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
E-bikes parrked on 8th Avenue, between 37th and 38th street. If two bills recently passed in the NYS Assembly are passed by the New York State Senate and signed by Gov. Hochul, further e-bike safety regulations will be put in place, including a statewide ban on e-bikes driving on sidewalks. ( Photo: Alessia Girardin) New York State Finally Moving— Slowly— to Regulate Lithium-Ion Batteries for E-Bikes By any measure, the statistics are horrific and infuriating: in 2023 alone, according to the FDNY, uncertified lithium-ion... News 20 Jun 2024 | 01:24
Constantino Novala horses and mural in Wise Towers public plaza. The playground adjacent has recently been declared private. ( lifeiswondertastic Instagram) So Much Llama Drama: Wise Towers Bars Non-residents from New Playground A newly renovated playground is supposed to bring nothing but fun to New York City kids. Instead, the renowned “Llama Park”—... News 17 Jun 2024 | 05:47
Elizabeth Street Garden on May 29, 2024. This green space in SOHO near the border of Little Italy has been at the hub of ongoing debate between the people who want to save the garden and the city that wants to solve the senior affordable housing crisis by erecting affordable housing on the plot. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. Nearing the End? Boosters of Elizabeth Street Garden Clash with Advocates of Affordable Housing An eight year legal war may be nearing the end as the city has won the latest battle to evict the Elizabeth Street Garden... News 31 May 2024 | 04:57
The NYC portal that is in NYC’s Flatiron District at the junction of Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street that connects to Dublin at the corner of North Earl Street and O’Connell Street, the city’s main street. The portal now has a gate that was reopened on May 19 and will be on livestream for visitors from 6 AM to 4 PM in NYC. Police and Flatiron NoMad organizers now patrol the area for safety. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. NYC-Dublin Portal Reopens with Limited Hours after Lewd Incidents Forced Shutdown A sense of global connectedness between New York City and Dublin from the NYC portal installed about two weeks ago was disrupted... News 20 May 2024 | 05:29
Trevor Bickford when he attacked three police officers on New Year’s Eve 2022 was probably trying “to commit suicide by cop” said Thomas Galati, who at the time was the NYPD chief of intelligence and counterterrorism. Photo: NYPD Man in Violent Times Square Rampage on New Year’s Eve ‘22 Sentenced to 27 Yrs Behind Bars A self proclaimed jihadist man from Maine who attacked three NYPD officers with a machete-style knife on New Year’s Eve,... News 13 May 2024 | 06:26
The portal from New York City’s Flatiron at the junction of Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street that connects to Dublin at the corner of North Earl Street and O’Connell Street. The 3.5-ton part interactive sculpture and part webcam is providing a 24-hour livestream across global cities. Photo: Alessia Girardin. Sci-fi-like Portal Links Dublin to NYC; Some Find Overseas Dates, Others See Family Members NYC’s newest tech installation is a livestream video “portal” that now connects from a park in the Flatiron District to Dublin,... News 13 May 2024 | 05:28
Columbia students and independent supporters marching in pro-Palestinian protest on May 6 on W 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam avenue in front of Columbia University’s main entrance for students who live on campus. The protests were the reason that Columbia’s president shut down the school previously on April 30, and has cancelled graduation on May 15. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. Many Students Upset After Columbia Cancels Its All-School Graduation After Weeks of Protests Columbia University canceled its all-school graduation ceremony for students, amid pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled... News 09 May 2024 | 04:24
The Tony Dapolito Recreation Center’s Outdoor Pool, also known as Carmine Street Pool, located at Seventh Avenue South and Clarkston Street, will remain closed this summer for the fifth summer in a row. Photo: Alessia Girardin. Dapolito’s Outdoor Pool in Greenwich Village Stays Shut Down for Yet Another Summer The Tony Dapolito Recreation Center’s Outdoor Pool, also known as Carmine Street Pool, will remain closed for a fifth summer... News 03 May 2024 | 05:28
In one of the alleged punch attacks, suspect Daquan Armstead was said to have struck an assistant NYU professor on a street at the rear of Washington Square Park. The attack was being investigated as a hate crime. Photo: Slippy Hollow/Wikimedia Commons Serial-Puncher Arrested for 8 Random Attacks on Women is Remanded on $20,000 Bail A 30-year-old Bronx man was arrested on April 23 and charged with eight random punching attacks on women in Tribeca, the... News 24 Apr 2024 | 06:06
Rapper and media sensation Polo G was arrested for a gun charge while at a Manhattan hotel, The Dominick Hotel located at 246 Spring Street, between Varick Street and 6th Avenue, on April 10. Photo: Polo G Instagram @polo.capalot. Rapper Polo G Arrested for Gun Charge After Police Raid His SOHO Hotel Room The 25-year-old rapper and media sensation, Polo G, whose real name is Taurus Bartlett, was arrested with gun charges in... News 12 Apr 2024 | 10:04
An earthquake with a 4.8 magnitude that struck an epicenter in New Jersey, one mile from Tewksbury, NJ on April 5 at 10:23 a.m.also sent shock waves to Manhattan and up and down the East Coast. Outlined in red is the earthquake at its most intense point stretching along New Jersey. Photo Credit: earthquake.usgs.gov. A 4.8 Quake in NJ Rattles Manhattan; Around 30 Smaller Aftershocks Hit Over Weekend Dozens of small aftershocked continued over two days following an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale... News 08 Apr 2024 | 10:13
A Venezuelan woman, Edgarlis Vegas who police said is pictured in bottom left hand corner (wearing a burgundy jacket) allegedly was part of a mob of migrants involved in an assault on two police officers in a Times Square melee on Jan. 27. Photo: Crimestoppers First Woman Charged as Part of Migrant Mob That Attacked 2 Cops in Times Square A 20-year-old Venezuelan became the first woman to be arrested and charged with being part of a gang of immigrants who were... News 15 Mar 2024 | 06:57
A delivery worker, who wanted to remain unnamed, trying out the charging station powered by Swiftmile on March 11 at Cooper Square in the East Village. Photo credit: Alessia Girardin. Bumpy Rd: Delivery Workers Voice Concerns on First E-Bike Battery Charging Pilot Program The Department of Transportation (DOT) held its first battery charging pilot program for 100 delivery workers on March 7... News 11 Mar 2024 | 05:07
The Flaco memorial on Feb. 26 at his favorite elm tree in the Central Park North Meadow. Photo Credit: Flickr. Fans Petition Parks Dept. for a Statue Honoring Flaco, But It Could Be a Very Long Wait Fans of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl, escaped Central Park Zoo and died on Feb. 26 after striking an Upper West Side Building... News 08 Mar 2024 | 05:49
