Outpost Club promises hassle-free, low-commitment entree into Bushwick, Ridgewood and other trendy neighborhoods. Some residents are on rent strike and demanding their apartments get their regulated status restored.
Manhattan
Posted inCity Hall, Manhattan, Migrant Crisis, Sports
Soccer League Protesting Randall’s Island Migrant Tents Is Led By a City Commissioner
A Manhattan dad pulled his kids from play after city consumer affairs chief Vilda Mayuga circulated a petition asking Mayor Adams to cancel shelters on sports fields.
Posted inCongestion Pricing, Manhattan, Transportation
Congestion Pricing Scanners Debut on Broadway, As Lawsuit Looms
New scanning devices hover over streets near Columbus Circle, the first tangible signs of the tolls motorists will be charged to drive into Midtown Manhattan.
Posted inMigrant Crisis
NYC’s Right to Shelter Implodes as Mayor Adams Warns ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Better’
City Hall is talking cryptically about the ‘next phase’ after dozens of arriving migrants spent the weekend waiting in the heat and without access to a bathroom to be let into the city’s ‘welcome center.’
Posted inGun Violence
Manhattan DA Selects 10 Grassroots Groups For Grants to Fight Gun Violence
The groups will implement hyperlocal programs for at-risk youth in gun violence hotspots.
Posted inConstruction
Engineers Warned Landmarks Commission Salvaging a Synagogue Would Be Dangerous. Then a Worker Got Crushed to Death.
A fatal collapse at burned-out Beth Hamedrash happened after the city’s preservation panel forced rebuilding, over its own expert’s objections.
Posted inAffordable Housing
WTC Housing Activists Hail Hochul’s Heightened Goals for Affordability
Governor announces more income-restricted units and set-aside for locals there on 9/11 — while acknowledging impact of ‘100% affordable’ agitators.
Posted inPublic Housing
NYCHA Now Needs $78 Billion to Fix Aging Buildings as Costs Surge From 2017 Estimate
The housing authority’s own analysis blames the 73% spike on rising construction expenses, accelerating deterioration and new initiatives to abate lead and asbestos.
Posted inPublic Safety
FDNY Failed to Follow E-Bike Battery-Check Law Before Deadly Chinatown Fire
Earlier this year the City Council forbade selling reconditioned batteries — yet fire department inspectors didn’t look for them in a visit to the now-destroyed store just weeks ago.
Posted inVendors
Obscure Law Enables Herald Square’s Private Security to Issue Street Vendors Tickets
The private security officers are deputized as ‘peace officers’ and are allowed to issue city fines.