Photos presented by the Manhattan DA’s office show collapsed ceilings, broken front door locks and dilapidated halls in Daniel Ohebshalom’s East Village, Hell’s Kitchen, and Washington Heights buildings. ( Photo: Manhattan District Attorney’s Office) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord,’ Daniel Ohebshalom, Is Charged with Tenant Harassment by D.A. New York City slumlord Daniel Ohebshalom, who is currently jailed on Rikers Island, has been hit with a new set of criminal... Home 06 May 2024 | 02:04
Joseph Abramov in front of his cannabis dispensary, Urban Leaf, at 977 2nd Ave. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) One Yr After License Was Granted, New UES Cannabis Shop Can Finally Open Its Doors When Joseph Abramov was 19, he saw a business opportunity in the up-and-coming weed delivery scene, albeit one that was still... News 22 Apr 2024 | 04:41
Clockwise: Ruppert Park’s redesign project is in its procurement phase; two new security cameras may be installed near Andrew Haswell Green Park this summer; John Jay’s new pool deck is expected to be completed by Memorial Day; St. Catherine’s Park’s design plans will be presented in May. ( Image credit (clockwise): NYC Parks, Google Street View, NYC Parks, Jim Henderson via Wikimedia Commons) UES Park Check in: New Pool Deck at John Jay, New Lights on Esplanade, Slow Going for Ruppert Park It’s spring: the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and there is pollen everywhere. Ahead of long, sunny days at... Home 15 Apr 2024 | 09:30
Students in the High School of Art and Design’s photo elective take staff photos from time to time. This photograph is an example, says principal Maximillian Re-Sugiura. He started dyeing his hair last year to raise money for student programs. ( Courtesy of Maximillian Re-Sugiura) Service By Design Maximillian Re-Sugiura’s favorite part of the day at the High School of Art and Design is when he visits the illustrations... People 11 Apr 2024 | 02:28
From ER Doctor to Executive Director — For Dr. Daniel Baker, It’s All About Putting People at the Center For as long as Dr. Daniel Baker has lived in New York, he’s also worked at Lenox Hill Hospital. To him, he said, the two... People 11 Apr 2024 | 02:22
Yayun Li, 68, worked 24-hour shifts as a home care aide for 18 years. “It was so hard, I don’t have the words to describe it. I didn’t eat well. I didn’t sleep well,” she said. ( By Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Home Care Aides Stage Hunger Strike, Demanding Ban on 24-Hour Shifts On March 20, 24 home care aides and labor advocates camped out in front of City Hall and launched a six-day hunger strike... News 03 Apr 2024 | 11:48
A Link5G tower installed in Brooklyn. Preservationists in Manhattan on the Upper East Side and Greenwich Village have argued that the 5G towers are needlessly large and visually incompatible with their historic neighborhoods. ( Photo by Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Link5G Redesign a Possibility, Says Chief Technology Officer LinkNYC’s metallic, 32-foot-tall 5G towers have faced no shortage of backlash since they were first announced in 2022—especially... News 25 Mar 2024 | 04:58
The exterior of 705 and 709 W. 170th St., two Washington Heights buildings owned by Daniel Ohebshalom, where tenants have at times lived without heat, hot water, and electricity, and instead with leaks, mold, chipped lead paint and roach and rodent infestations. ( Image from Google Street View) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ is in Jail. What Led Up to His Arrest? Daniel Ohebshalom is currently serving a 60-day jail sentence on Rikers Island after turning himself in to New York City... News 25 Mar 2024 | 01:18
Protestors at a rally during the summer held photos which they said documented years of neglect and horrendous conditions inside buildings owned by the city’s “worst landlord,” Daniel Ohebshalom. ( Photo by Priyanka Rajput) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ is Finally Arrested, Taken to Rikers Island Daniel Ohebshalom, New York City’s “worst landlord” for two consecutive years, has been arrested, Straus News has learned.... News 24 Mar 2024 | 02:05
Some demonstrators customized their rain gear with protest demands. The watermelon, which bears the black, green, and red colors of the Palestinian flag, has become a familiar symbol at Palestinian protests. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand a Gaza Cease-Fire Thousands of protestors gathered in Washington Square Park and under heavy rain on March 2 and marched to mid-town calling... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 02:19
Plumbing installation in the Long Island Railroad concourse at Penn Station in 2019. ( Photo by MTA Capital Construction Mega Projects [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons.) Wee the People: These Bills Aim to Fix New York’s Toilet Access Problem “It shouldn’t be this hard to find a bathroom when you need one.” Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine shared this familiar... News 09 Mar 2024 | 06:22
A Link5G tower installed in Brooklyn. Preservationists on the Upper East Side have argued that the 5G towers are needlessly large and visually incompatible with their historic neighborhoods. ( Photo by Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) 5G Wars: Preservationists KO Link5G Plans on UES for Now The New York State Historic Preservation Office has recommended against plans for a Link5G tower at 1190 Madison Ave., near... News 16 Feb 2024 | 09:27
The new legal cannabis dispensary, The Herbal Care, will be the first legal shop to open on the Upper East Side at 1412 Lexington Ave. Only a few doors away, an illegal weed shop, the California Finest CBD Depot was permanently closed. Photo: Google Street Views Upper East Side’s First Legal Weed Dispensary to Open in New Year It’s happening: the Upper East Side’s first legal recreational cannabis dispensary will open its doors on Jan. 4. The Herbal... News 29 Dec 2023 | 09:47
Signa Holding, an Austrian real estate firm, is selling its 50% stake of the Chrysler Building, four years after its acquisition. ( Photo by Reinhold Möller, via Wikimedia Commons and licensed under CC BY 4.0) Chrysler Building Co-Owner Selling 50 percent Stake After Financial Woes in Europe Signa Holding, the European real estate giant, is selling its 50 percent stake of the Chrysler Building, as it undergoes... News 22 Dec 2023 | 05:42
2023 Poet-in-Residence Ama Codjoe, during The Poetic Line event at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. ( Photo: Enid Alvarez ) The Guggenheim is seeking a Poet-in-Residence The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets, is seeking its third Poet-in-Residence... News 22 Dec 2023 | 02:18