Weak in the knees over the competition for lucrative Hamptons real-estate ads? Here, at the corner of 54th Street and Lexington, is a fallen soldier: a box for Dan's Papers, the beloved and batty Hamptons weekly. Although it's not exactly involved in the drama between The East Hampton Star and the budding East Hampton Read More
Chaos and indecision descended on Community Board 8's Seventh Regiment Armory subcommittee meeting last night at the New York Blood Center on the Upper East Side. At issue are plans that the Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy has for the 127-year-old brick fortress between Park and Lexington avenues and 66th and 67th streets. The conservancy, which Read More
A nightmare week for the Upper East Side continues. NY1 reports that there's been an enormous fire at Coach president Reed Krakoff's new $17 million home. Earlier this year, Michael Calderone wrote: When Mr. Krakoff purchased his new 30-foot-wide townhouse on East 70th Street, between Park and Lexington avenues--the same tony block that Read More
The Pratt Area Community Council has renovated and sold ten green (and affordable) Brooklyn buildings--thanks to a $2 million loan from the Enterprise Foundation and a $1.3 million subsidy from Housing and Urban Development (more on them soon). The homes have energy efficient ventilation, inuslation, and cooling systems, plus "room by room temperature Read More
Tonight, Tom Suozzi will hold a town hall meeting at a Knights of Columbus in Queens to answer questions about his candidacy and his plans for New York. Tomorrow, the Lexington Democratic Club host Jessica Lappin and Scott Stringer at their monthly meeting at Brown Gardens. The Women's National Republican Club hosts a summer Read More
Maybe they really like Andrew Cuomo. Or maybe it was just a concession to the polls. (I'm going with the latter.) But last night, the executive committee of the Lexington Democratic Club - the oldest and largest club in the heart Mark Green's home base on the East Side of Manhattan -- voted to Read More
One mistake crooks frequently make is that they attract unnecessary attention to themselves. They get pulled over for something preventable, such as running a red light, and then when the cop searches the vehicle, he finds an arsenal of weapons, or enough meth to illuminate the entire tristate area. Something like that happened on Jan. Read More
One mistake crooks frequently make is that they attract unnecessary attention to themselves. They get pulled over for something preventable, such as running a red light, and then when the cop searches the vehicle, he finds an arsenal of weapons, or enough meth to illuminate the entire tristate area.
Something like that happened on Jan. Read MoreThe high-end auction-house business is considered among the more genteel of professions. But apparently it has its perils—and not just for those who bid over their heads. On Dec. 5, the NYPD was summoned to Sotheby’s after three employees were exposed to a toxic substance. The substance in question wasn’t formaldehyde that leaked from some Read More
We're a little late on this one, but last week the Landmark Preservation Commission approved RFR Realty's plan under Section 74-79 of the city's zoning text for its development at 610 Lexington Avenue. RFR is halfway home now--it now needs to get approval from the Department of City Planning to transfer air rights from the Read More
No two people see the world exactly the same. But without a doubt, those whose perspectives differ the most violently tend to be folks who file what are known as “cross-complaints” against each other with the police. They include two men who challenged each other’s driving skills on Oct. 11. About the only thing the Read More
No two people see the world exactly the same. But without a doubt, those whose perspectives differ the most violently tend to be folks who file what are known as “cross-complaints” against each other with the police. They include two men who challenged each other’s driving skills on Oct. 11.
About the only thing the Read MoreThe National Puerto Rican Day Parade may be over for the year, but the magic and mayhem still linger. While the police say the crowd was generally better behaved than in years past, that doesn’t mean anybody would mistake the event for the Steuben Day Parade.
On June 12, at 3 p.m., the police ordered Read More
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade may be over for the year, but the magic and mayhem still linger. While the police say the crowd was generally better behaved than in years past, that doesn't mean anybody would mistake the event for the Steuben Day Parade.
On June 12, at 3 p.m., the police ordered a Read MoreNo Laughs at Dalton, Trinity; East Side Gets Stooped
One day last spring, the senior girls at the Brearley School brought farm animals to the school. They put rabbits in classrooms and chickens in the administrative offices. The girls were just having fun, of course, in the tradition of "senior prank day" at New York's Read More
