Weekly News Roundup – July 31, 2023

Insurance companies routinely deny NYC buildings with subsidized tenants - Gothamist

https://gothamist.com/news/insurance-companies-routinely-deny-nyc-buildings-with-subsidized-tenants 

The Frick Collection’s Expansion Continues To Take Shape At 1 East 70th Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/07/the-frick-collections-expansion-continues-to-take-shape-at-1-east-70th-street-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html 

Fifth Avenue is getting a facelift with fancy new garbage cans - Time Out

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/fifth-avenue-is-getting-a-facelift-with-fancy-new-garbage-cans-072123 

NYC’s Rat Crackdown Marks Early Victory as Complaints Drop 20% - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-25/nyc-s-rat-crackdown-marks-early-victory-as-complaints-drop-20

NYC spending $69M on private firms to staff migrant shelters - NY Post 

https://nypost.com/2023/07/25/nyc-spends-69m-to-staff-migrant-shelter-sites/ 

Upper East Side, Midtown Have The Most Sidewalk Sheds Citywide - Patch

https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/upper-east-side-midtown-have-most-sidewalk-sheds-citywide 

New York City has America’s greatest heat islands. By great, we mean the worst. - Gothamist

https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-city-has-americas-greatest-heat-islands-by-great-we-mean-the-worst

Once Praised, Jails Chief Draws Ire Over Lack of Transparency on Rikers - New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/nyregion/rikers-island-jail-chief-molina.html 

What Kind of Villain Doesn’t Clean Up After Their Dog? - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/07/new-york-picking-up-dog-poop/674825/

Lisa Zornberg named City Hall’s next top lawyer - City and State

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/07/lisa-zornberg-named-city-halls-next-top-lawyer/388847/ 

Eliot Spitzer Gets City OK To Demolish UES 5th Ave Rental Building - Patch

https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/eliot-spitzer-gets-city-ok-demolish-ues-5th-ave-rental-building 

What’s in the Subway Water That Drips on Your Head? A semi-scientific inquiry. - Curbed

https://www.curbed.com/2023/07/subway-water-dripping-investigation.html

Is The Upper East Side An Affordable Rental Neighborhood? - Patch

https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/upper-east-side-affordable-rental-neighborhood

New York City Had a Migrant Crisis. It Hired a Covid Expert to Help. - NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/nyregion/migrants-albany-docgo.html

Affordable Apartments Are Coming to the Top of New York’s Skyline - NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/nyregion/nyc-apartments-world-trade-center.html

How Billions of Dollars Might Upgrade New York City’s Subways - NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/nyregion/nyc-mta-subway-upgrade.html

Eric Adams wants to speak to you ‘directly’ - City and State

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/07/eric-adams-wants-speak-you-directly/388951/ 

$12M in 6 months: How New York’s first legal weed retailer exceeded expectations - Gothamist

https://gothamist.com/news/twelve-million-in-6-months-how-new-york-first-legal-weed-retailer-exceeded-expectations 

Stricter trash pickup times lead to surge in NYC tickets, 28,000 over 4 months - Gothamist

https://gothamist.com/news/stricter-trash-pickup-times-lead-to-surge-in-nyc-tickets-28000-over-4-months

Manhattan Elected Officials Urge Congestion Pricing Discount For Electric Cars - Streetsblog
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/07/31/manhattan-elected-officials-urge-congestion-pricing-discount-for-electric-cars

TLC proposal would pull safety partitions from NYC livery cabs - Daily News
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-livery-cab-partition-driver-safety-murders-crime-tlc-20230729-idrku5yczbfhvii3nr6girl5gy-story.html

Subway homeless outreach group inks big NYC contract despite watchdogs’ concerns - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/subway-homeless-outreach-group-inks-big-nyc-contract-despite-watchdogs-concerns

Eased tensions between Mayor Adams and Biden administration on migrants — for now - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/eased-tensions-between-mayor-adams-and-biden-administration-on-migrants-for-now

Nonbinary students are now included in NYC school enrollment data - Chalkbeat
https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/7/25/23807269/nonbinary-gender-expansive-students-nyc-school-enrollment-data

NYC’s 5th and 8th graders must take spring’s state tests on computers. Are schools ready? - Chalkbeat
https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/7/26/23809117/ny-state-tests-computer-adaptive-fifth-eighth-grade-shift

New Yorkers could start voting on controversial touchscreen machines, as vote goes to board - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/new-yorkers-could-start-voting-on-controversial-touchscreen-machines-as-vote-goes-to-board

Cyclists say e-bikes, scooters are making NYC bridges more dangerous, with ‘laughable’ enforcement - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/cyclists-say-e-bikes-scooters-are-making-nyc-bridges-more-dangerous-with-laughable-enforcement

ER visits spike as extreme heat scorches New York City - Politico
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/er-extreme-heat-new-york-city-00108816

Lyft CEO David Risher’s Efforts to Turn the Company Around: Cheaper Rides, Fewer Distractions - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-lyft-ceo-david-rishers-efforts-to-bolster-the-company-2f20f807 

Hochul appoints new budget director - Politico

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/hochul-budget-director-00108573

New Jersey sues to block New York traffic congestion plan - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/legal/stuck-somewhere-jersey-nj-sues-block-new-york-city-congestion-plan-2023-07-21/

Please note: We regularly highlight articles on news sites that have limited access for nonsubscribers.