Weekly News Roundup – May 15, 2023

New Green Kitchen Location Now Open In Lenox Hill - Patch

Judge orders NYC Council district lines to remain in place for upcoming election - Gothamist

The Title 42 border rule ends Thursday. What does it mean for New York City? - Gothamist

Jordan Neely's death in the subway evokes talk of another time in NY - Gothamist

Hochul says New York working to address mental health crisis - State of Politics

NYC schools grasp for support as some migrant students miss out on mandated English instruction - Chalkbeat

Lack of librarians hurt students, NYC educators say - Chalkbeat

NYC school enrollment projected to remain steady after steep pandemic losses - Chalkbeat

NYC schools handcuff and haul away kids in emotional crisis - Chalkbeat

Carbon Capture Debuts in NYC Buildings But Won’t Count Toward Climate Law Mandates, Yet - The City

Landlords take rent law challenge to Supreme Court - The Real Deal

New York takes big step toward renewable energy in ‘historic’ climate win - The Guardian

City program helped 2,200 small businesses avoid $22 million in fines and violations - Crain’s

Taxing wealthy dynasties seen backfiring in states like New York - Crain’s

Extended day 3K, pre-K programs see low enrollment despite demand: Analysis - Politico

NYCHA Names Board to New Preservation Trust, Pitched as Key Tool to Fund Repairs - City Limits

New York Leaders Spar Over Adams’s Plan to Move Migrants From the City - New York Times

Two bills aim to clean up future campaign messes - City and State

New York bills passed to improve protections for survivors of domestic, sexual violence - State of Politics

Hochul issues executive order to address expected rise in migrants as Title 42 expires - State of Politics

Empty NYC-owned apartments could help solve housing crisis, policy group says - Gothamist

With test scores low, NYC schools turn to new approach for reading instruction - Gothamist

Hochul emergency orders will activate 500 more National Guardsman, speed up $1B in aid in effort to ease NYC migrant crisis - NY Post

The COVID Emergency Ends This Week.

Weekly News Roundup – May 8, 2023

City education council elections bring polarizing national issues to local school districts - Chalkbeat

NYC’s education budget could drop by $960M next year under mayor’s proposal - Chalkbeat

Amid mental health concerns, new bill would allow NY students to opt out of lockdown drills - Chalkbeat

Safety-net hospitals lose fight for equal footing in NY health budget compromise - Gothamist

Lawmakers start passing NY’s $229B budget.

Weekly News Roundup – May 1, 2023

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.

Weekly News Roundup – April 24, 2023

‘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.

Weekly News Roundup – April 17th, 2023

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.

Weekly News Roundup – April 10, 2023

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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Weekly News Roundup – April 3, 2023

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
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Weekly News Roundup – March 27, 2023

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
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Weekly News Roundup – March 20, 2023

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.

Weekly News Roundup – March 10, 2023

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.