https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/crime-watch/two-owners-of-mid-town-sports-bar-charged-with-stiffing-80-workers-out-of-250000-CI5813949 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-04T18:06:20-04:00 Two Owners of Mid-town Sports Bar Charged with Stiffing 80 Workers out of $250,000 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/fire-kills-three-critically-injures-five-in-inwood-XY5818213 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-04T22:30:30-04:00 Fire Kills Three, Critically Injures Five in Inwood https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/hhelscuwsaayau3_4-10684128_20260504160210.jpg A fire broke out on Dyckman St. in Inwood on Monday, May 4, killing three people. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-04-at-3-34-14-pm_4-10684336_20260504160211.png FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said that the fire revealed the importance of closing one’s door during a fire, saying that apartments with their doors left open experienced “more impact.” https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/fire-erupts-at-broadway-s-eugene-o-neill-theater-MM5817806 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-04T23:19:21-04:00 Fire Erupts at Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theater https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-04-at-2-10-49-pm_4-10683536_20260504142104.png FDNY on the scene at 230 West 49th Street where an electrical fire sparked a conflagration at the historic Eugene O’Neill Theater, the longtime home the “The Book of Mormon.” https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-04-at-2-18-14-pm_4-10683539_20260504142111.png FDNY deputy chief David Simms (center) speaks at press conference at 230 West 49th Street after the three alarm fire was extinguished on May 4. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-04-at-2-10-16-pm_4-10683540_20260504142118.png Firefighters arriving at the scene of the Eugene O’Neill Theater where fire erupted on the morning of May 4. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/pastors-worry-as-archdiocese-pushes-800-million-sex-abuse-settlement-IY5818309 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-05T00:28:06-04:00 Pastors Worry as Archdiocese Pushes $800 Million Sex Abuse Settlement https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/pastors-worry-archiodecese-sex-settle_4-10685073_20260505002650.jpg The Catholic Archdiocese of New York (here St. Patrick’s Cathedral) is trying to finalize a $800 million deal to pay off 1,300 past victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests and lay people. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/pastors-archdiocese-sex-abuse-settlem_4-10685070_20260505001835.jpg Cardinal Dolan outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral for Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/bishop-hicks-at-press-conferecne-at-s_4-10684608_20260504174312.jpg Archbishop Ronald Hicks in December when he was announced as the replacement for Cardinal Timothy Dolan. It will be up to Hicks to finalize the deal to pay off 1,300 victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests and lay people affiliated with the Archdiocese. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/dolan-and-hicks_4-10684346_20260504172133.jpg Cardinal Timothy Dolan (left) whose resignation was accepted on Dec. 18, had accelerated the selloff of Archdiocesan real estate over the past two years to raise money for victims of sexual abuse by priests and lay people. But it will now be up to new Archbishop Ronald Hicks (right) to finish raising the money to pay victims. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/st-brigid-migrant-check-in-center_4-10684576_20260504172133.jpg St. Brigid School adjacent to Tompkins Square Park was leased to the city during the migrant crisis but is now the latest property that the Archdiocese has put up for sale as its scrambles to pay past victims of sexual abuse. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/st-patricks-cathedral-wikimedia-comm_4-10684607_20260504174313.jpg The Catholic Archdiocese of New York is trying to finalize a $800 million deal to pay off 1,300 past victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests and lay people. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/amazon-union-founder-chris-smalls-arrested-amid-protests-at-met-gala-LJ5821793 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-05T17:13:47-04:00 Amazon Union Founder Chris Smalls Arrested Amid Protests at Met Gala https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/resistance-red-carpet-at-the-2026-met_4-10687704_20260505170449.jpg Protesters gather across the street from the Metropoliant Museum of Art to protest the involvment of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as a sponsor. Amazon union founder Chris Smalls was arrested. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/met-gala-via-citizen_4-10686467_20260505165339.png Chris Smalls, the head of the first successful unionization drive at an Amazon outlet, was arrested for crasing a barrier at the 2026 Met Gala being staged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/lauren-sanches-at-met-gala-2026-wikim_4-10687705_20260505170449.jpg Lauren Sanchez Bezos arrives at the Met Gala 2026 on May 4. The sponsorship of the event by her husband Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest individuals in the world, drew the ire of protestors. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/wilson-officially-wins-ranked-choice-city-council-district-3-race-XH5823231 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-06T11:18:00-04:00 Wilson Officially Wins Ranked-Choice City Council District 3 Race https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/hhckpu4bcaasao-4-10665236-20260429104_4-10687646_20260505172113.webp Carl Wilson (center, front) has officially won the District 3 City Council race with 60 percent of ranked-choice votes, according to updated BOE tallies. He was endorsed by Council Speaker Julie Menin (left) and State Senator Erik Bottcher (back). https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-05-at-4-45-41-pm_4-10687649_20260505172113.png The runner-up in the race, Lindsay Boylan, officially pulled in 40 percent of the vote after ranked-choice tallies were completed. Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a surprise endorsement only days before mail-in voted statrted which jump started her campaign. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/chelsea-downtown-manhattan-events-may-7-13-YM5824717 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-05-06T12:32:00-04:00 Chelsea & Downtown Manhattan Events: May. 7-13 https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/national-arts-club-via-www-nationalar_4-10689055_20260506120830.jpg national arts club via www.nationalartsclub.org https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/intrepid-via-intrepidmuseum-org_4-10689061_20260506120830.jpg intrepid via intrepidmuseum.org