Fraud” & “Oppression” Hundreds of impassioned Venezuelan New Yorkers converged on Union Square Saturday Aug. 3 to protest the fiercely disputed... News 05 Aug 2024 | 11:39