If the new legislation is approved, scenes like the above with police enforcing a new pedestrian pricing toll, could be commonplace. ( Photo: Courtesy Council Member Eric Bottcher) Council Member Calls for “Pedestrian Pricing” in Manhattan below 60th St City Council member Eric Bottcher on April 1 sent out a release calling for a “pedestrian pricing” toll to be introduced... News 01 Apr 2025 | 05:18
An estimated 170,000 tulips were dispensed at Tulip Day 2025 on March 30 in Union Sq. ( Photo: NYCforfree) Union Sq. Bursts into Color for 2nd Annual Tulip Day Fest Union Square burst into color on Sunday, March 30th, for the second annual Tulip Day NYC 2025. Organizers say that over 15,000... News 01 Apr 2025 | 04:15
Security camera footage of one of the suspects, a male with light brown skin, is seen here wearing a maroon-colored, black-top hoodie and riding a bicycle. ( Photo: NYPD CrimeStoppers) Man Struck in Head With Bicycle on UWS; NYPD Seeks Suspects Police are seeking any information on two suspects at the center of a violent assault last autumn on the Upper West Side.... News 31 Mar 2025 | 05:27
A mom named Michelle (right) accompanied by her daughter Lulu and her husband were among the fans who climbed on board the Yankee Express nostalgia train. “It’s amazing,” she said of the special train. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Fans Climb Aboard Nostalgia Train for Yankee Stadium Run on Opening Day Last year, when the NYC Transit Authority ran its vintage nostalgia subway car to Yankee Stadium on opening day, there was... News 31 Mar 2025 | 06:00
NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (left) and Assembly member Michah Lasher (with mic) give speeches at NYC’s Tesla Takedown demonstration that drew hundreds of protestors on March 29 in the West Village. It marked the fifth week of protests at the Tesla showroom. ( Instagram: @lasherforassembly) Hundreds Protest Musk/Trump Cuts at Tesla’s Showroom, Draws 3 Dem Elected Officials For the fifth week in a row, hundreds of people turned up at a Tesla Showroom in the Meatpacking District on March 29 to... News 31 Mar 2025 | 05:44
The spot where mailboxes once stood outside the 85th Street Post Office. The holes from where the boxes were drilled in place remain, along with some rust over the years. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) Here’s Why Mailboxes Are Going Missing on the UES Within a five-block area of Yorkville, mailboxes are disappearing. The set of boxes in front of the East 85th Street Post... News 31 Mar 2025 | 02:02
A small force of 14 federal agents pursuing the billions ripped off from the US Government during the pandemic was shut down by DOGE on March 28. The agency had already recovered more than three times its annual budget and had nearly a 100 percent conviction rate against fraud perpetrators in federal court. ( Photo: Wikimedia commons) Agency That Successfully Prosecuted Pandemic Fraud Is Casualty of Trump’s Cuts A little-known agency of the US Government was shuttered last week. It went largely unnoticed amidst the deluge of reports... Voices 31 Mar 2025 | 01:19
Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at Greek Independence Day Parade, March 30. ( Photo: Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) Greek Independence Day Parade Spreads Democracy up 5th Ave Zito I ellada! That’s the shared sound of elation: Long Live Greece!, transliterated and resounding along Fifth Avenue as... News 31 Mar 2025 | 12:35
Tee ballers, barely bigger than the banner, get ready to step off at the start of the Opening Day parade for the Peter Stuyvesant Little League. There are still Tee ball openings for players living in the district between East 12th Street and East 72nd Street. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) 3 NY Mets Champs Help Little League Kick Off Its 75th Season Play ball! The Peter Stuyvesant Little League, whose catchment district stretches from East 12th Street to East 72nd Street... News 31 Mar 2025 | 06:17
Wanted for assault at 23rd St A / C /E station, March 17, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Psycho Shoves Man for Refusing Subway Swipe; Fatality at Times Square Station Appearances, never forget, can be deceiving. That’s one lesson to be relearned from an assault that occurred on March 17,... News 30 Mar 2025 | 04:39
CitiBike e-bike gang on a headphone-snatching spree, March 17. ( Photo: NYPD) E-Bike Gang Swiping Headphones; Body Found in the East 53rd Street Subway Station There’s a new robbery gang in town. Unsurprisingly, the gang chose CitiBike e-bikes to maraud Manhattan on March 17 and steal... News 31 Mar 2025 | 12:54
All six candidates trying to secure the Democratic nomination for city council representing City Council District 4 appeared at the forum sponsored by the East 86th Street Association on March 6. ( Photo: East 86th Street Association) Controversy Brewing in CD 4 Council Race as Rachel Storch Opts Out of Matching Funds Petitions, matching funds: The race for the District 4 City Council seat just got a little testy as Rachel Storch, one of... News 31 Mar 2025 | 02:47
Bill Diehl said he met one of his interview subjects, actress Bernadette Peters, while rummaging through the Upper West Side’s Grand Bazaar. She told him she was looking for her jeweler. ( Photo: Courtesy Bill Diehl) Treasure Hunting at the City’s Flea Markets Sparks ABC Journalist’s New Book Upper East Sider Bill Diehl began his foray into flea marketing when COVID hit and he could no longer use ABC’s studios on... News 28 Mar 2025 | 04:42
The special brown compost bin where residents are now required to place their food scraps and lawn clippings. Mandatory fines for failing to separate food waste from other trash kick in as of April 1. ( Photo: NYC DSNY) Citywide Composting Kicks In April 1. So Do the Fines Curbside composting rules will be widely enforced citywide beginning on April 1, meaning that Department of Sanitation (DSNY)... News 31 Mar 2025 | 02:19
Council Member Calls for “Pedestrian Pricing” in Manhattan below 60th St