Vornado and Stellar filed to add nearly 1,000 units at Independence Plaza, proposing a 72‑story tower that reignites neighborhood fights over growth and affordability.

The Bubble House at 251 East 71st sold for $4.99M; the new owners may remove its signature oval windows, highlighting the clash between quirky design and resale realities.

NYPD Crime Stoppers released images after a 25‑year‑old’s $1,300 bike was taken near West 160th Street and Broadway in the early hours of April 28. Detectives are seeking tips.

A swastika‑emblazoned banner briefly flew above NYU’s Washington Square campus during graduation week, prompting an NYPD probe and campus condemnation.

A contracted subway guard at Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue station was caught on camera taking cash and using a stolen OMNY student card to buzz riders through, an inspector general review found.

Time Equities says faulty curtain‑wall installation left 50 West condos rattling; the developer filed suit seeking roughly $2 million to force repairs or recover costs.

NYC Comic Con will mark its 20th year with a Coney Island theme Oct. 8–11 at the Javits Center. Presales start in early June and the general on‑sale is June 24.

Goldman Sachs' operations chief says the bank will build a 'digital factory floor' of AI agents to automate back‑office work while saying overall headcount should stay largely unchanged.

Federal prosecutors say a former Kings County judge and a Brooklyn investor used the judge’s title to lend credibility to sham real‑estate deals that cost investors millions. Arrests and an unsealed complaint were announced in Brooklyn federal court.

Savills broker Geoffrey Newman won REBNY’s Most Ingenious Deal honor for a 13‑year Gramercy Park assemblage that navigated lawsuits, air‑rights work and a Brownfield cleanup.

Neighbors packed a town hall after the city proposed converting the Ramada on Empire Blvd into a men’s shelter; officials promise services, residents demand transparency.

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum will add a seventh moment of silence at the close of the names reading to honor people who later died of 9/11-related illnesses. Program data show about 55,000 cancer certifications tied to exposures.

A deliveryman allegedly forced his way into a Chinatown apartment Tuesday night and sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman; police say she is stable and the suspect fled.