New York City
- Mayor Adams pitches dorm-style apartments, hallway bathrooms in NYC housing plangothamist.com Mayor Adams pitches dorm-style apartments, hallway bathrooms in NYC housing plan
Mayor Eric Adams says his latest proposals would allow developers to build new dormitory-style housing for the first time since the 1950s.
- Rare Adams win: In Yards, Offices and Basements, New York Hopes to Build 100,000 Homeswww.nytimes.com In Yards, Offices and Basements, New York Hopes to Build 100,000 Homes
As New York’s housing crisis rages, Mayor Eric Adams is proposing broad changes that would make it easier to build above commercial strips, near subway stations and elsewhere.
- Progressives Complain About the Adams Administration But What Are They Going To Do About It?hellgatenyc.com Progressives Complain About the Adams Administration But What Are They Going To Do About It? - Hell Gate
As progressives begin another round of recriminations of Eric Adams, the question remains: What is the plan?
- Enough About Harvard. Let’s Talk About CUNY.jacobin.com Enough About Harvard. Let’s Talk About CUNY.
The elite media loves to obsess about the Ivy Leagues. But great public colleges like the City University of New York, once dubbed the Harvard of the proletariat, are far more relevant to most people — and infinitely better at serving the working class.
- Seeking new playbook, Democrats sour on Mayor Adams' migrant approachgothamist.com Seeking new playbook, Democrats sour on Mayor Adams' migrant approach
As the mayor continues to blame Washington for the migrant crisis, others in his party are offering up ideas closer to home.
- New York’s proportional representation experiment demonstrates potential of fair representationfairvote.org New York’s proportional representation experiment demonstrates potential of fair representation - FairVote
FairVote is a nonpartisan organization seeking better elections for all. We research and advance voting reforms that make democracy more functional and representative for every American.
- Ruptured Water Main That Flooded Subway Has Been in Service Since 1896www.thecity.nyc Ruptured Water Main That Flooded Subway Has Been in Service Since 1896
The break highlights the city’s challenge in replacing hundreds of miles of aging pipes.
- August ends with rings of Saturn and a super blue moon hovering over NYCgothamist.com August ends with a bright super blue moon hovering over NYC
As the summer winds down, skygazers can enjoy the last days with views of the super blue moon and the rings of Saturn.
- City Council Should Make Free-Riding MSG Pay Fair Sharenyc.streetsblog.org Opinion: City Council Should Make Free-Riding MSG Pay Fair Share - Streetsblog New York City
In order to best renovate Penn Station, the City Council should ask for much more from Jim Dolan and Co.
- Airbnb Hosts and Guests Scramble as New York Begins Crackdownwww.wsj.com Airbnb Hosts and Guests Scramble as New York Begins Crackdown
New short-term rental regulations could eliminate huge blocks of listings for visitors looking for options beyond hotels.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230822183605/https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/airbnb-new-york-city-laws-rentals-2950904e
- How I Found the New Roof Park at Pier 57apple.news How I Found the New Roof Park at Pier 57 — Curbed
The city’s newest public park tries to be everything at once and ends up feeling like a private space.
- Why There Are Still So Few Places to (Legally) Buy Marijuana in New Yorkwww.nytimes.com Why There Are Still So Few Places That (Legally) Sell Marijuana in New York
Court challenges and bureaucratic roadblocks have created hurdles for would-be cannabis sellers in the state.
- 1x tix to Sarah Sherman at Music hall of Wburg tonight
Got stuck at work, anyone want to go? Price negotiable
- City Moves to Allow Wider Cargo Bikes; Is a Delivery Revolution Next?nyc.streetsblog.org City Moves to Allow Wider Cargo Bikes; Is a Delivery Revolution Next? - Streetsblog New York City
The DOT wants to allow the use of wider, pedal-assist electric cargo bikes — a move that could get trucks off the road ... including some of DOT's own.
- NYC sees 9 deaths in 7 days on motorcycles, e-bikes, scooters, mopedswww.nydailynews.com Death rides two wheels in NYC as eight die in seven grim days on motorcycles, e-bikes, scooters, mopeds
Eight New Yorkers were killed in seven grim days while riding motorcycles, e-bikes, scooters or mopeds — the deadliest week of 2023 for those traveling on two wheels. The string of tragedies …
- Did anyone else head outside for this amazing late night thunder storm?
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- Lifeguard shortage means sections of most NYC pools are closedgothamist.com Lifeguard shortage means sections of most NYC pools are closed
The parks department has managed to keep outdoor pools open – by closing entire sections to swimmers.
- Judge ‘permanently’ blocks Medicare Advantage switch for 250K NYC retirees, city to appealgothamist.com Judge ‘permanently’ blocks Medicare Advantage switch for 250K NYC retirees, city to appeal
Retirees had protested the planned transition, saying it was a potential obstacle to accessing certain medical providers and treatments that also left the door open for increased costs.
- Inside the Chaos Brewing in the Manhattan Democratic Partynysfocus.com Inside the Chaos Brewing in the Manhattan Democratic Party
A raucous emergency meeting featured escalating alarm, bewilderment, a hot mic, dueling accusations of conflicts of interest, and a dramatic vote with two surprise twists.
- The Prestige Media Catches Up to Eric Adamsrosselliotbarkan.com The Prestige Media Catches Up to Eric Adams
The New Yorker digs in at the truth
- There's a hole in the sidewalk in SoHo. For a bit, you could see into a subway station.gothamist.com There's a hole in the sidewalk in SoHo. For a bit, you could see into a subway station.
After a TikTok video of the hole went viral, the MTA covered the hole with a traffic cone and blocked it off with metal gates.
- Don't Believe the Hype: Outdoor Dining to Mostly End in 2024hellgatenyc.com Don't Believe the Hype: Outdoor Dining to Mostly End in 2024 - Hell Gate
Ignore the spin—this is it, folks.
- City and State Must Come Up With a Plan to Shelter Migrants, Judge Sayshellgatenyc.com City and State Must Come Up With a Plan to Shelter Migrants, Judge Says - Hell Gate
The mayor says ‘There’s no more room,’ but a court says both City and State are bound to provide shelter.
- Inside NYC's vendor boom: what's driving it and how is the city respondinggothamist.com Inside NYC's vendor boom: what's driving it and how is the city responding
The uptick is generating a rise in complaints–and a battle over the city’s role in educating the newcomers.
- Comptroller: New York Really, Really Needs To Hustle To Hit Climate Goalshellgatenyc.com Comptroller: New York Really, Really Needs To Hustle To Hit Climate Goals - Hell Gate
As the world burns, New York is in real danger of missing its once-heralded climate compact.
- Awaiting help from city, 150 migrants sleep outside Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotelgothamist.com Awaiting help from city, 150 migrants sleep outside Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel
Adams says “there's no more room indoors.”
- What the Hell Is Happening With the Penn Station Redesign?hellgatenyc.com What the Hell Is Happening With the Penn Station Redesign? - Hell Gate
There's two competing visions of how to fix Penn Station. Who is pushing them? How are they different? What does politics have to do with it?
- WGA Picket in New York Doubles as Unionization Effort for Animation Writers: “We Are Going to Get This God***n Industry Organized”www.hollywoodreporter.com WGA Picket in New York Doubles as Unionization Effort for Animation Writers: “We Are Going to Get This God***n Industry Organized”
The Tuesday event saw upwards of 100 WGA and SAG-AFTRA members, non-union writers and other supporters marching in the rain as they showed solidarity with the medium's east coast writers.
- Will the City Finally Take Over Citi Bike? - Hell Gatehellgatenyc.com Will the City Finally Take Over Citi Bike? - Hell Gate
Lyft is probably getting rid of Citi Bike—so what happens now?
- Way ahead of it's time: The Remote Lounge NYC - Doc Pop's Blogdocpop.org Way ahead of its time: The Remote Lounge NYC - Doc Pop's Blog
Remembering the retro-futuristic voyeur bar that was way ahead of it's time.
- MTA Board approves subway, bus fare hikes; will discuss congestion pricing - Fares go from $2.75 to $2.90 on August 20abc7ny.com MTA Board approves subway, bus fare hikes; will discuss congestion pricing
It is the first fare hike since 2019 and the first increase in the base subway and bus fare since 2015.
- The Mayor and City Council Are Finally at War - Hell Gatehellgatenyc.com The Mayor and City Council Are Finally at War - Hell Gate
And some veto-proof links for your Friday.
- Will There Ever Be Another Popular Mayor of New York City?www.nytimes.com Will There Ever Be Another Popular Mayor of New York City?
Eric Adams — like most of his recent predecessors — hovers around a 50 percent approval rating. It’s hard to govern when only half the city is on your side.
- The NYPD doesn’t report where it deploys police. So scientists used AI, dashcams to find outgothamist.com The NYPD doesn’t report where it deploys police. So scientists used AI, dashcams to find out.
Cornell Tech researchers used nearly 25 million rideshare dashcam images to identify police cars on city streets and areas that receive more attention than others.
- ‘Our district was suffering’: Émilia Decaudin on why she’s challenging Juan Ardilawww.cityandstateny.com ‘Our district was suffering’: Émilia Decaudin on why she’s challenging Juan Ardila
A socialist running in a very left-leaning district, Decaudin would be the first out trans lawmaker in the state Legislature.
- New York Is Getting Serious About Busting Gray-Market Weed Shopsnymag.com New York Is Getting Serious About Busting Gray-Market Weed Shops
One of Manhattan’s biggest dispensaries was raided after allegedly selling products without a license.
- Slice of solidarity: Brooklyn restaurant workers move closer to becoming New York City’s first unionized pizzeriawww.amny.com Slice of solidarity: Brooklyn restaurant workers move closer to becoming New York City’s first unionized pizzeria | amNewYork
Since last summer, workers at a Brooklyn pizzeria have been in the process of unionizing. If successful, they will be the first to form a union at a New York