https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/crime-watch/two-owners-of-mid-town-sports-bar-charged-with-stiffing-80-workers-CI5813949 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-03T23:26:38-04:00 Two Owners of Mid-town Sports Bar Charged with Stiffing 80 Workers https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/midtown-restaurantwage-theft-indcitme_4-10679485_20260503182629.jpg La Mararena Restaurant & Sports Bar under scaffolding, Sep. 2024. The bar owners stiffed workers to the tune of over $280,000 in wages over nearly three and a half years, prosecutors charged. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/thousands-take-32-mile-great-saunter-around-manhattan-shoreline-KI5813693 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-04T00:49:09-04:00 Thousands Take 32-Mile Great Saunter Around Manhattan Shoreline https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/img-7831_4-10679509_20260503220945.jpg Volunteers hand out snacks to help participants refuel along the 32-mile route of the Great Saunter around Manhattan. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/img-7843_4-10679511_20260503220946.jpg John Wagner and Marisol Mendez (to right) wait for their friends and cheer on other participants with cow bells. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/img-7854_4-10679510_20260503220948.jpg Participants pose with their certificates of completion at Fraunces Tavern. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/crime-watch/aspiring-politician-sentenced-for-multiple-hate-crime-attacks-NL5814708 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-04T01:35:19-04:00 Aspiring Politician Sentenced for Multiple Hate Crime Attacks https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/aspiring-politician-sentenced-hate-cr_4-10679548_20260504011620.jpg Aspiring politician Skiboky Stora poses for selife outside 111 Centre St. during his trial. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/aspiring-politician-hate-crime-skibok_4-10679552_20260504013520.jpg Aspiring politician Skiboky Stora inside 111 Centre St. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/voices/debate-heats-up-over-push-to-require-biometric-data-on-sports-bet-sites-MG5811718 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-04T09:39:11-04:00 Debate Heats up over Push to Require Biometric Data on Sports Bet Sites https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/sports-betting-bill-debate-msg_4-10680445_20260504093911.jpg Madison Square Garden is ready for the Knicks 2026 playoff campaign. The New York State Gaming Commission wants to make sure only the authorized user of sports betting sites uses it and is pushing to add a biometric date requirement. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/food-drink/how-queens-irish-guys-gambled-during-covid-and-built-their-dream-pub-in-midtown-LK5815962 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-04T14:39:13-04:00 How “Queens Irish Guys” Gambled During Covid and Built Their Dream Pub in Midtown https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-04-at-11-45-22-am_4-10681816_20260504114628.png Terrence Tubridy was a young pub owner when friends and relations joined up to launch the Park Avenue Tavern 15 years ago. In the dark days of COVID, they asked their landlord for new long term lease. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-04-at-11-50-24-am_4-10681874_20260504115123.png For over 15 years, the Park Ave. Burgers remains the upscale pub’s bestselling item. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-04-at-11-48-52-am_4-10681822_20260504115006.png The interior bar of Park Ave. Tavern , at 39th and Park has such a congenial bar set up that it encourages easy conversation. Many of his customers over 15+ years have met their future spouses at the bar. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-04-at-11-46-47-am_4-10681819_20260504114831.png Park Avenue Tavern interior is well lit and its unusual layout is such that many customers have met their future spouse while enjoying a relaxing drink at the bar. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/arson-charge-fdny-marshal-claims-fem-firebug-torched-chelsea-building-LH5810094 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-04T15:00:52-04:00 Arson Charge: FDNY Marshal Claims Fem Firebug Torched Chelsea Building https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/img-0978_4-10678339_20260501132534.jpg The fire at 210 Seventh Ave. began early in the morning of April 12 and took two hours to contain. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/chelsea-fire-deborah-fenker_4-10683889_20260504150054.jpg Workers set about tearing down the long empty fire damaged buildng at 210 Seventh Ave., on orders of the Department of Buildings. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/fire-at-210-seventh-ave-deborah-fenk_4-10679132_20260501233502.png The long vacant building, seen hours after a three alarm blaze was extinguished on April 12, was deemed an imminent safety hazard to the public by the Department of Building, which ordered it to be demolished. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/img-0970_4-10678338_20260501132536.jpg The demolition of 210 7th Ave. is expected to be completed in June.