None of their huts, or any other I’ve seen, have meaningful ventilation. With the new UK mutation which increases transmission by 56%, I wouldn’t, uh, be caught... dead... in one of those. It horrifies me that ventilation rules for outdoor stuctures are not being enforced. — A. on Seen & Heard: Hunkering down for winter

There's been a house ad on the site with open restaurants for a couple months, and it is more recent than the one I put up this spring. I update it as I hear from the restaurants directly, or as I walk by. Find it here. — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: Hunkering down for winter

I think Wolfgang's might also closed for the time being. Signs on the door say their outdoor enclosure was in violation and their license was suspended accordingly. Any word on them? At this point, it might be easier to keep a running list of the restaurants that are still open... — person on Seen & Heard: Hunkering down for winter

I’ve noticed these little house booths at Zutto on Hudson past few weeks. I truly hope they have a good source of ventilation action going on. — j. on Seen & Heard: Hunkering down for winter

I am there every chance I get. Just walking into the place is an experience. The smell of the baking bread is amazing. Cannot wait to go back next week for the pizza. — TribecaMom on New Kid on the Block: Frenchette Bakery

+1 why does media attention set our priorities? — josh on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

Community board committee meetings are all recorded here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCem-EVlcjv8dPUETrVMt2yQ There have been over 15 hours of meetings regarding the Governors Island rezoning, which will permit 38 story tall buildings on the southern portion of the Island, and will go before the City sometime in February - it hasn't been scheduled yet. — local on Community Board 1 agendas for January

Absolutely agree. There are heinous crimes being committed every single day in NYC and NYPD resources are better spent catching these criminals and preventing these rapes, assaults of innocent New Yorkers. What happened regarding the arrest of the bicycle gang that attacked the BMW. Also, and I say this as a person of color myself the girls behavior had nothing to do with the boy being black. She would have pounced on anyone who she thought had her phone. — Raiina on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

Absolutely agree. There are heinous crimes being committed every single day in NYC and NYPD resources are better spent catching these criminals and preventing these rapes, assaults of innocent New Yorkers. What happened regarding the arrest of the bicycle gang that attacked the BMW. Also, and I say this as a person of color myself the girls behavior had nothing to do with the boy being black. She would have pounced on anyone who she thought had her phone. — Raiina on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

Is the predators name Karen or dod you choose the criminal’s name? — Karen on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

You are the one that needs the reality check. This is the incident that you are worried about where our tax payer dollars are going? For god sales; a young man was assaulted. Thank god his father was there because the situation would have turned out very differently if he wasn’t. And none of us have to be geniuses to understand that. — TG on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

I'd never heard of them but a friend sent us an enormous pannetone for the holiday from their Harlem location. It was divine I will definitely check them out when safe dining returns, post vaccine!. — martine on New Kid on the Block: Sant Ambroeus

Hey Reality Check - I got a reality check for you - the NYPD is the biggest police force in the world - how about they do both - catch the murderers , rapists AND the racist Karens? I think they can handle it. Also, they wouldn't have to send the cops anywhere if they had arrested her on the day she did it. I would love to see you "keep things in perspective" if your kid was tackled and accused of a something they had NOTHING to do with. And since when is tackling a minor "rude" and not assualt? — F on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

Absolutely agree. There are heinous crimes being committed every single day in NYC and NYPD resources are better spent catching these criminals and preventing these rapes, assaults of innocent New Yorkers. What happened regarding the arrest of the bicycle gang that attacked the BMW. Also, and I say this as a person of color myself the girls behavior had nothing to do with the boy being black. She would have pounced on anyone who she thought had her phone. — Raiina on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

It's time for the borough jail project to die at last. The pandemic should be the last nail in that coffin. The city is broke, and this was always a misguided project, rammed through without proper input of affected community, and would cost billions, and with no real guarantee of jail reform. Instead, reform the system at Rikers. — Marcus on Community Board 1 agendas for January

This is so true! We will probably not have another Republican mayor in this city for a long time (though the last 2 did wonderful things for the city). I'm just praying the right Democrat candidate runs. Will be following this race very closely... — Yes! on Man terrorizes the neighborhood for an hour, sending eight to the hospital

I'm not condoning the objectionable nature of the woman's conduct. However, why are we wasting taxpayer dollars to send detectives (plural-more than one) to California when those resources could be better spent searching for criminals wanted for committing crimes such as murder and rape in NYC. I suppose there are no unsolved murders, rapes or serious assaults with hospitalized victims? The rush to assume that this was a racially motivated incident (which I would not discount) does seem highly unfair. Yes her conduct was rude. Yes she did grab the kid and pull him down but he landed on her and he does not appear to be physically injured. Lets just keep things in perspective. Right now there are countless relatives of murder and rape victims who want justice. In a city that routinely releases people accused of crimes without bail provided the victims are not hospitalized this seems to be a total overreaction and waste of resources — Reality Check on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

the murray st library is such a joke. who is actually in charge? — nyc on Community Board 1 agendas for January

https://gothamist.com/news/opponents-lower-manhattan-towers-would-prefer-tow-pound-instead "[...] Sarah McNally, the owner of McNally Jackson bookstore with an outpost in the Seaport, has been baffled by how long a parking lot has managed to last in a land-scarce city like New York. "She recalled a recent landmarks community board committee meeting where members were 'gleefully' touting how many projects had failed. " ' I’m like, ‘This is crazy.’ You’re defending a parking lot. You’re proud of this,' McNally said. [...]" — James on Community Board 1 agendas for January

NYPD is sending detectives to California to interview her. WTF, she fled the scene of a crime. She should be forced to turn herself in and travel back to NYC on her own dime to be charged and interviewed. She physically attacked a 14 year old kid. — TribecaMom on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

Thanks so much for this ! — j. on Listen Up: The Year in Music

I've recommended this hotel many times, but no more. The Arlo has had plenty of time to educate its staff and create awareness re: racial profiling. It's been open since at least 2017...And were the events of 2020 not enough of a catalyst for them to make this kind of training a priority? That the manager took the side of this woman, with her irrational demands, and then allowed her to leave (after tackling/assualting Mr. Harrold's son) before the police arrived, is further evidence of her privilege and the manager's (and the hotel's) grievous error in judgement. I doubt very much that this incident would have unfolded in this manner had Ms. Ponsetto been obviously a woman of color. The Arlo took its time in responding to the incident publicly, as well. And on their Twitter feed, there's no evidence of the incident at all. As of today, she's still not been questioned, nor charged. — kimberly m. wang on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

Yes, agree. Very sad situation. — j. on Man terrorizes the neighborhood for an hour, sending eight to the hospital

This was first time I heard. Heartbreaking and enraging. I signed the linked petition. Thanks for bringing light to this story. Change can't come soon enough. — j. on Demands for the arrest of “Soho Karen” continue

I have a contact at the NY Post that would like to speak with you regarding your post, would you like to do it? — J on Man terrorizes the neighborhood for an hour, sending eight to the hospital