The City Says the UES Legionnaires’ Exposure Has Ended. It Still Can’t Say What Caused It.

Mike Mishkin July 31, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

The Legionnaires' disease outbreak that had the Upper East Side checking rooftops all month has stopped spreading, the city announced Friday. Read More...

Missing Autistic Man Found Stabbed on Upper East Side Street

Mike Mishkin July 31, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

A 23-year-old autistic man who had been reported missing from his Bronx home nine days earlier was found stabbed on an Upper East Side sidewalk Wednesday afternoon. Read More...

1,000 Free Treats Are Being Handed Out at Two Upper East Side Storefronts Next Tuesday

Mike Mishkin July 31, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

Yes, those are free. Read More...

A Sixth Person Has Died in the Upper East Side Legionnaires’ Outbreak as Cases Reach 92

Mike Mishkin July 30, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

The Upper East Side’s Legionnaires’ outbreak has claimed a sixth life, even as the city insists the worst of the cluster is over. City Health Read More...

Fellini Coffee Is Opening a Second UES Location

Mike Mishkin July 29, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

Franco Noriega has exactly one more café to open before the year runs out, and he's giving the Upper East Side a second one. Read More...

A Foreign Government Owns the Priciest Home on New York’s New Second-Home Tax Roll

Mike Mishkin July 29, 2026 Real Estate No Comments

The city's new second-home tax roll quietly settled a long-running argument about which house New York considers its most valuable. Read More...

Man Who Raped Sleeping UES Woman Learns His Sentence: DA

Mike Mishkin July 29, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

Nearly two years after a Bronx man slipped into an Upper East Side apartment before dawn and attacked the woman asleep inside, a judge has Read More...

A Restaurant Forced Off Second Avenue Is Coming Back to the Upper East Side This Fall

Mike Mishkin July 28, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

When demolition plans cleared out a stretch of Second Avenue, six small businesses went with them. One of those is on its way back to Read More...

NYC Faces Flood Watch and Up to 5 Inches of Rain as Storms Roll In Tuesday

Mike Mishkin July 28, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

After a stretch of clear, near-perfect summer days, New York City is bracing for a soaking. A Flood Watch is in effect for all five Read More...

Six Upper East Side Bodega Cats Featured In New Book

Mike Mishkin July 28, 2026 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

The owner of one Upper East Side shop has been behind the same counter for 35 years, and at this point he has stopped asking Read More...