1 Union Square West is one of over 30 locations in Manhattan where WeWork is attempting to cancel their leases as they work the company works through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ( Source: Google Satellite) WeWork, Mired in Bankruptcy, Abandons Nearly 40 Office Spaces Across Manhattan WeWork, a company that once struck gold by renting and then subletting sleek, amenity-filled office spaces, is filing for... News 01 Dec 2023 | 05:51
State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal sponsored the bill’s passage in the upper house. A similar passed the NYS Assembly and now all eyes turn to Governor Hochul to see if she will sign or veto the bill. ( Source: New York State Senate Media Services) City Joins Business, Medical Groups in Lobbying Against Grieving Families Act Backed by Hoylman-Sigal New York City has joined an expanding chorus of local governments, businesses, and medical groups urging Governor Kathy Hochul... News 24 Nov 2023 | 04:21
Maryanne Trump Barry was a high-ranking federal judge first appointed to the bench by Ronald Reagan in 1983. Here, she testifies at Samuel Alito’s SCOTUS confirmation hearing in 2006. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) Maryanne Trump Barry, the Former President’s Sister, Found Dead in UES Apartment Maryanne Trump Barry, the older sister of Donald J. Trump and a former federal judge, has died at age 86. She was found by... Home 14 Nov 2023 | 01:46
New York City been battling with rats who create networks of burrows and then emerge to feast on trash. Carbon monoxide pumps are puts rats on E. 86th St. on the run and now council member Julie Menin wants to expand the successful program to other trouble spots. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) With 86th Street Rat Population On Run, Menin Pushes to Expand to New Trouble Spots The East 86th Street commercial corridor in Council Member Julie Menin’s district was once a playground for rats. No more,... News 06 Nov 2023 | 02:43
An artists rendering of the new Iron Horse Labs being built on the boyhood home of Yankee legend Lou Gherig on the UES. ( Credit: Elevate Research Properties) Construction of 200,000 Sq. Ft. Iron Horse Labs Now Underway Iron Horse Labs, a 200,000 square-foot, eight-story life sciences facility, is taking form on 94th Street between 1st and... Home 01 Nov 2023 | 02:33
Law & Order: SVU was inspired from the NYPD’s Special Victims Division. Now, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is adding an advisory council to his office’s own one-year-old Special Victims Division. ( Source: NBC) Manhattan DA Invites Stakeholders to Provide Input on Special Victims Division Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the creation of the Special Victims Division Advisory Council, hoping that... News 27 Oct 2023 | 05:12
Lululemon bought Mirror, a device which streams workout videos, in 2020, only to discontinue it three years later as sales flattened in the post pandemic era. ( Source Wikimedia Commons) Lululemon Gets Rid of Struggling Digital App, and also the 119 New York-Based Employees Who Run It As part of a deal that sealed a five-year partnership between sportswear maker Lululemon and exercise equipment producer... News 20 Oct 2023 | 03:06
Credit Suisse is a Swiss investment bank with global reach was taken over by UBS in June. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) UBS-Controlled Credit Suisse Throws 254 Manhattan Employees Overboard Global investment bank Credit Suisse, now grudgingly under UBS management after falling on hard times, is laying off 254... News 19 Oct 2023 | 07:08
Demonstrators at the pro-Palestine rally on Oct. 13. ( Priyanka Rajput) Thousands Gather to Support Palestine and Decry Israeli Policies A Hamas attack that killed 1,400 Israelis and retaliatory Israeli strikes that have killed 2,600 Palestinians in the Gaza... News 17 Oct 2023 | 01:13
The National Academy of Design, in Chelsea ( Photo: Etienne Frossard, from the OHNY website) For Free! Over 300 Venues Invite Visitors for Open House NY Weekend Open House New York Weekend is returning on October 20 with the biggest lineup they’ve sponsored since first opening in 2003.... News 13 Oct 2023 | 06:27
The enemy. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) City Push to Eradicate Rats Now Aims New Regs at Residences The rat buffet may be getting cut back, but not until next fall. Under tough new regulations, smaller residential buildings... News 13 Oct 2023 | 05:26
Quadiar Diggins, 17, took several photos of himself flaunting illegally acquired firearms, prosecutors said. Photo: ( Manhattan District Attorney’s Office) 5 Manhattan Residents Indicted for Shootings and Robberies in Months Long Crime Spree Five young men, who were arrested over a period from May 10 to September 19 in connection to a series of shootings and robberies... News 03 Oct 2023 | 12:01
