Good morning and happy Friday. Another day of sunshine and gusts of wind — but the starting temperature of 39 degrees is going to accelerate to 55 degrees by mid-afternoon rapidly. It’s a day for layers…
A plan to bypass the community review process to expedite casinos in Hell’s Kitchen has been unanimously rejected by Manhattan Community Board 4’s Land Use committee. Read more…
Brandon Elliot, 41, has pleaded guilty to the 2021 hate crime attack on Vilma Kari, a 65-year-old woman Asian-American woman in Hell’s Kitchen. Read more…
What we’ve been reading
New Jersey to NYC rail commuters struggle with a “bull on the tracks”… (1010 WINS)
The path of the M57 is being cleared by NYPD ticketing bus lane blockers. (NY1)
The City is slow paying hotels housing migrants in New York. (Eyewitness News)
Governor Hochul is being pressed to declare a public emergency over the increasingly deadly opioid epidemic. (New York Focus)
New York Times appoints an AI editor — and it’s a real-life person! (Poynter)
Freeze Frame
No sooner had the new 10th Avenue bike lane been opened by City officials than the construction workers moved in at the W41st Street intersection to dig things up! In a New York minute…
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