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
HEATING OIL BILL SIGNED
By Alice Robb
New Yorkers can take a deep breath without worrying that their lungs will suffer for it. Soon, air pollution from toxic heating fuels will be reduced.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a bill into law Aug. 16 that would require heating oil used in most East Side buildings to have a lower sulfur count. The law also requires that heating oil used in the city contain two percent biodiesel. Read more
MALONEY AND SAUJANI SET TO DEBATE
By Dan Rivoli
Reshma Saujani has agreed to go on Daily News columnist Errol Louis’ radio show to debate Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Saujani had demanded that Maloney agree to debate. Baruch College on the East Side tried to get the two candidates to share a stage. Read more
ELDERLY COUPLE FOUND DEAD
By Dan Rivoli
Police said that an elderly couple was found dead in their Upper East Side apartment Aug. 13. Though the medical examiner did not know the cause of death yet, the Daily News reported that 86-year-old Michael Mendelson and 75-year-old Dale Roll committed suicide by overdosing on Ambien sleeping pills.
The two were found dead in their apartment on 211 E. 70th Street between Second and Third avenues after a neighbor complained of a smell.
ELLE’S LAW SIGNED
By Dan Rivoli
Drivers who injure pedestrians while violating traffic rules will face new penalties in honor of an Upper East Side girl disabled when a car backed into her. Read more
KRUEGER HELPS OUST ESPADA
By Dan Rivoli
The man trying to beat Pedro Espada—the Bronx state senator who helped paralyze state government with a Republican-backed coup in the State Senate and is being investigated on a slew of charges—is getting help from his Upper East Side colleague Liz Krueger. Read more
Park Ave. Ghost
By Dan Rivoli
The Parks Department released the rendering of Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara’s “White Ghost” exhibition. The two sculptures will be on the Park Avenue Malls at East 67th Street and East 70th Street from Sept. 6 to Nov. 5. The 14-foot tall statues are part of a retrospective of Japanese artist Nara at the Asia Society called Nobody’s Fool. Read more
