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...

“A New Third Avenue Boulevard Proposal”

Mike Mishkin March 3, 2022 Odds and Ends 2 Comments

At Community Board 8′s Transportation Committee meeting on Wednesday, presenter Barak Friedman addressed the issues of narrow, crowded and unpleasant sidewalks along Third Avenue — Read More...

VIDEO: Taxi Engulfed by Fire on 83rd Street

Mike Mishkin March 2, 2022 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

Crowds of shocked onlookers witnessed a taxi going up in flames on 83rd and First Avenue on Tuesday. The incident took place just before 6pm Read More...

Upsilon Gallery Opens with First Exhibit

Hazen Cuyler February 28, 2022 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

“Kaleidoscope,” a collection of works by Italian artist Osvaldo Mariscotti, recently launched as the first exhibit at Upsilon Gallery’s new location at 23 East 67th 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...

Menin Calls Out Gopuff For Unsafe Delivery Practices

E.L. Danvers February 25, 2022 Politics No Comments

Complaints continue to mount against rapid delivery app Gopuff. The latest comes from NYC Council Member Julie Menin, who alleges the company is putting the Read More...

Robbers Steal Almost $500K Worth of Goods from UES Store

Mike Mishkin February 24, 2022 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

The NYPD is seeking assistance from the public in identifying seven individuals for robbing an array of luxury items — worth an estimated $498,000 — Read More...

Met Museum Launches Friday and Saturday “Date Nights”

Mike Mishkin February 23, 2022 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

Date Night at The Met — “an evening of art, live music, and more in the hundreds of galleries and soaring spaces of the Museum” Read More...

Missing 97-Year-Old Woman FOUND

Mike Mishkin February 23, 2022 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

UPDATE: The NYPD announced on February 24 that the missing women described below has been found. The NYPD have advised that a 97-year-old Upper East Read More...

New to the UES: Upsilon Gallery, SkinCeuticals SkinLab, [ph7]

Mike Mishkin February 21, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

Broadway World reports that “Upsilon Gallery, a leading art gallery and fine print publisher specializing in International postwar and contemporary art, will open their new Read More...