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Q Line Update: Feds Restore Funding to Second Avenue Subway
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (411+ words) For the second time in two months, the Trump Administration has resumed funding on a multi-billion dollar mass transit project in New York City that it had sought to derail. The MTA eventually plans to bore 1. 8 mile twin tunnels and…...
Upper West Side Neighborhood Event Calendar: Apr. 16-22
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (256+ words) For the Love of Humanity with Corey Pemberton: Please join MAD and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts for an evening with Corey Pemberton, artist and director of the nonprofit arts organization Crafting the Future. 6: 00 p. m. Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus…...
Robbery in Chelsea; Forcible Touching on Penn Station Platform
1+ week, 6+ day ago (305+ words) Cops are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the individual wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred within the confines of the Midtown South precinct. Details are as follows: EMS responded and transported the victim to NYC Health…...
Protest Against Hudson River Trust ICE Contract Continues
2+ week, 6+ day ago (556+ words) An array of protestors are continuing their fight against the Hudson River Park Trust's decision to see an Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) parking contract through, with organizers and supporters picketing another board meeting held by the Trust at Pier 57. The…...
Manhattan "No Kings" Protest Decries Trump, War, ICE & More
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (578+ words) A massive number of protesters railed against President Trump, marching down Seventh Avenue in Manhattan for over four hours in a line of protest that stretched for over a mile down Seventh Ave. on March 28 in the third "No Kings…...
Average Rent Cost in Manhattan Shoots up to $5, 000 Per Month
3+ week, 2+ day ago (734+ words) The median rent in Manhattan hit a record high of $5, 000 per month, a six percent increase from the previous year, a new survey reveals, and that is forcing many younger New Yorkers to look outside the borough. Some young renters…...
Snow Hustle: How I Joined NYC's Blizzard Brigade and Found Community at $30/Hr
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (633+ words) When nearly 20 inches of snow fell across Manhattan at the end of February, the city looked like a snow globe. As a native New Yorker, I have not seen this much snow in a long time. This year the opportunity…...
Suspect in Stuy Town Teen Rape Faces 17 Count Indictment
2+ mon, 10+ hour ago (747+ words) The homeless man who was arrested for the vicious rape of a 14 year-old girl in Stuyvesant Town is now facing a 17 count felony indicement for the attack on Jan. 29. "This brutal, broad daylight attack horrified this community and the entire…...
5 East Harlem Men Indicted for 9 Uptown Shootings: D. A. Bragg
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (337+ words) Five individuals from East Harlem were indicted by Manhattan D. A. Alvin Bragg for allegedly conspiring to possess firearms to commit nine shootings against rivals, including from several NYCHA developments. As alleged, one of the firearms was used in at least seven…...
Where Have All the Storefronts Gone: Upper West Side Retail in Crisis?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (530+ words) Broadway below 86th Street'the Mason-Dixon Line of the UWS' and above it up to 110th Street have notably different narratives. Indeed, south of 86th Street, there are fewer store vacancies per block than in the recent past. About 86th Street, however, Broadway denizens can't…...