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Rents Start at $12,800 Per Month at New Assisted Living Facility on UES

Wendy Blake May 5, 2022 Real Estate No Comments

A new assisted living facility catering to wealthy senior citizens has opened at 1622 York Avenue at 86th Street. Crain’s New York Business reports that Bristal Assisted Read More...

Metropolitan Republican Club Allegedly Robbed During Event for Trump Supporter

Wendy Blake May 1, 2022 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

A fight broke out in front of the Metropolitan Republican Club after a man walked into the club’s historic townhouse during an event for a Read More...

Report: Landlord of Several UES Businesses Faces Foreclosure

Wendy Blake April 22, 2022 Real Estate No Comments

The landlord of six businesses in the luxury Carnegie Hill condo, Philip House, is being sued by his bank for allegedly defaulting on his mortgage. Read More...

Iconic Bar Elaine’s May See Its Name in Lights

Wendy Blake April 17, 2022 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

The iconic Upper East Side institution Elaine’s is long gone, but it may gain another life if a planned musical about the hotspot makes it Read More...

Couple Sues UES Fertility Clinic, Claiming Embryo Mix-up

Wendy Blake April 12, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

A couple is suing an Upper East Side fertility clinic and three of its employees, claiming the clinic had implanted another couple’s embryo and that Read More...

Upper East Sider Involved in Capitol Riot Sentenced 3.5 Years for Hoarding Guns

Wendy Blake April 7, 2022 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

An Upper East Side “dating coach” who participated in the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol was sentenced to three and a half years in Read More...

Lutheran Pastor Sells Upper East Side Co-op: Church Council Says Deal was in Bad Faith

Wendy Blake March 28, 2022 Real Estate No Comments

After a colorful Upper East Side pastor inked a $2 million-plus deal to sell his co-op apartment “parsonage,” the New York synod sued the pastor, Read More...

The First T.G.I. Friday’s was on the Upper East Side; it was Also the World’s First Singles Bar

Wendy Blake March 15, 2022 Food & Drink No Comments

On March 15, 1965, the first “singles” bar opened — and it was on the Upper East Side. What you might be surprised to learn Read More...

One-time Exec at Controversial Tech Giant Enters Dem Assembly Race, Wants to Use Cyber Savvy to Protect NYC

Wendy Blake March 4, 2022 Politics No Comments

Alex Bores, a district leader and an engineer who worked for controversial tech giant Palantir (but says he quit because they wouldn’t put in safeguards Read More...

Developer Acquires Foreclosed UES Condo

Wendy Blake February 26, 2022 Real Estate No Comments

Zeckendorf Development is buying the Hayworth, Ceruzzi Development’s foreclosed condo project at 1289 Lexington Ave., at 86th Street, for approximately $250 million, according to The Read More...