Upper East Side Legionnaires’ Outbreak Claims a Second Life, Even as the City Says New Cases Are Falling Off

Mike Mishkin July 19, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side has claimed a second life, even as city health officials say new infections have slowed sharply. Read More...

First Death Reported in Upper East Side Legionnaires’ Outbreak as Cluster Reaches 71 Cases

Mike Mishkin July 18, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side has claimed its first life. According to the NYC Health Department, the community cluster centered in Read More...

A Backpack, a Food Truck, and a Felony in Central Park

Mike Mishkin July 17, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

Police are asking for help tracking down a man who walked off with a worker’s belongings from a food truck parked near the East 85th Read More...

This New Upper East Side Restaurant Just Landed on a Coveted List

Mike Mishkin July 17, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

Just months after opening inside one of the Upper East Side’s most recognizable buildings, a new neighborhood restaurant has quietly picked up one of the Read More...

Business Openings: Lu Dream Spa, Playday, Stretch Zone, Ana Luisa Jewelry

Mike Mishkin July 16, 2026 Shopping No Comments

Lu Dream Spa opened earlier this month at 234 East 60th Street (between Second and Third avenues), bringing its take on the Asian head spa to the Upper East Side. Read More...

The City Just Laid Out 23 Ways It Wants to Change How New Yorkers Rent

Mike Mishkin July 16, 2026 Real Estate No Comments

Renting in New York City could look different in the coming years if the Mamdani administration gets its way. On Thursday the city released its Read More...

An Upper East Side Private School Wants to Expand — and a Beloved Madison Avenue Fixture Would Disappear for Good

Mike Mishkin July 16, 2026 Real Estate No Comments

One of the Upper East Side's most prestigious private schools went before Community Board 8's Landmarks Committee this week with an ambitious plan to grow its lower school — and … Read More...

One of Downtown’s Buzziest Frozen Yogurt Shops Is Coming to the Upper East Side

Mike Mishkin July 15, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

A self-serve frozen yogurt shop that’s drawn lines wrapped around the block at its two downtown locations is bringing its Australian-style froyo uptown — and Read More...

Where the Upper East Side’s Legionnaires’ Outbreak Stands: 64 Cases, 76 Buildings, and Still No Confirmed Source

Mike Mishkin July 15, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

Two weeks after the first cases surfaced, the Legionnaires’ disease cluster centered on the Upper East Side has grown to 63 confirmed cases — and Read More...

Home Care Workers Just Started a Two-Week Sit-In Outside Julie Menin’s Upper East Side Building

Mike Mishkin July 15, 2026 Politics No Comments

The fight over the 24-hour workday, which has spent the last four months parked outside City Hall, moved uptown this week and landed on the Read More...