On January 20, harried LIRR commuters will be able to sitting in this area in Grand Central Madison, the first vestige of Tracks Raw Bar and Grill to appear in the station that has been a restaurant desert in its first two years of operation. Supply chain issues had pushed back the full restaurant’s opening until this Spring. ( Photo: Courtesy Bruce Caulfield) Restaurant Delayed at GCM, but Beer/Wine Will Soon Flow at Mini Tracks; Wine Cellar Opens in Penn As the Grand Central Madison terminal and concourse observes its second anniversary of opening on January 25, its retail... News 12 Jan 2025 | 04:17
Mayor Eric Adams prepares to give his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater, Jan. 9, 2025. ( Photo: Ben Tractenberg/The CITY) Adams Touts Massive Housing Push in State of City Speech Aimed at Families Mayor Eric Adams presented his fourth and possibly final State of the City address Thursday in Harlem, sharing a vision—but... News 10 Jan 2025 | 05:09
Studies show that cheese is low in heart healthy unsaturated fats, and as an added bonus appears to help fight tooth decay, according to some recent studies. ( Photo: rKimberly Vardeman/Wikimedia Commons) Say Cheese Please, If You Want to Cut Risk of Tooth Decay and Sleep Apnea When it comes to health foods, cheese is a champ. For starters, dietary gurus have decreed that unlike the mostly saturated... News 10 Jan 2025 | 03:18
NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda walking out of an unlicensed marijuana dispensary in May 2024, after a local operation to shut down such stores began. The local program is tied up in court after reportedly closing 1,300 smoke shops, while a state initiative that has closed only 59 shops in Manhattan last year is ongoing. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly ) Is Illegal Pot Shop Crackdown Sputtering as City Appeals a Court Decision? The city sheriff shutdown over 1,300 unlicensed pot shops last year in across the five boroughs but the crackdown may have... Home 12 Jan 2025 | 01:44
SBA President Vincent Vallegong at the podium. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Sergeants’ Union Rallies in Harlem for “Fair Pay Now” Hundreds of NYPD sergeants and their supporters braved the frigid cold and came to Harlem on Thursday Jan. 9, to protest... Voices 10 Jan 2025 | 08:16
Visitors to “Barbie®: A Cultural Icon” can sit in a life-size Barbie pink convertible and pretend that they too are Malibu Barbies. ( Photo: Youtube/Museum of Arts and Design) Need More Barbie? The Museum of Arts & Design has Exclusive East Coast Exhibit If there’s anyone who can one-up Taylor Swift...well, it’s that doll who became a smash hit movie, and is now pulling in... City Arts 10 Jan 2025 | 12:23
Officers from the NYPD’s 19th Precinct Public Safety Team who arrested a career burglar on E. 89th St. (Source: NYPD 19th Precinct X post) ( Photo: 19th Pct. X account) Cops Nab “Career Burglar” on East 89th Street A serial burglar on parole for burglary was arrested after being caught stealing packages from a residential building on... News 09 Jan 2025 | 07:27
Hudson Yards, as seen on the High Line approach. Friends of the High Line, which administers the elevated park, has started a campaign to halt a Hudson Yards casino bid by Related Co. ( Photo: Jack Ahern) High Line and Allies Trying to Halt Related’s Hudson Yards $12 Billion Casino Bid Related Co.’s $12 billion bid to put a casino in Hudson Yards has attracted fresh opposition from Friends of the High Line–the... News 05 Aug 2024 | 03:25
Hey, what can i do? Mayor Eric Adams says it is beyond his control to push for tax credits for teachers and first responders fpr police, fire and EMTS who live outside the congestion pricing zone and drive personal cars to work. MTA Chairman Janno Lieber urged individuals to seek relief from their employers. But Adams says don’t look to the city for relief. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Adams Won’t Go to Bat for Teachers and First Responders Who Work Inside Congest Zone When Janno Lieber gave his press conference on the brink of the start of congestion pricing, he suggested that employers... News 09 Jan 2025 | 06:38
A rendering of what Related Co.’s & Wynn’s $12 billion casino bid in Hudson Yards would look like. On Jan. 6, CB4 issued an unanimous motion of disapproval concerning the bid. ( Photo: Related Co., Wynn Resorts ) CB4’s Full Board Votes Its Disapproval of Hudson Yards Casino Bid Community Board 4 issued an unanimous vote of disapproval for Related Co.’s & Wynn Resorts’ $12 billion Hudson Yards casino... News 08 Jan 2025 | 06:34
City Councilmember Keith Powers, who is running for Manhattan Borough President, has collected 20 endorsements from fellow East Side district leaders. ( Photo: Keith Powers, Instagram) Over 20 East Side Politicos Endorse Keith Powers for Boro Pres—Including 5 Candidates Looking to Fill His Council Seat Now that it is January, the political campaign season is moving into high gear in several major races. East side City council... News 07 Jan 2025 | 05:30
Some Manhattan schools worry that the new congestion pricing tolls will have a negative impact on schools, discouraging teachers from working in the district and discouraging outer borough and uptown kids from attending schools below 60th St. ( Photo: Chalkbeat NYC) Education As congestion pricing begins, some Manhattan school communities worry over long-term impact For the first time on Jan. 6, some New York City families and educators commuting to school by car faced a $9 toll upon entering... News 06 Jan 2025 | 07:15
A 45 year-old construction worker fell to his death at a Waldorf Astoria construction site on Jan. 2, leading the DOB to issue a stop-work order that remains in place at the Park Ave. hotel. ( Photo: Waldorf Astoria/Google) Waldorf Astoria Hit With Stop Work Order After Hardhat Plunges to His Death The Waldorf Astoria’s much-delayed $2 billion overhaul was hit with a full stop-work order after a 45 year-old construction... News 06 Jan 2025 | 06:32
A 20 year-old Upper East Side resident allegedly broke into Gracie Mansion in the wee hours of Jan. 1 and stole an ornament from a drawer, cops say. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Jim.henderson) Bizarre Start of New Year: Man Nabbed for Stealing Ornament From Gracie Mansion A young man living on the Upper East Side has been arrested in connection with the strange theft of a Christmas ornament... News 06 Jan 2025 | 03:19
MTA Chairman Janno Lieber was taking a victory lap at a hastily called news conference on Jan. 3 after a judge refused to grant a request for an injunction to halt the imposition of the congestion pricing toll. It started as scheduled on Jan. 5. ( Photo: MTA via YouTube) Congestion Pricing Begins; Firefighter Unions Blast it Anew, NJ Vows to Continue Fight Motorists were paying more to get into Manhattan below 60th St. starting on Jan. 5 after New Jersey lost its last ditch appeal... News 06 Jan 2025 | 03:53
