The owners of the Upper West Side’s Lucerne Hotel, which controversially turned from an upscale inn into a homeless shelter during the pandemic, have snapped up an apartment building on Central Park. An entity called 241 CPN LLC, whose address of 201 W. 79th St. matches the hotel’s and which appears to be operated by […]
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In recent days, Zohran Mamdani, the socialist candidate for mayor, spoke on the phone with an unlikely person: Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City and an advocate for the city’s CEO class. The conversation was cordial, said Mamdani, a state Assemblyman from Queens whose affordability-focused campaign and charismatic online presence have
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New York is part of a $335 million multistate settlement with a spin-off company of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for its role in the opioid epidemic over the last twenty years. The leaders of Mylan, Inc., now known as Viatris, have agreed to pay the sum as part of an investigation into the company’s manufacture
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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued a $12.8 million contract to an Upper West Side-based affordable housing developer to build apartments for people who have experienced homelessness, incarceration or psychiatric hospitalization, according to a notice in the City Record on Tuesday. West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing received
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Photo: Courtesy of HBO Amy Carlson wanted to be special. She tried astrology, and she tried men — angry, violent, useless men. One held a knife to her throat, which forced her to get a restraining order. One fathered her first child, but the relationship didn’t last. She married another man and gave birth to
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On a recent Wednesday, the line began to form around the corner of 116th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard by 3 p.m., an hour before the Food Bank for New York City Pantry and Community Kitchen opened for a free dinner. “What time is it?” chef Sheri Jefferson, 60, asked just after 4. Calmly but
New York City First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro signed an executive order Tuesday allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reestablish an office on Rikers Island, rolling back a provision of the city’s sanctuary protections that had been on the books for more than a decade. Mastro’s order cited “transnational gangs such as MS-13 and Tren
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“Every day of delay means more pollution, more suffering, and more costs for people who can least afford them.” Gov. Kathy Hochul delivering her State of the State in 2023, where she first unveiled the state’s Cap-and-Invest plan. She’s stalled on moving the program ahead since. (Mike Groll/Office of Gov. Hochul) Like many people, the
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The City Council’s budget response calls for additional dollars for new construction and preservation, to address maintenance issues at NYCHA and to staff up the city agencies that oversee housing. NYC Council members unveiling their budget response on Wednesday. (Credit John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit) The NYC Council is pushing for billions of additional dollars
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With the Trump Organization vying to run Wollman Rink in Central Park, 19 elected officials on Tuesday asked Mayor Eric Adams to halt the bidding process and reconsider a proposed $120 million gift by the park’s nonprofit conservancy to refurbish and run the facility that his administration shot down last fall. In a letter to
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