Nicole Rosenthal
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NYC’s new broker fee law already being flouted by sneaky real estate agents: ‘Exploiting a loophole'
Well this is just un-FARE. Sneaky New York City landlords have been using tricky tactics to get around a new law that bans them from charging broker fees to renters...
Why are there bee swarms buzzing through NYC — and what to do if you see one
“You want to practice a little bit of caution because they are stinging insects, but they’re generally not going to bother you much if you’re not bothering them," one expert...
NYC artists rally to save iconic space from uncertain fate after owners’ deaths: ‘It's a cultural icon’
“There is nothing like it in New York City. … It's changed everybody's life in the art world,'' said Scotto Mycklebust, a tenant-artist and founder of the West Chelsea Building...
Saucy billboards touting out-of-state pizza as ‘nation’s best’ get NYers coal-fired up
Connecticut is taking a bite out of the Big Apple.
NYC to keep $25M in contracts with landscaper sentenced in bribery, bid-rigging schemes: ‘Betrayal of public trust’
Glenn Griffin, who owns Westchester County-based Griffin’s Landscaping, will get to keep the tree planting contracts he secured with the Parks Department -- which total about $25 million.
Gen Z tourists obsess over NYC stoop from 'Millennial cringe' HBO show: 'It’s our Sex and the City'
The kids are stooping to new levels.
NYC recycling center crop-dusting neighborhood with 'choking' stink that has state fuming: 'Literally gag'
A Long Island City asphalt recycling plant is spraying a "choking" stink along Newtown Creek -- leaving state regulators fuming and residents plugging their noses. New York officials first raised...
Dog owners at hipster NYC park warned about prickly weeds that could hurt pups
Dog owners in hipster Brooklyn are barking mad over prickly weeds overtaking a popular local park that they worry could harm their precious pooches. The dreaded invasive foxtail grass in...
NYC may 'fully legalize' bodega cats -- and politician says he's not kitten around
City Council member Keith Powers is pushing a bill to tweak New York City health codes to legalize bodega cats.
Inside 2025’s ‘drink of the year’ named after a hit song — from the NYC bar owner who invented it: ‘Very unique and different'
Here’s something worthy of a toast.
NYC opens new front in war on vermin as contraceptive program kicks off in Harlem
The program kick-started on city property last week — and is expected to cost nearly $600,000 annually for the anti-procreation pellets and a staff of five full-timers, including a city...
Roosevelt Island locals want fast pass to take tram as selfie-crazed tourists turn transit into attraction
Fed-up Roosevelt Islanders want "priority boarding” for residents who are routinely forced to wait in line with hordes of selfie-obsessed tourists who’ve turned the transportation system into a carnival ride.
Skateboarding 'Mecca' under Brooklyn Bridge reopens after 15 years
Skaters are kickflipping with joy. A massive section of public space under the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened after 15 years.
Mystery woman is snatching sickly birds at NYC museum, leaving locals on edge: 'Some die'
A mystery pigeon lady is snatching “weak” birds from outside the Met and storing them for days at a time inside her car – leaving neighbors disturbed over the strange...
War on rats gets ugly as hundreds of 'eyesore' Empire Bins gobble up parking spaces in Harlem
These drivers are in for rat-ical change.
NYC's only Italian record store closing after family feud follows matriarch's death: ‘This is my identity'
The city’s only Italian-language record store faced a changing neighborhood, streaming services and a pandemic — but it was the death of a matriarch and family feud that brought about...
Pedicabs blasting music upset Broadway performances, cause chaos for Midtown drivers — as NYC pushes for theater ban
Broadway is increasingly being taken for a ride.
Eric Adams’ son drops new 'party' music inspired by chasing his rap dreams in Albania: 'Biggest chapter of my life'
Jordan Coleman, Mayor Eric Adams’ 29-year-old son, is back in the Big Apple after competing abroad in the?Albanian equivalent of “American Idol”?— and has dropped an EP of five “party”...
Pup fatally struck by speeding e-bike – and grieving UES owner can't get justice thanks to legal loophole
A tiny pooch was fatally struck by an e-bike in a sidewalk hit-run on the Upper East Side on Memorial Day weekend – but the dog’s grieving owner says she...
Meet the Knicks fans showing their team love by getting playoffs tattoos on eve of Game 6: 'It's New York Proud'
Tattoo shops across Gotham are reporting a surge in requests for Knicks-themed tattoos during playoff season.