NYC Unveils New Zoning Aimed at Making Energy Efficient Retrofits Easier - Commercial Observer

How Hochul’s Housing Dream Died: Backlash Surged Beyond the ’Burbs - The City

Gun Violence Is Actually Worse in Red States. It’s Not Even Close.

‘Hypocrisy': New York Democrats deride Judiciary Committee’s Manhattan hearing - Politico

Police Contract Adds to City’s Labor Costs, Raising Stakes in Mayor’s Budget Showdown with City Council - Our Town

City finalizes deal to reopen Central Park's Loeb Boathouse - Gothamist

With trip to D.C., NYC public advocate calls on feds to help with asylum seeker crisis - Gothamist

760 Madison Avenue Reaches Street Level On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - Yimby

250 East 83rd Street Rises Toward Halfway Mark On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - Yimby

On Real Estate: More Right to Counsel money would help prevent long-feared homelessness surge - Crain’s

New York City Council eyeing new legislation to combat e-bike fires - Pix11

Elon Musk’s Twitter Payment Plan Puts NYC Subway Alerts at Risk - Bloomberg

With Cheers and Tears, ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Ends Record Broadway Run - NY Times

The Biden admin just gave EVs a big boost.

Honey Locust Park Officially Unveiled After $1.67 Million Reno - Patch

Hochul Names a New Candidate to Become New York’s Top Judge - NY Times

Surprise, I bet you thought you’d seen the last of redistricting - City & State

New York City Offers Free Preschool.

NYC Council leaders say they’ve identified $1.3B that can reverse Mayor Adams’ budget cuts - Daily News

New York City is obsessed with the bad old days - City & State

N.Y.C. Life Expectancy Dropped 4.6 Years in 2020, Officials Say - NY Times

Mayor Adams’ administration orders another 4% cut to most NYC agency budgets, blames migrant crisis costs - Daily News

Upper East Side residents address challenges as pickleball community grows - NY1

Program That Fights Homelessness Is Mired in Dysfunction, Advocates Say - NY Times

On Broadway, New York City’s slow march toward pedestrian-focused streets - City & State

NYC bill to nix last-minute add-on of entertainment, sports tix fees - NY Post

Tish James and Hochul seek to toss House lines in New York - Politico

‘The battle cry of the NIMBY': How unregulated tech is roiling the Upper West Side - Gothamist

The iconic Papaya King is re-opening at a new location this week! - Time Out

AOC, Nadler and other NY pols call on Hochul to extend health coverage to undocumented migrants - Gothamist

Claims of ‘chaos,' corruption engulf Roosevelt Island governing body - Crain’s

Hochul officials back off last-minute change to NY climate law - Gothamist

City Council pushes to expand NYC's half-priced MetroCard program - Gothamist

What About the Rest? MTA Still Has No Schedule to Reopen Most Bathrooms - StreetsBlog NYC

Criminal Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks - Our Town

New York State Will Be Able to Pay Its Bills and Employees as Budget Talks Drag On - Bloomberg

What Can Cities Do About the Most Dangerous Drivers? - Bloomberg

Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire - ProPublica

New York City Pensions to Divest Future Private Equity Holdings from Fossil Fuels - New York Focus

NYC Is Owed More Than $1 Billion in Unpaid Parking and Speeding Tickets - NBC NY

These NYC streets and boroughs will be going car-free in April - Time Out

These wild animals may soon be banned from all NYC households - Time Out

With City Child Care Program to End in June, Asylum-Seeking Parents Worry Over Plans for Summer - City Limits

Cops in NYC Ticket Only 2% of Blocked Bike Lanes: Analysis - Streetblogs

After 3 fatal crashes in 4 hours, advocates push for street safety law in final NY budget - Gothamist

NYC health providers warn ‘HIV cases will go up’ if Texas ruling curbs access to PrEP - Gothamist

Biden proposal would bar schools from enacting outright bans on trans athletes - AP News

Easter Parade Draws Thousands for promenade up Fifth Avenue - Our Town

All New Yorkers facing eviction could get free legal help — but it won’t come cheap - Gothamist

Dems revive redistricting case as battle for Congress begins in NY - Times Union

NYC officials unveil timeline for locking campus doors, beginning with elementary schools - Chalkbeat

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MTA wasting millions in Second Ave. Subway extension, Post probe finds - NY Post
https://nypost.com/2023/03/27/mta-design-decisions-fueling-second-ave-subways-record-price-tag-post-probe-finds/

MSK Reveals Plans For 600-Foot-Tall Cancer Center On Yorkville Avenue - Patch
https://patch.

NYPD Blows Overtime Budget by Nearly $100 Million, On Pace for Record - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-20/nypd-blows-overtime-budget-by-nearly-100-million-on-pace-for-record

Mayor Adams launches crackdown on unregulated e-bike batteries, a growing fire hazard - Gothamist
https://gothamist.

Why can’t the City Council get the NYPD to show up at a hearing? - C&S

N.Y.P.D. Rejected Over Half of Review Board’s Discipline Recommendations - NY Times

New plans aim to take down a large portion of NYC scaffolding - Time Out

City Council seeking to overhaul scaffolding abuse in NYC - NY Post

NYCHA Rent Bailout Proposed for State Budget, With $466 Million Owed - The City

Port Authority opts for bus improvements to LaGuardia as panel officially kills Cuomo’s AirTrain idea - Gothamist

Here’s What the Collapse of Signature Bank Means for NY - The City

Signature’s fingerprints turn up across the real estate industry - Crain's

Woman Struck By Motorcycle Near UES Trader Joes: Police - Patch

NYC school safety staff plummets 25% even as violence, shootings skyrocket - NY Post

Congestion Pricing Protests Collide On The Upper East Side - Patch

Upper West Side votes against proposed rest stop for delivery workers at 72nd Street - Gothamist

Upper West Side Panel Backs Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes - Streetsblog

NY Dem lawmakers want incentives, tenant protections added to Hochul housing plan - Daily News

City Libraries Launch Push to Beat Back Mayor Adams' Budget Cuts - Gotham Gazette

FBI investigating fire at Upper East Side hotel where Chinese billionaire arrested - ABC NY

NYC will give high schoolers municipal IDs and discounted ferry rides - Gothamist

Bank failures spell more grim news for New York office landlords - Crain's

New Broadway pedestrian plazas kick off construction this week in Flatiron, NoMad - AM NY

Why New York’s cannabis equity program is stranding women entrepreneurs - Politico

City to Tom Ford: Don’t Move That Door - Curbed

Clash Looms Between Council and Mayor Adams as Speaker Sets Her Agenda - NY Times

Street vending in NYC will soon be handled by the sanitation department - Gothamist

Manhattan DA Bragg privately warns of intimidation after Trump calls for protest - Politico

NYC bracing for unrest after Trump calls for protests over possible arrest, indictment - NY Post

Homecoming: Dep Inspector Gallagher Returns to UES as New C.O. of 19th Pct.

Extell To 'Blanket' Noise At Loud UES Construction Site, Says Menin - Patch

Longtime UES Diner Neil's Evicted Months After Owner Dies - Patch

City Council speaker seeks to expand guaranteed income for New Yorkers in need - Gothamist

More transit discounts, more housing, more pools: NYC Council speaker unveils vision in State of the City - Gothamist

Upper West Side votes against proposed rest stop for delivery workers at 72nd Street - Gothamist

Daylight saving time is coming to NYC — beware - Gothamist

An NYC show spotlights a new generation of artists: all of them over 60 - Gothamist

Cost of 2nd Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem balloons to $7.7B - Gothamist

250K NYC retirees must switch to new Medicare coverage after union leaders favor privatized plan - Gothamist

NYC budget official blames job vacancies on lack of remote work, private sector competition - Gothamist

NYC bodega workers ask customers to show their faces for safety - Gothamist

Executive Sentenced for Scheming to Flood Northeast With Opioids - NYTimes

NY lawmakers propose ditching daylight saving changes - City & State

NYC tax credit program set to give extra cash to over 800,000 New Yorkers - Gothamist

Dozens of free mobile COVID-19 testing sites to close - City & State

Long-Lost Letters Bring Word, at Last - NYTimes

Ghost Gun Investigation Leads to Raid in Upper East Side Luxury Building - NYTimes

California to halt $54M Walgreens contract over company’s policy on abortion drug sales - Politico

1491-1493 First Avenue Readies For Excavation On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Data breach hits 'hundreds' of lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill - NBC

New French Bakery To Open In Carnegie Hill - Patch

Feds willing to kick in $497 million for NYC Second Ave.

UES co-op claims adjacent church creating an unholy living situation - NY Post

Arts And Crafts Fair Shows Off UES Talents - Patch

Chick-fil-A to open a rest stop exclusively for food delivery workers on the UES - Gothamist

Chick-Fil-A opens delivery workers’ rest stop as NYC street hubs stall - Daily News

NYPD Tactics Raise Concern of Return to ‘Stop and Frisk’ - Bloomberg

Adams tells school principals to meet weekly with NYPD to boost safety - Gothamist

As Demand for Open Space Soars, New York Gets a Public Realm Czar - NY Times

New Data Shows Where Rent-Stabilized Apartments Might Be Disappearing - The City

Short-lived aid rescued thousands of New Yorkers from poverty during pandemic, study finds - Crain's

Aggressive New York Housing Plan Borrows Ideas From Other States - NY Times

In Joint Effort, City’s Borough Presidents Push the Mayor to Plant a Million More Trees - City Limits

Mayor Adams says NYC is exploring remote option for city workers - Gothamist

DOT honchos grilled on street safety progress as Adams admin announces opposition to Council bills - AM NY

MTA scales back Second Avenue subway add-on, but price tag still hefty $6.3B - NY Post

Community Boards Struggling With Attendance Look to Stronger Enforcement - The City

Hector LaSalle’s Chief Judge Shot Ends With Historic Rejection by State Senate - NY Focus

Take off your shoes! Poop bacteria are rampant on Upper East Side streets, study finds.

Eli Zabar loses battle against Upper East Side homeless shelter next door - Crain's

UES Education Complex Prepares For Renovations, After $3 Million Funding Boost - Our Town

How an Upper East Side construction site became an outdoor art exhibit - AM NY

Student art improves eyesore construction site on Upper East Side - Pix11

Inside New York’s struggling weed real estate experiment - Politico

The Mayor Says He’s Cracking Down on Unlicensed Weed Sales.