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Crime & Emergencies in ...
Derell Mickles is due in Brooklyn court on June 3 after being shot nine times by officers at the Sutter Avenue L-train station in 2024. The case arrives amid an $80M bystander claim and simmering local outrage.
Real Estate & Development in ...
Ilan Bracha’s IB Global paid $9.5M for 3 East 48th Street, the smaller neighbor to the Scribner Building in Midtown, setting up a possible redevelopment or retail play.
NYPD closed West 2nd Street between Avenue Y and Avenue Z after reporting a suspicious device. Officials warned of delays and asked the public to avoid the block.
Developers want to convert the old Watchtower campus at 25–30 Columbia Heights into 661 apartments, with about a quarter permanently affordable. The rezoning is now in city review.
Parks & Nature in ...
A 1,200-square-foot Classroom has opened inside the Wagner Park Pavilion, offering harbor views and programming from immersive performances to neighborhood meetings.
Following an endorsement visit from Mayor Mamdani, the City Council has officially approved a plan to bring roughly 200 affordable and supportive homes and a new community center to 1727 Amsterdam Ave.
Food & Drinks in ...
Sergimmo Salumeria closed March 18 and The Meatball Shop's Ninth Avenue location could shut by month-end, leaving a hole in Hell's Kitchen's Italian options.
A 1.3M‑sqft conversion of Chelsea’s 1891 Terminal Warehouse won a 2026 CoStar Impact Award after a tricky retrofit that kept a freight tunnel and reclaimed centuries‑old timbers.
A former controller for the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association received probation after admitting he falsified company tax returns that concealed payments tied to ex‑boss Ed Mullins.
HPD Commissioner Dina Levy told City Council the agency may replace Housing Connect after data showed long approval and lease-up delays. Short-term pilots are already under way.
Two teenage girls were shot outside a McDonald's on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island and taken to the hospital; authorities say both are expected to recover.
Good Samaritans stopped an attempted sexual assault in Central Park Monday evening. A man has been arrested and the victim was not injured.
Community & Society in ...
A new trauma‑informed intake center for single women opened at 114 Snediker Ave in East New York, offering medical care, lactation facilities and smaller rooms to reduce crowding.
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