Former homeless man opens soup kitchen on Upper East Side - Fox 5

New UES Soup Kitchen To Distribute 200 Meals Per Day - Patch

Bike Safety Improves On UES Amid Deadly Year For City, Pols Say - Patch

90,000 Jews Gather to Pray and Defy a Wave of Hate - NY Times

Cuomo Administration Begins Medicaid Rate Cut - Capital Tonight

Census report: New York is Losing New Yorkers - Gothamist

DeBlasio misses chance to influence MTA's $51B capital plan - Politico

12 Questions for 2020 - Politico

Several firefighters injured in high rise fire on the Upper East Side - The NY Post

Tip Wage for Workers in "Miscellaneous" Industries to End - Capital Tonight

More People Are Dying on New York City's Streets.

City Commits 184 Additional K-8 Seats To Upper East Side - Patch

New York’s MTA Board Approves Agency’s $17 Billion Budget for 2020 - WSJ

NYCHA Development Dreams at a Crossroads - City Limits

NYCHA Remains The City's Worst Landlord, Public Advocate Says - Patch

Opinion: NYCHA Open Space: The Next City Park Frontier - Gotham Gazette

Analysis suggests misdemeanors, like felonies, declining on subways ahead of police expansion - Politico

City Council Wants NYPD to ease up on e-bike food deliverers - NY Post

Is It Safe to Swim in New York City's East River? - City & State

The Met Museum unveils new exhibition in Great Hall - Capital Tonight

A Church's Milestone Anniversary - Our Town

Woman Sues After Tumble in Stumble Inn - Gothamist

UES NYCHA Tenants Sue City To Demand Repairs - Patch

Tenants Sue For Repairs At Embattled East Side Public Housing Complexes - The City

"In its last iteration, the proposal for a half-luxury, half-affordable 50-story tower from Fetner Properties promised to raise $25 million for repairs.

TENANTS SUE FOR REPAIRS AT EMBATTLED EAST SIDE PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEXES - The City

VETERANS VULNERABLE AS TRUMP THREATENS FOOD AID FOR 70,000 NEW YORKERS - The City

NYC Has a Family Homelessness Crisis. Who are the Families? - City Limits

HOW BIRD-FRIENDLY BUILDING RULES WILL FLY IN NEW YORK - The City

City Council Holds Another Hearing on the Parks Capital Process - City Land

Central Park Conservancy And Parks Department Propose Renovation Of Community Facilities At Harlem Meer In Central Park - NY YIMBY

Plans For Central Park’s Women’s Rights Monument Returns To The Landmarks Preservation Commission - NY YIMBY

More New York Businesses Using State Law to Avoid SALT Tax Cap - WSJ

The Rent Isn't Too Damn High Anymore - Our Town

Fairness for Female Consumers: A Manhattan community board is determined to stop unfair pricing practices known as "the pink tax" - Our Town

MTA warns upstate county clerk against using “See something, say something” slogan - Daily News

COST OF REPLACING 19 SUBWAY ELEVATORS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE - The City

NYPD announces new unit to track hate groups in wake of Jersey City rampage - Politico

New Cancer Center Opens Next Month on the UES - AM New York

What to Know About Amazon's New Manhattan Office - City and State

Emmy Squared’s Popular Detroit-Style Pies Land on the UES Tuesday - NY Eater

Tap-and-go Subway Payments Expand to Penn Station - Crain's

New York City creating helpline for controversial homeless program - Politico

Homeless Outreach Workers: Nothing We Do Matters Without New Housing - Gothamist

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New York Evictions Are Plunging Under New Rent Control Law - The Wall Street Journal

"The decline was steepest for the most common type of cases, those brought by landlords against tenants who fell behind on rent payments, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of court data.

NYPD can claim subway crime is down because it only focuses on felony stats - New York Post

"Minor crimes on the rise this year over last include:  Misdemeanor assault, up 15.9 percent to 1,132 incidents;  Harassment, up 17.9 percent to 928;  Groping, up 10.6 percent to 450"

Developers Show Renderings for New 23-Story Apartment Building with Micro-Units; Wins Support of Community Board Committee - West Side Rag

"Developer Fetner Properties previously described plans to make 80 of the 171 apartments into micro-units, which range from 290 to 340 square feet, and market them to seniors.

Thousands Sign Petition Against Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion - Patch

UES Library To Reopen After 9-Month Renovation - Patch

Ghost Block on First Avenue - Our Town

Alida Camp, who sits on the zoning and development committee of CB8, said it’s common for business owners to warehouse their spaces and move their restaurant or store to a new location if they believe their landlords are going to sell the property, which prolongs the time the storefronts will be vacant.

Condo Buyers Can Keep Purchases Secret, N.Y. Tax Officials Say in Reversal - The Wall Street Journal

"New York state tax officials are restoring a measure of secrecy for condo owners who buy units without disclosing their names publicly through limited-liability companies, in a reversal of a policy that drew fire from the real-estate industry.

N.Y.P.D’s Next Police Commissioner: What to Know About Dermot Shea - NY Times

Williams Remains Public Advocate; Katz Next Queens DA; Ranked-Choice Voting on Its Way; & More: Election Results 2019 - Gotham Gazette

Securing Two More Years as Public Advocate, Williams to Keep Pushing De Blasio on Housing, Policing - Gotham Gazette

Duane Reades Are Disappearing In NYC, Leaving Unexpected Nostalgia In Their Wake - Gothamist

Kenyan Runners Dominate in N.Y.C. Marathon - NYTimes

Thep Brings High Style Thai Food to New York's UES - Forbes

Black Latino and Asian Caucus of the New York City Council Comes Out Against Ranked Choice Voting - City and State

The Subway Is in Financial Crisis.

Madison Avenue business owners rip bid for 9 bus shelters - NY Post

Assemblymember Seawright calls for Extell developer to clean up Upper East Side construction site - The Villager

De Blasio Supports 'Transformative' Safe Streets Plan, Just Not On His Watch - Gothamist

Lenox Hill Expansion Opponents Want Pols To Fight Project - Patch

'Breaking the Bronze Ceiling' - Our Town

Closing Rikers May Pave New Path For Mentally Ill Inmates - Law 360

Extell's UES Development Site Is Unsafe: Lawmaker, Seniors Say - Patch

Posh Madison Ave Stores Challenge City Plan to Add Bus Shelters - The Jewish Voice

Council approves landmark private waste overhaul, capping yearslong policy battle - Politico

Goodbye Barneys, Hello Cheap Luxury Handbags for Christmas - NY Times

NYC CENSUS SCAM FIGHTERS GEARING UP FOR 2020 BATTLE - The City

Lenox Hill Neighborhood advocates push pols to oppose hospital project - The Villager

Can You Stop Fare Evasion Without Criminalizing Poverty? - City and State

MOMA Reimagined - City and State

NYCLU Report Finds Increases in Solitary Confinement in State Prisons - Politico

Housing Works is Cast in Unusual Role: Corporate Overlord - NYTimes

DAs Trained How to Keep People in jail Despite the New Bail - City and State

The Wednesday That Could Change NYC - City and State

NY Councilman Ben Kallos Launches Manhattan Borough President Run - NY Daily News

Le Jardinier Embraces Light Fun Approach to Seasonal Cooking - Crain's

NY Elections Move into the 21st Century - City and State

Old Navy to Open UES Store on 86th Street - Patch

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Manhattan Community Board 8, in symbolic vote, strikes down proposed expansion of Lenox Hill Hospital - PIX 11

Lenox Hill Hospital expansion blasted by Upper East Siders - Curbed NY

Central Park to get first statue honoring women - ABC News

Women Who Are Breastfeeding Will Now Be Exempt From Jury Duty In New York - NY State of Politics

NYC’s congestion pricing program moves forward as MTA picks company to install tolling tech - Daily News

City worker fatally run over by co-worker near Gracie Mansion - NY Post

State Census Funds Held Up by Cuomo Administration -NY1

Police Officers Union Launches Campaign to Defeat NYPD Oversight Ballot Measure - Gotham Gazette

Their Land Became Part of Central Park.