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In the News: Whole Foods Testing Discount for Amazon Prime Members
Plus: Congestion pricing scratched for fees on taxi and livery car rides; "meat speakeasy" opening forecast; city studying the Governors Island gondola again; Water 4 Dogs to the rescue.
Seen & Heard: The Restaurant Replacing Denny’s
Plus: A possible ice-skating rink atop Pier 17; By Chloe hasn't started construction yet; no movement at Regen Projects gallery; fashion art show; more on the Governors Island tent camp; "Madame Secretary" shoot; third-floor office restaurant in FiDi. / 3 comments
The Helicopter Problem
There are three years left on the Pier 6 heliport concession. Given how much the New York City waterfront has changed over the years—how residential it has become, and how much parkland has been created—an outright ban on tourist helicopters is well past due. / 9 comments
In the News: Tent Hotel on Governors Island
Plus: Tetsu is now serving lunch; CTL Electronics and the fight to save cathode ray tube televisions; Fourteenjay founder on opening a salon in the city; more thefts; big new FiDi pub; affordable housing (and the lack thereof). / 1 comment
In the News: Governors Island Design Competition Winner
Plus: The demolished building depicted in a P.S. 234 plaque; history of the J. Crew Liquor Store building; dominatrix on a FiDi kidnapping gone wrong.
In the News: Explanation for Shortages at Whole Foods
Plus: Ilysa Winick tells her story; Governors Island update (including more access); thefts and a mugging at gunpoint; Cuomo's congestion plan won't include new bridge tolls. / 6 comments
In the News: Harvey Weinstein and Tribeca Grill
Plus: More thefts in the area; saving a building from demolition at the last minute.
Field Trip: Governors Island (Reprise)
The island is only open through the end of the month, but the great thing about going now—especially on a weekday, if you can swing it—is that nobody is there. My ferry had maybe 100 passengers on it, but once we disembarked, they must have turned invisible. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Help Keep Governors Island Open Later
Plus: 1803 is now serving lunch on weekdays; World of Gold N' Diamond is not reopening; frozen cocktails; phone store on Church apparently confirmed.
In the News: Governors Island to Stay Open Through October
Plus: A review of the new City Acres food hall/supermarket; Irish Hunger Memorial to reopen tomorrow with temporary plantings; lawsuit over 30 Park Place wine storage; Chambers building sold; tall ship in town. / 4 comments
In the News: Sheldon Silver’s Conviction Was Overturned
Plus: Alleged theft by stroller at Whole Foods; more on SP's Nuts & Candy; Stone Barns looking into food production on Governors Island; Lower Manhattan at risk for affordability; 10 Corso Como opening forecast; Cup & Saucer diner closing. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Con Edison to Rip Up Warren and W. Broadway
Plus: No word on whether Au Cheval is moving forward with its Walker Street restaurant; Tetsu looks closer; preparations for the "Sphere" sculpture at Liberty Park; Island Oyster food service. / 1 comment
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At least it is now very clear what this is for: raising funds, and increasing tax on New Yorkers. Not... — Will / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
Once they bond it, it'll be too difficult to cancel. — malcolm / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
Trump would not be able to cancel it. Hochul should step up to the plate and enact Congestion Pricing and... — Heide Fasnacht / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
Yes, this indeed as well. Fare evasion is out of control. — Marcus / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
Let's give it a try at least! But won't the next president cancel it anyway? Or is there a way... — Marcus / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
You can start by enforcing paying fares, how much that that cost a year? — S / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened