Convicted in 2018 on extortion and money laundering charges, the appeals court upheld four counts and dismissed three.
Plus a progress report on the Tin Building at the Seaport; a win for renters in Two Bridges; an attack on an MTA conductor at the Chambers Street J station. / 1 comment
Plus Miss Rachel adds an Upper West Side studio; OMNY system expands to South Ferry; a boy is assaulted by teens on Canal; lofts double as party spaces.
Plus the Wall Street Whole Foods is taking shape; the president is suing Dean & DeLuca for rent money; another charge of assault for BPC resident. / 2 comments
A short-term rental company has taken over a couple hundred units at the newly converted 20 Broad, and the regular tenants say that a recent robbery is a symptom of the set-up. / 11 comments
This is a story about street parking, hired cars, a liquor store and a serial vandal. But this tale is not quite over, and its ending may not be a happy one. / 27 comments
Plus more mochi coming to Soho; ferry ticket seller sentenced in shooting; ferry service resumes to Jersey City at lunch; The Roxy hosts a Nordic film festival. / 16 comments
Plus a shout out to the new West Thames bridge; another gallery immigrant coming from Chelsea; a retail vacancy report from the comptroller's office blames city regs.
Plus getting coverage for 9/11-related illnesses; tiny vegetables take over city restaurants; a bike theft in Hudson River Park; more galleries open this month. / 1 comment
Plus Pop Smoke at Patron of the New; Tommy Hilfiger's daughter's "kind of weird" aesthetic; and two men are slashed in the afternoon at the Canal Street A/C/E station.
Plus Tory Burch flagship store update; a rice paddy in the middle of the city; Nathan Berman making moves. / 3 comments
Plus the new Essex Street Market opens; a review of the Sheraton on Canal; a sort-of milkman at Brookfield; a red room renovation at One Wall. / 6 comments
Wood-fire is not allowed in almost all landmarked buildings especially if it was not there before. Also, I’m not sure... — LOL / The family from Beef Bar has taken the Sarabeth’s corner
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Restaurant tenants who hope to rent in a commercial co-op or condo face this issue all the time in Tribeca.... — james / Retail Report Part 2: The Stats
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i miss you rosalee. — samiyah (rosalee’s cousin) / A woman is murdered at the Seaport; suspects are charged
@JA: "Benefiting the very privileged few at the expense of everybody" is a good description of unchecked use of private... — Komanoff / Congestion pricing is here