August 10, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

August 10th, 2018

Permits Filed For 1622-1632 York Avenue - YIMBY
Head of council zoning committee boycotts land-use negotiations - Crain's NY Business
28 Years After ADA’s Passage, Subway Accessibility Still ‘Disgraceful,’ Experts Say - City Limits
MTA New York City Transit Hires First-Ever Senior Advisor for Systemwide Accessibility - City Limits
Half An UES Block Could Be Replaced By Assisted Living Facility - Patch
Inclusive board meeting came with a price - Riverdale Press
EDITORIAL Past, present, future ... public deserves to know - Riverdale Press
COMMENTARY: Homelessness is a housing problem - City & State
Northwell teams with nonprofit developer to build major Upper East Side outpatient center - Crain's NY Business
MTA Reveals New Details About Second Avenue Subway In Harlem - Patch
Riverboat Renaissance - Our Town
De Blasio shifts plan for apartment tower on public land from 100% affordable to 75% luxury - Daily News
Editorial: Bill gets bold on NYCHA: The mayor looks to mine valuable real estate for the good of long-suffering tenants - Daily News
Permits Filed For 20-Story Building At 1230 Madison Avenue - YIMBY

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July 13, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

July 16th, 2018

Retailers moving to Madison Avenue despite rent prices - New York Post

Brooklyn’s Only Papaya King Has Closed - Grub Street

EDITORIAL - NYCHA must change — or die - New York Post

Why restaurants have struggled to recover after accidents - New York Post

Five-story brownstone in tiny Upper East Side historic district asks $14M - Curbed NY

City Proposes Expansions To Upper East Side Bike Lane Network - Patch

De Blasio called to testify in lawsuit over ‘community preference’ policy in housing lottery - Politico

Grassroots Group Confronts Privacy-Invasive WiFi Kiosks in New York - Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Upper East Side Can Still Deliver an Old-Fashioned Bike Lane Kvetchfest - StreetsBlog

One last treat from Glaser’s - Our Town

City wants to tag food trucks with GPS devices to conduct health inspections - New York Post

As restaurants go cashless, a backlash is building.

July 6, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

July 6th, 2018

NIMBYism threatens housing growth on the Upper East Side - Real Estate Weekly
Neighborhood Street Fairs Fear Permanent Damage From Temporary Vendor Permit Policy - Chelsea Now
Woman says 72nd Street subway noise is making her life hell - New York Post
UES toy store on 91st Street is closing its doors - NY1
Can Gentrification Be Illegal? - Governing
At $31.8B, NYCHA's unmet capital needs dwarf government allocations - Politico
De Blasio aims to revive plan adding thousands more food cart permits - New York Post
Tree crashes down on Upper East Side fruit stand - New York Post
Peril in the parks: Amid the magnificence of Manhattan’s green spaces, there is also decay, dilapidation and deterioration, a new report finds - Our Town
The State of New York City’s Subsidized Housing in 2017 - Furman Center

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June 29, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

June 29th, 2018

Preservationists Protest New Frick Collection Expansion Plan - The New York Times
Frick’s Expansion Is Approved by Landmarks Preservation Board - The New York Times
Sutton Place’s 800-foot skyscraper cleared to move forward - Curbed NY
Laytner’s to Close West Side Store After 57 Years - West Side Rag
Poor oversight on park renovations has cost taxpayers $5M - New York Post
OPINION: How to bring back mom and pop: NYC commercial rents are out of control; here's how to restore sanity - Daily News
Approvals Secured For Gamma Real Estate’s 3 Sutton Place, Midtown East - YIMBY
Residents cry foul over de Blasio ‘conflict of interest’ with museum expansion - New York Post
Upper East Side Italian Restaurant Vivolo Closes After Over Four Decades - NY Eater
Several NYCHA developments to receive $400M in upgrades - New York Post
Sidewalk Cafes: What it Takes to Dine on the Streets of New York - CityLand
What Do New Yorkers Do When a Bakery They Love Is Closing? Stock Up on Treats and Freeze - The Wall Street Journal
Rules on Maintaining New York City’s Trees - CityLand

June 22, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

June 22nd, 2018

Eight Essential Charts and Maps From NYC DOT’s New Mobility Report - StreetsBlog
DOT Mobility Report: As NYC Grows, So Are Transit and Bicycling - StreetsBlog
Not That Long Ago, New York City Really Was Run From a Smoke-filled Backroom - New York
All the City’s Sidewalk Sheds - The New York Times
Raid of N.Y. Public Housing Office Points to Separate Inquiry - The New York Times
UESers Debate How to Curb Mushrooming Supertalls - Manhattan Express
This bulldog helps train foster kittens - New York Post
New Yorkers are spurning public transport for ride sharing - New York Post
Law firm owed $300G by de Blasio lobbied mayor's top aides, won big favor for high-rise developer - Daily News
Challenge to Denial of Hardship Application Fails on Appeal - CityLand
Who's running the city's homeless housing - Crain's New York Business
Trouble in the city's homeless housing - Crain's New York Business
Some New Yorkers call for height limits on new buildings - New York Post
The Frick Reveals Updates To Proposed Expansion On The Upper East Side - YIMBY
Community Block Parties: Mayor's Office of Events Coordination - CityLand
NYC’s new housing lottery guidelines aim to protect vulnerable New Yorkers - Curbed NY
Council: Crack down on parking permits - Our Town

June 15, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

June 15th, 2018

Largest nursing home finance deal closes on Upper East Side - Real Estate Weekly
New Parks Sprout Around New York - The New York Times
There Is No “Placard Crackdown” and That’s How NYPD Wants It - StreetsBlog
Extell's shopping spree points to big plans for Yorkville - Crain's NY Business
Editorial: De Blasio, lying slumlord: A progressive mayor's public housing wake-up call - NY Daily News
Construction Begins On Renovation of Upper East Side Community Center - CityLand
Renovation Begins At UES Nonprofit Neighborhood Center - Patch
Checking in on Affordable New York, One Year Later - Commercial Observer
The Numbers And Builders Behind The Second Avenue Subway Development Wave - BisNow
Man on bicycle snatching cell phones in Upper Manhattan - WABC EyeWitness News
Additions Proposed For Expansion Of Frick Collection - CityLand
NYCHA tenants object to settlement of feds’ suit - New York Post
National Academy of Design sells an Upper East Side townhouse for $25M - Curbed NY

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June 2, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

June 1st, 2018

Co-op and condo owners to fight commercial rent control - Crain's NY Business
Landmarked 954 Madison Avenue will Undergo Renovation for Carolina Herrera Flagship in Manhattan - YIMBY NY
A peek at all the new development coming to Roosevelt Island - The Real Deal
Ahead of LPC hearing, Frick’s proposed expansion raises eyebrows - Curbed NY
A Prewar Building’s History Becomes an Amenity - The New York Times
Upper East Side remains divided over Frick Collection’s expansion - Curbed NY
De Blasio Emails Shed Light on how ‘Affordable Housing’ is Packaged for the Press - City Limits
Once-Thriving City Nonprofit Sputters Under Mayor’s Wife, Chirlane McCray - The New York Times
Mayor’s Charter Revision Commission to tackle land use issues - City & State NY

May 25, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

May 30th, 2018

Watch it Here: Is Affordable Housing Really Fair Housing? - City Limits
Victor Sigoura stitches together UES assemblage for ground-up condo project - The Real Deal
Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining on the Upper East Side - City Guide
When 421a was in limbo, developers turned to this tax exemption - The Real Deal
How NYC could transform its disused underpasses into public space - Curbed NY
Behind New York’s Housing Crisis: Weakened Laws and Fragmented Regulation - The New York Times
92nd Street Y planning $180M renovation to UES headquarters - The Real Deal
Extell to buy church’s dev rights for big UES assemblage - The Real Deal
New York’s 92nd Street Y Plans $180 Million Top-to-Bottom Renovation - The Wall Street Journal
Upper East Side nursing home lands $127M in financing - The Real Deal
Mayor, Police Union Split on Summons for Marijuana - The Wall Street Journal
DHCR hid identities of landlords suspected of wrongdoing, court papers say - Daily News
 NYU report describes city in housing affordability crisis - Politico
CBN Scores Again, Full House for Mental Health First Aid for Seniors - Roosevelt Island Daily

May 18, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

May 18th, 2018

See the NYC neighborhoods where affordability is most at risk - Curbed NY
Inside the Ukrainian Institute of America, one of NYC’s best hidden architectural gems - 6SqFt
New 18-Story Apartment Building Planned For Upper East Side - UES Patch
 Beat that Light, Every Bus Rider Says Silently - Manhattan Express
Residential Parking Permits Pushed for Upper Manhattan - Manhattan Express
Opinion: The cursed island before Rikers: Learning from the story of Blackwell’s Island - Daily News
Hanging gardens of Brearley - Our Town
A Sephardic boom on the UES and a major new communal institution rises up to accommodate them - Our Town
History of asylum horrors repeats itself: America still criminalizes poverty and mental illness - Salon
Johnson proposes cutting Council initiatives in search for Fair Fares cash - Politico
Rosario Candela Show ‘Elegance in the Sky’ Opens in New York - Architectural Record
Report Looks At Threats To Affordable Housing In City Neighborhoods - CityLand

May 11, 2018 – Weekly News Roundup

May 11th, 2018

De Blasio administration endorses 4 supervised injection facilities, provides no timeline - Politico
City green-lights UES tower's height-boosting gambit - Crain's New York Business
Speaker on school and housing segregation - Spectrum NY1
New York-Presbyterian Opens David H. Koch Center On The Upper East Side - NY YIMBY
De Blasio’s ‘affordable housing’ has made NYC more expensive - New York Post
Company managing NYC bus stops says it’s losing millions - New York Post
NYC’s free public Wi-Fi kiosks aren’t making much money - New York Post
VIDEO: This is how New York City handles your calls about the homeless - Nonprofit News Media
Can New York City achieve its Vision Zero goals? - Curbed NY
Proposed pedestrian bridge creates divide in Sutton Place - NYY1 (video)
Entire Upper East Side Block To Be Demolished - UES Patch