CYBER SECURITY CONFERENCE
By Alice Robb
The New York Institute of Technology will host a cyber security conference on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at NYIT Auditorium, 1900 Broadway. Dr. Eric Cole, author of Hackers Beware and Network Security Bible, will discuss future trends in network security, and security expert Bill Cheswick will talk about safe passwords. Read more
PUTTING NAMES TO CORP. LANDLORDS
By Dan Rivoli
Listing corporations as a building’s owner is common among landlords. Often, a building’s owner is listed as an address with LLC tacked on. This poses a problem to tenants in multiple-dwelling buildings who may have a problem that needs to be addressed. Read more
DOT TRIES NEW PARKING PROGRAM
By Dan Rivoli
Parking is one of the classic problems of New York living. Countless minutes are spent circling around a neighborhood in an effort to find a free parking spot on the street.
On the Upper East Side, where good parking spots are a commodity, the Department of Transportation has been testing out a new pilot program called Park Smart, according to Streetsblog.org, a transportation news website. Read more
Parks Dept. Studying E. River Esplanade
By Dan Rivoli
At the end of last July, a chunk of the East River Esplanade, near East 72nd Street, caved in. There was, for a time, a gaping hole fenced off with metal barriers.
Michael Auerbach, an environmental advocate and East Side resident, said he was unsurprised when he saw the massive cave-in.
“In my head, I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s about right. I knew that would happen,’” said Auerbach, president of Upper Green Side. Read more
Fairway Receives Extended Loading Zone Hours
By Allen Houston with additional reporting by Shilpa Agrawal and Hannah O’Grady
The famed West Side market has jumped another hurdle in its move to East 86th Street, between Second and Third avenues. Fairway recently received extended loading zone hours from the Department of Transportation that will allow it to load and unload trucks between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m., seven days per week. The size of the loading zone is yet to be determined. Read more
Subway Construction Updates
Sam Schwartz Engineering recently released a schedule for Second Avenue Subway construction slated to take place through September 21.
Crews will excavate and install sewer, electrical manhole and service boxes on the west side of the street between East 100th and East 97th streets. Read more
Attorney General Candidates Share Vision for Office
By Dan Rivoli
Eliot Spitzer, before his stunning downfall as governor, was the white knight of Wall Street as attorney general. Before him, Robert Abrams put the attorney general office’s focus on consumer rights.
Each attorney general puts their stamp on an office that commands more than 650 lawyers. This September, five candidates are running for the state’s top law job, a position held by Andrew Cuomo, the front-runner to be the state’s next governor. Read more
Telephone Call From The Past
Writer pens ode to 100th Street phone booth
By Reid Spagna
Born in Pittsburgh, Peter Ackerman received a Bachelor’s degree in English from Yale and attended The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco to study acting. Among other works he is the co-author of Ice Age and Ice Age 3.
The writer met his wife when she starred in his play, Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight. The couple settled down on West End Avenue and has two sons.
Most recently, he is the author of The Lonely Phone Booth, his newly released children’s book. Read more
Banking on Fraud
Two East Side GTAs
A motorcycle and a car were stolen Aug. 20. A 24-year-old Long Island man reported that the motorcycle he was riding, which belonged to his 49-year-old father, was stolen. He parked the $11,000 blue 2009 Kawasaki motorcycle on the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 65th Street. When he returned to the spot, it was missing.
A 42-year-old man from the Hudson region reported his 2007 Toyota Camry stolen. He told police the car was legally parked on Third Avenue and East 77th Street while he visited a friend that lived nearby.
