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☆ One New Yorker won $150,000 when she found out her landlord had been overcharging her. Now a bunch more tenants are using stabilization laws to get money back and pay cheaper rent.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AdvertisementAs TikTok becomes the new town square for all things economic transparency, the latest target of populist ire is New York City landlords. Several videos that have recently gone viral show viewers how to look into their rent histories and call out examples of potentially illegal hikes. Wait times for rent histories are now at 20 business days, up from 10 in late January, as a result of "social media activity." Klenkar has made TikToks about her old apartment and rent histories and has had "lots" of people reach out with their own rent histories. More may be on their way as New Yorkers seem to be requesting their rent histories en masse.

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☆ The New York Apartment Where Kissinger Spent His First Years in America
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Claire Fahy | More About Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Art Deco building was the Kissinger family’s first long-term home after they arrived in New York City in 1938 as refugees from Nazi Germany. After a short stint living with relatives and staying in a different apartment nearby, the family settled into the 850-square-foot rental on Fort Washington Avenue in 1940. Mr. Kissinger, the former secretary of state who reshaped the United States’ approach to the Cold War, died in Connecticut on Wednesday at the age of 100. By Thursday morning, news of his death had reached the building on Fort Washington Avenue. The neighbors old enough to remember Ms. Kissinger had long since moved away, according to the current resident of the apartment, Alexei Gonzales.

Persons: Henry Kissinger, Kissinger, Kissinger’s, Paula, Alexei Gonzales, Gonzales Organizations: Fort Washington, Mr Locations: Washington Heights, United States, New York City, Nazi Germany, Fort, States, Connecticut

☆ Opinion | A Doctor Who Fled Russia Remembers the Pain of Antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was rare for Jewish women to practice radiology in post-Stalinist Russia, but that’s what Diana Amastis, now 95, did for most of her life in St. Petersburg in the 1950s and ’60s. She left that life in 1992, at the age of 64, to make New York her new home. She came with her daughter and granddaughter, to care for her ailing father, who had left Russia years earlier and lived in Washington Heights. Dr. Amastis remembers spending most days during her first years in the city caring for her granddaughter, who took English lessons at a school near their home. Dr. Amastis would wait outside the classroom to glean useful phrases, but she never felt confident about her command of the language.

Persons: Diana Amastis, Amastis Locations: Russia, St . Petersburg, New York, Washington Heights

☆ Safe Injection Sites Don’t Lead to More Crime, New Study Finds - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Maia Szalavitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over 100,000 Americans now die from drug overdoses annually. Upon taking office, Mayor Eric Adams, Mr. de Blasio’s successor, has continued to support the sites’ work. Some neighbors, politicians and media have claimed that the centers — one in East Harlem and one in Washington Heights — are increasing crime and public drug use in neighborhoods already burdened with poverty. But an important new study published this week refutes these claims. It shows that violent and property crime rates near the two overdose prevention centers (sometimes referred to as safe injection or safe consumption sites) did not increase any more than crime in similar neighborhoods elsewhere in the city.

Persons: Bill de Blasio, Eric Adams, de Blasio’s, ”, Brandon Del Pozo Organizations: Brown University, New York Police Department Locations: New York City, East Harlem, Washington Heights, Burlington , Vt

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☆ An Oscar Winner Scouts Her New Location: an Uptown Pad for Less Than $500,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

When her son, Jack, was born 36 years ago, Ms. Leo, now 63, thought about putting down real roots. At the time, she was renting a place on 83rd Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. I rent places for temporary housing when I do television work,” Ms. Leo said. Earlier this year, she decided to try again, focusing on Yorkville, a historic swath of the Upper East Side. Ms. McCormack showed Ms. Leo a handful of studios and one-bedroom apartments in the area.

Persons: Melissa Leo, Leo, Alice Eklund, Ward, homeownership, Jack, Carl Schurz, Oscar, ”, Louie ”, “ I’ve, ” Ms, Janina McCormack, Ms, McCormack, “ Organizations: Upper East Locations: Upper, “, Manhattan, Stone Ridge, N.Y, New Yorker, Washington Heights, ”, Yorkville, New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Theater fans, mark your calendars: This season's Tony Awards will take place on June 16 at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Producers of the show announced the date and new location Wednesday. Next year's location — the David H. Koch Theater — is the home of New York City Ballet and in the same sprawling building complex as Lincoln Square Theater, which houses the Broadway venue Beaumont Theater. The Tony eligibility cut-off date for the 2023-2024 season is April 25, and nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards will be announced April 30. The awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

Persons: Tony, David H, — Organizations: —, Lincoln Center, Performing Arts, Producers, United Palace Theatre, Times, Koch, New York City Ballet, Lincoln Square Theater, Beaumont Theater, The Broadway League, American Theatre Wing Locations: New York City, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New

Walk into Cesar Villavicencio's three-bedroom apartment in Washington Heights, New York City, and you might think he had two roommates. Villavicencio graduated in 2009, and, like many aspiring Broadway stars, packed his bags for New York City. But in drag, Villavicencio found empowerment that had eluded him. Zachary Green and Lauren Shamo | CNBC Make ItWhen it comes to getting in drag, Villavicencio's costs, just like his income, can be variable. In addition to five weekly shows, Villavicencio performs as Pixie at a residency in Fire Island and at corporate engagements.

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☆ In ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach,’ the Empanadas Are to Die For
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Erik Piepenburg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It does the same for cannibalism, though there was nothing like that on the schedule as far as I knew. But we had all day to talk about eating people. First, empanadas. I drooled a little watching Machado and Mark take bites of the face-sized empanadas, which were perfectly golden brown, bubbly in the right spots and oozy, not greasy. They were tasty, Machado said, but she was partial to the chicken-and-cheese pastelillos, fried turnovers similar to empanadas, that her Puerto Rican mother used to make.

Persons: Justina Machado, Aaron Mark, Dolores Roach, ”, Mark, Machado, carne, Jane, Virgin Organizations: Broadway Locations: Washington Heights, Manhattan, Empanadas, Puerto Rican

☆ 'Kimberly Akimbo,' Tom Stoppard’s 'Leopoldstadt' among winners on writerless Tony night
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Kathryn Lurie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] The cast of “Kimberly Akimbo” perform at the 76th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McdermidJune 11 - “Kimberly Akimbo,” about a teenager who ages in reverse, and Tom Stoppard’s autobiographical “Leopoldstadt” were among the winners Sunday as the Tony Awards went on despite the Writers Guild of America strike. The three-hour telecast on CBS was hosted by Tony- and Academy Award-winner Ariana DeBose. Patrick Marber, who won best director of a play for “Leopoldstadt,” was among several winners who used their acceptance speeches to express support for the strike. The pre-show included the award for best regional theater, which went to the Pasadena Playhouse, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, which went to director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell.

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☆ Tony Award Winners 2023: Updating List
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Rachel Sherman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Follow the latest live updates and photos from the Tony Awards. The 76th Tony Awards are taking place tonight at the United Palace in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The awards ceremony, which honors plays and musicals that opened on Broadway between April 29, 2022, and April 27, 2023, will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. This year’s awards ceremony, which was nearly called off amid the Writers Guild of America strike, will be presented without a script in an agreement reached with the union. Ariana DeBose, who was nominated for a Tony in 2018, will host the ceremony for the second year in a row.

Persons: Tony, Julianne Hough, Skylar Astin, ’, Ariana DeBose, ”, ” “ Kimberly Akimbo Organizations: Broadway, CBS, Paramount, Writers Guild of America Locations: Manhattan’s Washington Heights, ” “ New York , New York

☆ How to Clear 500,000 Feral Cats From New York’s Streets
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Richard Schiffman | Erin Schaff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There are colonies in virtually every neighborhood with suitable nooks and crannies — in Bushwick, in Washington Heights, in Ozone Park. There may be as many as half a million feral cats padding around New York City, but no one knows for sure. “No one knows, and the city doesn’t care to know,” said Will Zweigart, the founder of Flatbush Cats, the nonprofit group that Ms. Gabriel and scores of others volunteer with. “Because if they knew, they would be accountable to do something about it.”There are a number of reasons for the explosion in feral cat colonies. Some people, fearing that their unwanted cats would be euthanized if they were taken to a shelter, simply let them out on the streets and hoped for the best.

Persons: ”, Will Zweigart, Gabriel Organizations: Flatbush Cats, Yorkers Locations: Flatbush, Bushwick, Washington Heights, Ozone, New York City

☆ As the Tonys Head Uptown, Step Inside the United Palace ‘Dream World’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Darryn King | Gioncarlo Valentine | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Nearly eight miles north of Times Square, the United Palace in Washington Heights is a dazzling remnant of a golden age of cinema. On Sunday, it will provide the backdrop for Broadway’s biggest night. This former Loew’s “Wonder Theater,” at Broadway between 175th and 176th Streets, is beguiling, if mysterious. Its landmark exterior — where pigeons make themselves at home among terra-cotta ziggurats and pilasters — is said to have been influenced by Egyptian, Aztec or Mayan design, or perhaps the architecture of the 16th- to 18th-century Mughal Empire.

Persons: ” Organizations: Times, Broadway, 176th Locations: Washington Heights

☆ Where Everybody Knows Your Name
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Tim Sultan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

LAST CALL AT COOGAN’S: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar, by Jon Michaud“A friend to me has no race, no class and belongs to no minority,” said Frank Sinatra. “My friendships are formed out of affection, mutual respect and a feeling of having something in common. These are eternal values that cannot be classified.” These words ran through my head as I read “Last Call at Coogan’s,” Jon Michaud’s book about the life and times of a venerated Washington Heights pub that shuttered in 2020. Coogan’s opened in 1985, in northern Manhattan’s heavily Dominican enclave of Washington Heights, at the onset of one epidemic — crack — and closed during another. Simply by being there, Coogan’s changed people’s minds about other cultures.

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☆ 900,000 New Yorkers Lost at Least 3 Loved Ones to Covid
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Sharon Otterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Josefa Santana, 96, did not leave her Washington Heights apartment when New York City shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus in March 2020. He was the only one to leave the apartment in those weeks, so he probably was the one who brought the virus in. Despite her family’s efforts to protect her, Ms. Santana got sick, and then died. She was one of three relatives whom her granddaughter, Lymarie Francisco, lost to Covid-19 in the first year of the pandemic, Ms. Francisco said last week. Nearly 900,000 New Yorkers lost at least three people they said they were close to, an open-ended category that included relatives and friends, the survey found.

☆ Ariana DeBose to Return as Tony Awards Host This Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ariana DeBose, whose exuberant embrace of song and dance enlivened last year’s Tony Awards, will return to host the annual ceremony this spring. Earlier this year, she sang the opening number at the BAFTA Awards, and a rapped section paying tribute to female movie stars was mocked and memed for a hot second. DeBose, who is 32, seems to have taken it in stride — in London earlier this month, she turned the kerfuffle into merch that raised money for charity, and last weekend she performed at Lincoln Center. This year’s awards ceremony will for the first time take place at the United Palace, a large theater in Washington Heights, in Upper Manhattan. The ceremony, which is presented by the Broadway League and the American Theater Wing, honors plays and musicals staged on Broadway; it is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, June 11, and to be broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.

☆ They Went to the Top of Manhattan to Find Two Bedrooms and a View. Which Option Did They Choose?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Joyce Cohen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Brent was renting the ground floor of an attached brick house across from Inwood Hill Park, at the top of Manhattan. [Also in Real Estate: E-Bikes Are Exploding Every Week in New York City, Causing Fires and Killing People. “I really need access to blue and green stuff — rivers and trees,” Mr. Brent said. Still, parts of the neighborhood were noisy, with revving motorcycles and loud music, which concerned Mr. Brent. “New York City creates unique challenges to recording environments.”Among their options:

☆ ‘Phoenix’ by Lakecia Benjamin Review: A Maturing Saxophone Tone
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Martin Johnson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Alto saxophonistLakecia Benjamin often plays with a big, broad tone, and that’s for a good reason. The New York native grew up in the predominantly Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights, and her first gigs were playing merengue and other Latin dance styles. Then some of her post-collegiate bookings were in large venues performing alongside stars like Missy Elliott and Alicia Keys , Prince and Stevie Wonder . Ms. Benjamin’s two most recent recordings, “Pursuance: the Coltranes” (Ropeadope, 2020) and “Phoenix” (Whirlwind, out now), showcase a new diversity in her sound. The new recording’s title refers to the world emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic and dealing with the post- George Floyd racial reckoning.

☆ 2 men wrongly convicted of killing Malcolm X in 1965 will receive a $36 million settlement from New York City and the state: reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York City and the state will pay $36 million to two men who were wrongly convicted of murdering Malcolm X, per AP. Muhammad A. Aziz originally sought $40 million in a civil rights lawsuit in July. The settlement will be split between Aziz and the estate of the late Khalil Islam, who died in 2009. Paperwork for the settlement will be signed over the next few weeks, with New York City paying $26 million and the state of New York paying $10 million, Shanies told the AP. The settlement will be split equally between Aziz and the estate of Islam, The New York Times reported, citing Nicholas Paolucci, the director of public affairs for the New York City Law Department, and Shanies.

☆ The Trump Organization tax-fraud trial jury has been chosen, and it's mostly minority and mostly male
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It took three days to seat the jury for the Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial in Manhattan. The mostly male, mostly minority jury has 2 men the defense tried to boot for their views on Trump. She does not read the news, and said she had no strong opinion about Trump. "Of course, President Trump was the president of the United States," she said in court. Juror 10: A custodian for Macy's, he said he had strong opinions concerning Trump, but could be fair.

☆ 'Target Black' isn't real and the video that started the rumor just shows a corporate office exterior, the company says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Ann Matica | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A viral TikTok video claiming a new Target concept store is set to open in November was just disproven. Target told Insider saying the building is strictly used for company office space. "The building featured in the video is the exterior of some of our office space in New York City. While there won't be any Target concept stores opening in the location any time soon, the space has housed some of Target's corporate offices since 2013. Although the video was bogus, Target does have plans to expand its storefront space in the city elsewhere.

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