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Early Addition: Put me in, coach: Aaron Judge is off the Yankees' injury list
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (139+ words) Published Sep 8, 2026 at 8:58 a.m. ET Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where the Second Avenue subway forced a lumber and construction outlet to move nearly 20 years ago — and then almost again recently. And finally, back to work for everyone: Maddie…...
NYC artist creates device that slows Citi Bikes passing through rent-burdened areas
1+ week, 6+ day ago (695+ words) Published Sep 1, 2026 at 6:31 a.m. ET There are many benchmarks to measure the city’s affordability crisis, but one crafty “technologist” has devised a novel way for New Yorkers to physically feel the disparity in rent burdens. Justin Blinder, 41, built a device that…...
NJ Transit lost nearly $4M on World Cup service, but officials say that's not so bad
2+ week, 1+ day ago (572+ words) Published Aug 28, 2026 NJ Transit lost nearly $4 million operating trains for the eight World Cup games at the Meadowlands this summer, despite charging riders a staggering $98 per round trip. A report on the issued by the agency’s Chief Financial Officer Jacqueline…...
NYC homes hidden behind LLCs complicate pied-à-terre tax rollout
2+ week, 4+ day ago (712+ words) Published Aug 26, 2026 at 12:03 p.m. ET New York’s opaque corporate ownership rules are complicating Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new tax on luxury second homes as officials struggle to determine exactly who owns and lives in posh pads potentially subject to the surcharge, a…...
Tribeca tenants blame $5K rents on nation’s largest brokerage in new federal complaint
3+ week, 2+ day ago (716+ words) Published Aug 21, 2026 at 1:51 p.m. ET A new federal class action lawsuit blames a fresh culprit for the record-high rents plaguing New York City tenants: the nation’s largest real estate brokerage. Two Tribeca tenants have accused the rental giant Compass of becoming…...
Early Addition: You simply don't have to have your birthday party at a bar
3+ week, 3+ day ago (70+ words) Published Aug 20, 2026 at 9:19 a.m. ET Good Thursday morning in New York City, where the threat of explosive diarrhea from your salad is still hanging around. Here’s what else is happening: The billboard isn’t helping local efforts to lower the temperature, said…...
The river otter makes its first appearance in 100 years along the Bronx River
3+ week, 4+ day ago (444+ words) Published Aug 19, 2026 at 3:03 p.m. ET It’s been a century since the North American river otter slid down the Bronx River's muddy banks. But now, at least one is back in the borough. Local scientist R.J. Hawkins caught the long, muscular otter…...