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Penn Station would be rebuilt into a spacious, light-filled train hall without relocating Madison Square Garden under a plan approved by Amtrak and the Trump administration.
Amtrak announced it selected a group called Penn Transformation Partners as the “master developer” to oversee the redesign and reconstruction of the busiest train station in the country. The group includes real estate company Vornado, which owns much of the land around Penn Station, and construction company Halmar, which is currently working to build the MTA’s Second Avenue subway extension into East Harlem.
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A puddle of water in a Brooklyn crosswalk has persisted for so long that some residents can’t remember the last time they saw the ground beneath its depths.
The putrid pool at Erasmus Street and Rogers Avenue in Flatbush has perplexed and enchanted nearby resident Elizabeth Perez, who began documenting it last summer. She said the tepid water remains on the pavement even when it hasn’t rained for days.
In a series of almost 100 photos and videos, she’s captured how the urban tidal pool’s biome evolves with the seasons, delighting and disgusting her friends on Instagram.
Perez's isn't the only persistent puddle in the area - indeed, neighbors spot them all over. So what's the city doing about it?
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liz Perez
A puddle of water in a Brooklyn crosswalk has persisted for so long that some residents can’t remember the last time they saw the ground beneath its depths.
The putrid pool at Erasmus Street and Rogers Avenue in Flatbush has perplexed and enchanted nearby resident Elizabeth Perez, who began documenting it last summer. She said the tepid water remains on the pavement even when it hasn’t rained for days.
In a series of almost 100 photos and videos, she’s captured how the urban tidal pool’s biome evolves with the seasons, delighting and disgusting her friends on Instagram.
Perez's isn't the only persistent puddle in the area - indeed, neighbors spot them all over. So what's the city doing about it?
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liz Perez
A puddle of water in a Brooklyn crosswalk has persisted for so long that some residents can’t remember the last time they saw the ground beneath its depths.
The putrid pool at Erasmus Street and Rogers Avenue in Flatbush has perplexed and enchanted nearby resident Elizabeth Perez, who began documenting it last summer. She said the tepid water remains on the pavement even when it hasn’t rained for days.
In a series of almost 100 photos and videos, she’s captured how the urban tidal pool’s biome evolves with the seasons, delighting and disgusting her friends on Instagram.
Perez's isn't the only persistent puddle in the area - indeed, neighbors spot them all over. So what's the city doing about it?
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liz Perez
A puddle of water in a Brooklyn crosswalk has persisted for so long that some residents can’t remember the last time they saw the ground beneath its depths.
The putrid pool at Erasmus Street and Rogers Avenue in Flatbush has perplexed and enchanted nearby resident Elizabeth Perez, who began documenting it last summer. She said the tepid water remains on the pavement even when it hasn’t rained for days.
In a series of almost 100 photos and videos, she’s captured how the urban tidal pool’s biome evolves with the seasons, delighting and disgusting her friends on Instagram.
Perez's isn't the only persistent puddle in the area - indeed, neighbors spot them all over. So what's the city doing about it?
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liz Perez
A puddle of water in a Brooklyn crosswalk has persisted for so long that some residents can’t remember the last time they saw the ground beneath its depths.
The putrid pool at Erasmus Street and Rogers Avenue in Flatbush has perplexed and enchanted nearby resident Elizabeth Perez, who began documenting it last summer. She said the tepid water remains on the pavement even when it hasn’t rained for days.
In a series of almost 100 photos and videos, she’s captured how the urban tidal pool’s biome evolves with the seasons, delighting and disgusting her friends on Instagram.
Perez's isn't the only persistent puddle in the area - indeed, neighbors spot them all over. So what's the city doing about it?
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liz Perez
The weather doesn't matter if you're really committed to the beach life!
This week: Orchard Beach gets an upgrade, the status of organized crime in New Jersey, Knicks merch and more.
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#nyc #beach #MDW #knicks #fyp
With a fleet of tow trucks behind him idling in a park, the owner of a Queens body shop makes a pitch for joining his crew of drivers.
“If you're tired of being broke, watching TV, watching us in these trucks, watching where we are, hit us up and we'll get you there," David Borukhov told his 45,000 followers on Instagram as he hopped out of an unlicensed tow truck earlier this month.
Earlier this year, a Gothamist investigation found that there were at least 712 unlicensed tow trucks operating on city streets in 2025 — a number that nearly eclipsed the licensed fleet of towers in the five boroughs. Crashes involving both licensed and unlicensed tow trucks have left at least 15 people dead since 2010, according to a review of news coverage and official records.
Borukhov is arguably one of the most outspoken, brazen figures in the industry. The self-proclaimed millionaire takes to social media to depict his glamorous lifestyle behind the wheel of a purple Lamborghini convertible.
He casts towing as the fast track to money and respect. But to local officials and some licensed towers, his antics and self-improvement schtick are a brazen display of an illegal industry operating in plain sight.
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liam Quigley, David_niz0/Instagram
With a fleet of tow trucks behind him idling in a park, the owner of a Queens body shop makes a pitch for joining his crew of drivers.
“If you're tired of being broke, watching TV, watching us in these trucks, watching where we are, hit us up and we'll get you there," David Borukhov told his 45,000 followers on Instagram as he hopped out of an unlicensed tow truck earlier this month.
Earlier this year, a Gothamist investigation found that there were at least 712 unlicensed tow trucks operating on city streets in 2025 — a number that nearly eclipsed the licensed fleet of towers in the five boroughs. Crashes involving both licensed and unlicensed tow trucks have left at least 15 people dead since 2010, according to a review of news coverage and official records.
Borukhov is arguably one of the most outspoken, brazen figures in the industry. The self-proclaimed millionaire takes to social media to depict his glamorous lifestyle behind the wheel of a purple Lamborghini convertible.
He casts towing as the fast track to money and respect. But to local officials and some licensed towers, his antics and self-improvement schtick are a brazen display of an illegal industry operating in plain sight.
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liam Quigley, David_niz0/Instagram
With a fleet of tow trucks behind him idling in a park, the owner of a Queens body shop makes a pitch for joining his crew of drivers.
“If you're tired of being broke, watching TV, watching us in these trucks, watching where we are, hit us up and we'll get you there," David Borukhov told his 45,000 followers on Instagram as he hopped out of an unlicensed tow truck earlier this month.
Earlier this year, a Gothamist investigation found that there were at least 712 unlicensed tow trucks operating on city streets in 2025 — a number that nearly eclipsed the licensed fleet of towers in the five boroughs. Crashes involving both licensed and unlicensed tow trucks have left at least 15 people dead since 2010, according to a review of news coverage and official records.
Borukhov is arguably one of the most outspoken, brazen figures in the industry. The self-proclaimed millionaire takes to social media to depict his glamorous lifestyle behind the wheel of a purple Lamborghini convertible.
He casts towing as the fast track to money and respect. But to local officials and some licensed towers, his antics and self-improvement schtick are a brazen display of an illegal industry operating in plain sight.
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liam Quigley, David_niz0/Instagram
With a fleet of tow trucks behind him idling in a park, the owner of a Queens body shop makes a pitch for joining his crew of drivers.
“If you're tired of being broke, watching TV, watching us in these trucks, watching where we are, hit us up and we'll get you there," David Borukhov told his 45,000 followers on Instagram as he hopped out of an unlicensed tow truck earlier this month.
Earlier this year, a Gothamist investigation found that there were at least 712 unlicensed tow trucks operating on city streets in 2025 — a number that nearly eclipsed the licensed fleet of towers in the five boroughs. Crashes involving both licensed and unlicensed tow trucks have left at least 15 people dead since 2010, according to a review of news coverage and official records.
Borukhov is arguably one of the most outspoken, brazen figures in the industry. The self-proclaimed millionaire takes to social media to depict his glamorous lifestyle behind the wheel of a purple Lamborghini convertible.
He casts towing as the fast track to money and respect. But to local officials and some licensed towers, his antics and self-improvement schtick are a brazen display of an illegal industry operating in plain sight.
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liam Quigley, David_niz0/Instagram
With a fleet of tow trucks behind him idling in a park, the owner of a Queens body shop makes a pitch for joining his crew of drivers.
“If you're tired of being broke, watching TV, watching us in these trucks, watching where we are, hit us up and we'll get you there," David Borukhov told his 45,000 followers on Instagram as he hopped out of an unlicensed tow truck earlier this month.
Earlier this year, a Gothamist investigation found that there were at least 712 unlicensed tow trucks operating on city streets in 2025 — a number that nearly eclipsed the licensed fleet of towers in the five boroughs. Crashes involving both licensed and unlicensed tow trucks have left at least 15 people dead since 2010, according to a review of news coverage and official records.
Borukhov is arguably one of the most outspoken, brazen figures in the industry. The self-proclaimed millionaire takes to social media to depict his glamorous lifestyle behind the wheel of a purple Lamborghini convertible.
He casts towing as the fast track to money and respect. But to local officials and some licensed towers, his antics and self-improvement schtick are a brazen display of an illegal industry operating in plain sight.
Head to our link in bio for more from reporter Liam Quigley
Photo credit: Liam Quigley, David_niz0/Instagram
A runway at LaGuardia Airport will remain closed Friday as Memorial Day Weekend gets underway, complicating operations at one of the region’s busiest transportation hubs during the unofficial kickoff of summer travel season, the Port Authority said.
Runway 4/22 has been shut down since Wednesday, when workers discovered a sinkhole nearby. The closure contributed to a tumultuous day at LaGuardia, where nearly 290 flights were cancelled and more than 310 were delayed, according to flight tracker FlightAware — though severe evening storms also disrupted flights.
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“Ask The Mayor” is back on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani (@nycmayor) has agreed to a quarterly on-air interview with Lehrer, following a time-honored tradition of New York City mayors using call-in radio to respond to the questions, opinions and gripes from regular New Yorkers.
Mamdani’s first appearance will be Tuesday, June 2. “The Brian Lehrer Show” airs from 10 a.m. to noon. Listeners can submit questions by phone, text and presubmitted videos.
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#nyc #politics #nycmayor #mamdani #fyp
New Yorkers fretting about the sky-high prices of FIFA World Cup tickets may have another way in: Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that a total of 1,000 tickets will be sold to New York City residents for $50 — a steep discount from the average $2,800 price.
Mamdani said the initiative, which would operate by lottery, was made in response to the reality that “ticket prices for this tournament have soared into the thousands of dollars.”
“There are countless New Yorkers desperate to attend a World Cup match, but who simply cannot afford to go,” Mamdani said at a press conference in Harlem’s Little Senegal on Thursday. “We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
Tap our link in bio to read more from reporter Arun Venugopal.
Photo credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
New Yorkers fretting about the sky-high prices of FIFA World Cup tickets may have another way in: Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that a total of 1,000 tickets will be sold to New York City residents for $50 — a steep discount from the average $2,800 price.
Mamdani said the initiative, which would operate by lottery, was made in response to the reality that “ticket prices for this tournament have soared into the thousands of dollars.”
“There are countless New Yorkers desperate to attend a World Cup match, but who simply cannot afford to go,” Mamdani said at a press conference in Harlem’s Little Senegal on Thursday. “We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
Tap our link in bio to read more from reporter Arun Venugopal.
Photo credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
It looks like the city has scrounged up enough spare change to keep mermaids on Coney Island after all.
The 44th annual Mermaid Parade is expected to go on this summer after its budget got another boost in the tens of thousands of dollars this month.
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced Wednesday that he’s allocating $20,000 from his discretionary fund to Coney Island USA, the nonprofit that organizes the parade, after the group warned earlier this year that mounting costs could force the event to shut down.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more from reporter Giulia Heyward
Photo credit: Getty Images, Louis C. Hochman / Gothamist
It looks like the city has scrounged up enough spare change to keep mermaids on Coney Island after all.
The 44th annual Mermaid Parade is expected to go on this summer after its budget got another boost in the tens of thousands of dollars this month.
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced Wednesday that he’s allocating $20,000 from his discretionary fund to Coney Island USA, the nonprofit that organizes the parade, after the group warned earlier this year that mounting costs could force the event to shut down.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more from reporter Giulia Heyward
Photo credit: Getty Images, Louis C. Hochman / Gothamist
It looks like the city has scrounged up enough spare change to keep mermaids on Coney Island after all.
The 44th annual Mermaid Parade is expected to go on this summer after its budget got another boost in the tens of thousands of dollars this month.
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced Wednesday that he’s allocating $20,000 from his discretionary fund to Coney Island USA, the nonprofit that organizes the parade, after the group warned earlier this year that mounting costs could force the event to shut down.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more from reporter Giulia Heyward
Photo credit: Getty Images, Louis C. Hochman / Gothamist
It looks like the city has scrounged up enough spare change to keep mermaids on Coney Island after all.
The 44th annual Mermaid Parade is expected to go on this summer after its budget got another boost in the tens of thousands of dollars this month.
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced Wednesday that he’s allocating $20,000 from his discretionary fund to Coney Island USA, the nonprofit that organizes the parade, after the group warned earlier this year that mounting costs could force the event to shut down.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more from reporter Giulia Heyward
Photo credit: Getty Images, Louis C. Hochman / Gothamist
The fire that disrupted train service at Penn Station for two days last week was caused by a piece of equipment that fell off one of Amtrak’s brand-new trains, an executive for the national railroad confirmed in an interview.
Amtrak executive vice president of capital delivery Laura Mason said a metal “skirt board” on the side of one of its NextGen Acela train cars hit an electric third rail, sparking the blaze. FDNY officials said they responded to the fire about 11:30 a.m. last Thursday.
The fiasco is the latest chapter in a long-simmering feud between Amtrak and the MTA, which runs the LIRR.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more from editor Clayton Guse
Photos courtesy of MTA Board, Amtrak
The fire that disrupted train service at Penn Station for two days last week was caused by a piece of equipment that fell off one of Amtrak’s brand-new trains, an executive for the national railroad confirmed in an interview.
Amtrak executive vice president of capital delivery Laura Mason said a metal “skirt board” on the side of one of its NextGen Acela train cars hit an electric third rail, sparking the blaze. FDNY officials said they responded to the fire about 11:30 a.m. last Thursday.
The fiasco is the latest chapter in a long-simmering feud between Amtrak and the MTA, which runs the LIRR.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more from editor Clayton Guse
Photos courtesy of MTA Board, Amtrak
A woman who fell into an open Con Edison manhole in Midtown earlier this week died from heat injuries and blunt force trauma, city medical examiners said Thursday.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Donike Gocaj, 56, died of “scald burns with inhalational thermal injury and blunt force trauma of [the] torso,” according to a spokesperson.
The office ruled her manner of death an accident.
Gocaj died after falling about 10 feet down the manhole near Fifth Avenue and East 52nd Street on Monday night, police said.
Head to our link in bio for or Story for more from reporter Michael Sol Warren
Photo credit: Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images
Penn Station will be rebuilt into a spacious, light-filled train hall without relocating Madison Square Garden under a plan approved by Amtrak and the Trump administration on Wednesday.
Amtrak announced it selected a group called Penn Transformation Partners as the “master developer” to oversee the redesign and reconstruction of the station. The group includes Vornado, the real estate company that owns much of the land around Penn Station, as well as the construction company Halmar that’s currently working to build the MTA’s Second Avenue subway extension into East Harlem.
The group’s selection represents the biggest step forward in the rebuild of the nation’s busiest transit hub since the Trump administration took control of the project from the MTA last year.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more updates from reporter Ramsey Khalifeh
Rendering via Halmer
The Trump administration plans to put up $8 billion to rebuild Penn Station, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced during a Senate hearing Tuesday.
The announcement marked the first time the feds have indicated how much they’ll spend to reconstruct the dilapidated train hub since the president took control of the project from the MTA last year and turned the work over to Amtrak, which owns the station.
Amtrak officials have said they’ll announce one of three finalists to lead the redesign and rebuild of Penn Station next month. It’s unclear how much the project will cost.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated New York state won’t put any additional money into the reconstruction effort, which could include the relocation of Madison Square Garden.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more from reporter Ramsey Khalifeh
Photo credit: Stephen Nessen / Gothamist, Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images
The Trump administration plans to put up $8 billion to rebuild Penn Station, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced during a Senate hearing Tuesday.
The announcement marked the first time the feds have indicated how much they’ll spend to reconstruct the dilapidated train hub since the president took control of the project from the MTA last year and turned the work over to Amtrak, which owns the station.
Amtrak officials have said they’ll announce one of three finalists to lead the redesign and rebuild of Penn Station next month. It’s unclear how much the project will cost.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated New York state won’t put any additional money into the reconstruction effort, which could include the relocation of Madison Square Garden.
Head to our link in bio or Story for more from reporter Ramsey Khalifeh
Photo credit: Stephen Nessen / Gothamist, Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images
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