DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, center, speaking at a September 3 press conference about intersection “daylighting” improvements. The city is on track to daylight 1,000 NYC intersections by the end of 2024, he said. ( Photo: DOT) DOT: Safety Improvements Added to 36 Manhattan Intersections This Yr. NYC’s Department of Transportation is mounting a massive bid to reduce pedestrian fatalities on the city’s roads, by seeking... News 04 Sep 2024 | 06:26
DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez using a pilot e-bike battery charging station, as part of Eric Adams’s “Charge Safe, Ride Safe” campaign. The agency claims that after five months, the pilot has massively boosted safe battery swaps. ( Photo: DOT ) DOT: E-Bike Charge Pilot, Meant to Combat Unregulated Battery Fires, Is Raging Success Since March, NYC’s Department of Transportation has been running a pilot e-bike charging program for deliveristas, and the... News 04 Sep 2024 | 04:07
The East River Esplanade is currently blocked at E. 71st St., due to a years long construction project underway by the Hospital of Special Surgeries. The lack of a temporary pathway is reportedly frustrating to many users who walk, jog, or bike on the East Side. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) UES Residents Still Angry Over Blockages as City Moves on East River Greenway Expansion The East River Greenway–also known as the East River Esplanade–will finally move one step closer to completion, after the... News 30 Aug 2024 | 12:40
A rendering, provided by the city’s DOT, depicts an expansion of park space that would be created by widening Park Avenue’s medians. ( Photo: DOT ) City Wants to Make Grand Central Stretch of Park Ave. Into a “Park” Again A stretch of Park Avenue between E. 46th St. and E 58th St. may soon host expanded public space and seating areas, if Mayor... News 29 Aug 2024 | 04:24
Bill, a longtime Lighthouse Guild volunteer, gets ready to test out a Ballot Marking Device at an August 21 voting workshop for visually impaired New Yorkres. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Lighthouse Guild Holds Accessible Voting Workshop for Visually Impaired NYers A large cohort of visually impaired New Yorkers attended Lighthouse Guild presentations about how to effectively vote on... News 27 Aug 2024 | 05:08
MTA CEO Janno Lieber (center) celebrates the August 22 opening of three new elevators at the 14th St./6th Ave. subway station. He was joined by MTA Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo (left, at microphone), State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and State Assembly Member Deborah Glick (right). ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Three New Accessible Elevators Now Link to 14th St.’s F, M, & L Subway Lines Three new elevators have opened at the 14th St./6th Ave. station, the MTA has announced, and will provide greater access... Home 25 Aug 2024 | 03:19
The NYC Department of City Planning Chair Dan Garodnick hosting an August 21 roundtable on the “City of Yes” housing amendment. He noted that it is nearing a key vote by his department. ( Photo: Mayor’s Office of Ethnic & Community Media) Garodnick Says That “City of Yes” Zoning Push Is Nearing Key Vote The housing zoning amendment formally known as the “City of Yes” is coming closer to fruition, Department of City Planning... News 24 Aug 2024 | 12:11
Mt. Sinai has been trying to close Beth Israel for months. Community activists say that patients will suffer, since only one branch of a major hospital–an outpost of NewYork-Presbyterian–would be left below 28th St. On August 15, Mount Sinai received another restraining order that temporarily halted BI’s shutdown. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Beth Israel Hit with New Restraining Order After Activists Again Try to Block Closure Mt. Sinai has been hit with a new restraining order blocking it from shutting down Beth Israel, which it wants to close after... News 18 Aug 2024 | 04:28
Blink Fitness, which has 11 locations in Manhattan–including the one pictured above, next to Bryant Park–has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The local operations will stay open while Blink seeks to come to terms with its creditors, the company said. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Blink Fitness’s Manhattan Gyms Will Stay Open After Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Blink Fitness, the nationwide gym chain with 11 locations in Manhattan, will reportedly keep its doors open to members while... News 14 Aug 2024 | 07:58
The + POOL should float in the East River off of Pier 35 in the summer of 2025, public officials say. Filtration testing on the project began this month. ( Photo: Friends of + POOL ) Pier 35 Selected as Location for Planned East River Floating Pool Water filtration tests have already begun for a floating public pool in the East River, in advance of a hoped-for opening... 12 Aug 2024 | 12:35
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
A rendering of the planned 2nd Phase of the Second Avenue subway extension, which can resume inching forward after Governor Kathy Hochul announced $54 million in state funding for the project. The price tag was previously covered by congestion pricing, which she indefinitely paused. ( Photo: MTA ) Stalled Second Avenue Subway Expansion Inches Forward, After $54M State Allocation The Second Avenue subway expansion project will resume again, after Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she had managed... News 31 Jul 2024 | 06:46
Samuel Kleinplatz, a Beth Israel patient, speaking at at March rally. Beth Israel now seems more likely to close, after NYS granted conditional approval to Mt. Sinai’s latest shutdown plan. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly ) NYS Health Dept. Approves Beth Israel Shutdown, With Conditions Mt. Sinai has received conditional approval from the NY Department of Health to shutter Beth Israel, although an official... News 30 Jul 2024 | 11:42
Brand new pickle-ball courts at the UES’s Carl Schurz Park, contrasted with some aging basketball infrastructure a stone’s throw away. ( Photos: Jack Ahern ) Basketball Players Wait on Remodel at Carl Schurz Park, Picklers Get New Paint Job Pickleball players on the Upper East Side’s Carl Schurz Park are now enjoying freshly repainted courts, after they alerted... News 15 Jul 2024 | 03:39
State Senator Kristen Gonzalez rallies locals against the Beth Israel’s closure in March. On July 10, Mt. Sinai announced that they wouldn’t close Beth Israel on July 12, as originally planned. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly ) Beth Israel Forced to Postpone Its Mid-July Shutdown Plan Mt. Sinai told employees that they will not close E. 16th’s Beth Israel hospital on July 12, as they had hoped to, after... News 12 Jul 2024 | 05:20
