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The city’s homeless shelter system often places newcomers in the wrong settings. It includes 37 dedicated mental health shelters that are staffed with psychiatrists and social workers to offer treatment — at a cost to taxpayers of about $250 million a year. The system relies on low-paid workers who lack the mental health training and tools to identify psychiatric issues in newcomers. One in four people with severe mental illness in the shelter system were not placed in a mental health shelter, state auditors found in 2022. One 41-year-old man who should have been placed in a mental health shelter was instead shuttled to other types of shelters as his mental health deteriorated.

Organizations: Times Locations: New York State, York, Union Square

☆ The N.Y.C. Neighborhood Where Families Are Filling Up Empty Offices
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Matthew Haag | More About Matthew Haag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For all the talk about converting New York City’s languishing office buildings into housing, just one neighborhood has done it on a large scale: the financial district. In the past few years, luxury apartments have been carved out of a 1907 office tower at 84 William Street and an Art Deco skyscraper at 1 Wall Street that was once the Bank of New York’s headquarters. Five other office buildings are being gutted and turned into residences, including a project that is the largest such conversion in the United States. But the high-rise conversions are just part of a wave of modifications in the area that started decades ago with the transformation of low-rise buildings and continues today with enormous glass and steel towers. The financial district name has become something of a misnomer as the neighborhood, once derided as a desert after the bankers commute home, becomes a vibrant residential enclave at Manhattan’s southernmost tip.

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Among the catalysts are Palestinian and Jewish-led groups that have been active for years in opposing Israeli policies toward the Palestinians and who now demand a cease-fire in Gaza. The groups have roots in a movement known as BDS, which calls for the boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel. That campaign generated heated rhetoric long before Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel launched its counteroffensive. Advocates wrote op-eds for campus newspapers with appeals to protect Palestinian human rights, often accusing Israel of colonialism and racism. Protests have led to disruptions on Capitol Hill, at a major train station in Chicago and New York City’s Grand Central Station.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Target on Wednesday reported better-than-expected profits and sales in its third quarter, benefiting from efforts to hold down costs. Revenue slipped more than 4%, however, with customers saddled with broadly higher costs as the holiday season nears. Political Cartoons View All 1247 ImagesAnalysts were expecting a profit of $1.47 per share on revenue of $25.29 billion in the quarter, according to FactSet. That metric was down 5.4% in the fiscal second quarter and in the fiscal first quarter, sales were unchanged. For the fourth quarter, Target expects comparable sales in a wide range around a mid-single digit decline, and earnings per share of $1.90 to $2.60 per share.

Persons: Costumers, Cornell, they’re, Brian Cornell, Target, — Organizations: Revenue, Target, Walmart, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: Minneapolis, U.S, New York, Harlem, San Francisco Bay

☆ Prince’s iconic white, ruffled ‘Purple Rain’ shirt is up for auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A signature white, ruffled shirt once owned by Prince is expected to fetch thousands of dollars in an online auction this week. The Fashion of Prince auction, staged online by US firm RR Auction, comprises 203 items amassed by a French collector, identified only as Bertrand on the company’s website. According to RR Auction, the seller bought the memorabilia directly from designers who worked closely with Prince, as well as from other auction houses. Well known for his lavish wardrobe, Prince wore this style of ruffled white shirt – complete with faux-pearl buttons and shoulder pads – during his “Purple Rain” tour. On the website, they say the seller acquired the garment “directly from a designer” who worked on the “Purple Rain” movie and subsequent tour.

Persons: Prince, Bertrand, ”, “, Bobby Livingston, ” Livingston Organizations: CNN, Hotel Chelsea, Associated Press Locations: North America, New York, Livingston

More than 1,200 people in Israel died, most of them in the Hamas attack, and about 240 hostages were taken from Israel into Gaza by Palestinian militants. The army said Tuesday that it has captured Gaza’s legislature building, the Hamas police headquarters and a compound housing Hamas’ military intelligence headquarters. Israeli news sites showed pictures of Israeli soldiers hoisting the Israeli national flag and military flags in some of the buildings. The Israeli military did not give a reason for her death, while Hamas said she was killed in an Israeli strike. On Nov. 5, the Israeli military struck a car on the road between the southern Lebanese towns of Ainata and Aitaroun.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of Jewish peace activists and their allies converged at a major train station in downtown Chicago during rush hour Monday morning, blocking the entrance to the Israeli consulate and demanding U.S. support for an Israel cease-fire as battles rage in northern Gaza. Midwestern Jews and allies traveled to Chicago from Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois for the demonstration, organizers said. The Israeli consulate in Chicago is in a building connected to the Ogilvie Transportation Center, a major commuter rail station. The Chicago rally is unique from the previous Jewish Voice demonstrations because in the Midwest, “progressive Jewish communities are far smaller and separated by distance,” according to an emailed press release from organizers. “Trains continued to run throughout.”The Israeli consulate in Chicago did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Ben Lorber, “, ”, Clara Belitz, IfNotNow, Meg Reile, ___ Savage Organizations: CHICAGO, Ogilvie Transportation Center, Chicago, Jewish Voice, Peace, Chicago police, Jewish, Grand, Station, New York, Washington , D.C, Hamas, Metra, West Madison, “, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: Chicago, Israel, Gaza, Iowa , Missouri, Minnesota , Michigan , Indiana , Wisconsin, Illinois, Israeli, New York, Washington ,

☆ Should Your Ex-Boss Get a Say in Your New Job? Wall Street Says Yes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Luis Ferré-Sadurní | More About Luis Ferré-Sadurní | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For high-powered Wall Street and banking executives, one of the hallmarks of the job comes into play only at the end: a signed noncompete agreement. Five months ago, the State Legislature passed a bill that would outlaw noncompete agreements, one of several efforts nationwide in recent years to protect a range of employees. All kinds of workers — from doctors to hairstylists to sandwich makers — are sometimes unknowingly trapped by the restrictive clauses. But as the implications of a ban at New York City’s most powerful industries have come into focus, so has a deep-pocketed lobbying effort to persuade Gov. Kathy Hochul to not sign it into law — or at least blunt its impact.

Persons: Kathy Hochul Organizations: New York ., State Legislature, Gov Locations: New York

Mr. Adams already had a long-running relationship with the Turkish consulate general, which paid for part of his trip to Turkey while he was Brooklyn borough president in 2015, according to a public filing. The warrant to search the home of Mr. Adams’s 25-year-old fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs, indicated that the investigation was examining the role of KSK Construction, a Brooklyn building company owned by Turkish immigrants that organized a fund-raising event for Mr. Adams on May 7, 2021. On that day, 48 donors, including the company’s owners, employees and their families, along with others in the construction and real estate industries, donated $43,600, Mr. Adams’s campaign reports show. Mr. Adams’s campaign filings do not specify which donations were made through the fund-raising event. Neither Mr. Adams nor his campaign has been accused of wrongdoing, and no charges are publicly known to have been filed in connection with the investigation.

Persons: Adams, York City’s, Adams’s, Brianna Suggs, Suggs Organizations: Fire Department, Mr, Democratic Locations: Brooklyn, Manhattan, York, Turkish, Turkey

☆ The Literary Lives of New York City’s Youth
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Erica Ackerberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In 1906, Anne Carroll Moore was anointed the first head of the Department of Work With Children at the New York Public Library. There she oversaw the creation of the Central Children’s Room at the newly built flagship on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, established story hours and opened the previously locked shelves to all children provided they agreed to sign a pledge that read: “When I write my name in this book I promise to take good care of the books I use in the Library and at home, and to obey the rules of the Library.” By 1913, one third of the titles borrowed from all branches of the N.Y.P.L. were children’s books. To celebrate this year’s Best Illustrated Children’s Books, we looked through archival photos of the library’s children’s reading rooms.

Persons: Anne Carroll Moore Organizations: Department, Work, New York Public

☆ Picasso painting sells for $139 million, most valuable art auctioned this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Ben Kellerman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pablo Picasso's 1932 painting "Femme a la Montre" is displayed at an auction at Sotheby's, in New York City, U.S., November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ben Kellerman Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting “Femme à la montre” sold for more than $139 million on Wednesday at a Sotheby’s New York auction, making it the most valuable work of art sold globally at an auction this year. “Femme à la montre,” which translates from French to “Woman with a Watch,” is a portrait of the artist’s lover Marie-Thérèse Walter seated in a throne-like chair against a blue background. Walter became his subject for a number of artworks, including the 1932 painting "Femme nue couchée," which sold for $67.5 million at auction in 2022. Picasso painted “Femme à la montre” at a pivotal year in his career.

Persons: Pablo Picasso's, Ben Kellerman, Pablo Picasso’s, ”, Emily Fisher Landau, “, Marie, Thérèse Walter, Picasso, Olga Khokhlova, Walter, Khokhlova, Fisher Landau, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, Tate, York’s Pace, Thomson Locations: Sotheby's, New York City, U.S, New York, York, Christie’s, Ukrainian, Paris, Manhattan

☆ WeWork’s bankruptcy could have a painful effect on cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

WeWork’s bankruptcy will increase financial stress on commercial landlords that have rented large chunks of their office buildings to the co-working company. About $270 billion in commercial real estate loans held by banks will come due in 2023, according to Trepp, a commercial real estate data provider. “This is another huge problem for the office market to contend with.”No single tenant can make or break the office market, he said. Around 42% of WeWork’s occupancies are in those three cities, according to CoStar, a commercial real estate data firm. Commercial real estate was hit hard by the pandemic, with fewer people returning to offices and spending money in downtown corridors.

Persons: WeWork, ”, Ermengarde Jabir, Goldman Sachs, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Peter Morgan, ” Alie Baumann, can’t, “, ” Baumann, Van Nieuwerburgh Organizations: New, New York CNN, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Columbia Business School, Cities, New York City’s Locations: New York, America, Silicon, New York City, San Francisco, Boston, New York City . New York, NYC, New, United States, Columbia

☆ Hoboken Is Building for a Very Rainy Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Michael Kimmelman | More About Michael Kimmelman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The city of Hoboken, N.J., once a marshy outcropping that the Lenape inhabited only seasonally, hugs the Hudson River. Some scientists have forecast that, with rising seas, a big chunk of Hoboken will be Atlantis by 2100. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy left Hoboken underwater and without electricity for days, causing more than $110 million worth of property damage. Across the river, the same storm drowned several of New York City’s subway lines and forced Brooklyn residents to wade through thigh-deep water. Television crews, returning to Hoboken early Saturday to film the usual aftermath, left empty-handed.

Persons: what’s, Hurricane Sandy Organizations: The New York Times, Hoboken, National Guard, Television Locations: Hoboken, N.J, Hurricane, Sandy, New York, Brooklyn

Donald J. Trump’s legal team on Friday repeatedly attacked a law clerk during the former president’s civil fraud trial, overshadowing Eric Trump’s second day on the witness stand and prompting the judge to bar the lawyers from making public statements about his private communications with his staff. The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, works closely with the clerk, Allison Greenfield, and the two often speak and pass notes on the bench. Ms. Greenfield previously worked as a trial attorney in New York City’s law department, and the judge appears to rely on her expertise when considering rules of evidence and other matters. But the former president has taken issue with her involvement in the monthlong trial — Ms. Greenfield is a Democrat and Mr. Trump believes she is biased against him — and his lawyers have complained about her regularly. He said that the lawyers’ arguments had no basis, that their accusations of bias were false and that failure to heed the order would result in “serious sanctions.”

Persons: Donald J, overshadowing Eric Trump’s, Arthur F, Allison Greenfield, Greenfield, Trump, —, Christopher M, Kise, Justice Engoron Locations: New York, Greenfield

☆ A Record 119,300 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Troy Closson | More About Troy Closson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The number of homeless public school students in New York City reached an all-time high of 119,320 last school year, according to new data released Wednesday, as migrants crossing the southern border continued to flock to the city. The statistics — which include children in shelters, hotels, relatives’ homes and other transient places — illuminate the challenges for Mayor Eric Adams’s administration in handling the rise in homeless students. New York City’s homeless student population is now larger than the entire traditional public school system of Philadelphia. Now, about 1 in 9 New York City students are homeless. In one section of the Bronx, more than 22 percent of students were homeless.

Persons: Eric Adams’s Organizations: New York Locations: New York City, York, Philadelphia, Bronx

☆ Gov. Hochul Announces $75 Million to Combat Hate Crimes in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Luis Ferré-Sadurní | More About Luis Ferré-Sadurní | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Kathy Hochul of New York announced on Tuesday up to $75 million in grants for local police departments and houses of worship in response to an uptick in reported antisemitic attacks and hate crimes against Palestinians in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The New York Police Department unveiled statistics last week that showed a spike in hate crimes in the city, especially against Jews, after the Hamas attacks on Israel earlier this month, despite an overall decrease in hate crimes this year. There were 51 hate crimes in the third week of October, compared with just seven in the same week last year; 30 were antisemitic, the police said. as a potential hate crime and prompted the school and the State Police to increase security at the school’s Jewish center. Ms. Hochul announced $50 million in grants to help local law enforcement agencies prevent and solve hate crimes.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Ms, Hochul, —, ”, Eric Adams, Jonathan Lippman Organizations: New York, State Police, New York Police Department, Jewish, Cornell University, Israel, New, City University of New Locations: New, Israel, New York, Yorker, Ithaca, N.Y, Gaza, City University of New York

Some protesters hoisted banners as they scaled the stone ledges in front of leaderboards listing departure times. After the sit-in was broken up by police, the remaining protesters spilled into the streets outside. “Hundreds of Jews and friends are taking over Grand Central Station in a historic sit-in calling for a ceasefire,” advocacy group Jewish Voice for Peace said on social media. The scene echoed last week's sit-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, where Jewish advocacy groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace and If Not Now, poured into a congressional office building. The U.N. General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution calling for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza leading to a cessation of hostilities.

Persons: New York City’s, ” Organizations: New York Police Department, NYPD, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Penn, Grand Central, Jewish, Peace, Jewish Voice, Hamas, Ministry, General Assembly Locations: New York, Israel, Gaza, “, Washington

☆ Opinion | A Dispatch From the Muslim Girl Scouts of Astoria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Mara Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

At a meeting of the Muslim Girl Scouts of Astoria last week, a young woman bounded into the room, asking whether her fellow scouts had secured tickets to an Olivia Rodrigo concert. “It’s no conflict at all,” Ms. Rayan told me of Islam and the Girl Scouts. “You want a strong Muslim American girl.”At the Girl Scouts meeting, Amira and her friends discussed their plans to protest the war in Gaza. In 1948, Ms. Rayan told me, her grandfather lost his home and land in Jaffa to the state of Israel. Ms. Rayan said those killed in her family included six cousins and their children, who were as young as 2.

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On Thursday, Vinicius Funes, a 26-year-old migrant from Honduras, went in search of a bed. He had spent two nights waiting in a chair at New York City’s official arrival center for migrants at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. But it turned out to be a “reticketing” office, where the city buys migrants a one-way passage out of town. There were no beds there either, though, just a big waiting room. Mr. Funes spent the night on the floor.

Persons: Vinicius Funes, Funes, Roosevelt Organizations: New York, Roosevelt Locations: Honduras, New, Midtown Manhattan

☆ Cities try to take back curbs from cars and delivery trucks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

There are a slew of users and uses that compete for curb space. The solution, some advocates say, is removing free parking and charging for spots based on demand. Free parkingThe root of the chaos at the curb stems from free on-street parking, critics say. Cities “squander curbs for free parking for cars because drivers are the people who show up at public meetings,” Shoup said. Smart loading zonesEven if cities managed their on-street parking problems for private vehicles more effectively, bikers, delivery workers, outdoor dining and other uses would still crowd the curb.

Persons: ”, Chrissy Mancini Nichols, ” Nichols, Yorkers, Donald Shoup, ” Shoup, Mike Estey, ” Estey, Michelle Wu Organizations: New, New York CNN, Workers, Walker Consultants, city’s Department of Transportation, University of California, Drivers, New York City’s Department of Transportation, Seattle Department of Transportation, Boston Locations: New York, “, New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, America, San Francisco, Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles , Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Washington, New, Omaha , Nebraska, Minneapolis, Philadelphia

☆ Halloween portraits on the New York City subway are a ‘fantastical ride’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

For nearly two decades, one New York photographer, who goes by the artist name Seymour Licht, has documented spectral, peculiar and outlandish parade- and partygoers in transit across the city. Now, Licht, has put together a book called “Halloween Underground,” timed to the 50th anniversary of the Village Halloween Parade. Twenty years on, Licht ultimately views the work as a “fantastical ride” through the underbelly of the city. Seymour LichtA couple at Lorimer Street taking inspiration from Ancient Egypt. Seymour Licht

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☆ Silverstein Properties Parts Ways With CEO Marty Burger
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Peter Grant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Marty Burger had been chief executive of Silverstein Properties since 2014. Photo: etienne laurent/ShutterstockSilverstein Properties, best known as the developer of New York City’s World Trade Center, has replaced its longtime chief executive with Lisa Silverstein, the daughter of chairman and founder Larry Silverstein . Employees were told of CEO Marty Burger ’s departure on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

Persons: Marty Burger, etienne laurent, Shutterstock Silverstein, Lisa Silverstein, Larry Silverstein, Marty Burger ’ Organizations: Silverstein Properties, Trade, Employees Locations: York

☆ The Flatiron Building Will Be Converted Into Condos
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Matthew Haag | More About Matthew Haag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mayor Eric Adams has made the conversion of struggling office buildings into residences a major component of his attempt to address New York City’s housing shortage. Mr. Amro said that despite the Flatiron’s quirky interior, its numerous windows would make a conversion into residences far easier than most office buildings. But the construction would require some major internal changes: Stairs and elevators must be moved around and consolidated. The owners have considered various plans, some with multiple units on each floor, with about 40 total residences. The ground floor, however, will remain retail space; T-Mobile has a store there with a long-term lease.

Persons: Eric Adams, Jonathan J, Miller, Miller Samuel Real, ” Organizations: Department of City, Amro, Mobile Locations: York

In particular, the judge cited provisions empowering officials to evaluate an applicant's “good moral character” and whether “good cause exists for the denial” of gun permits. The Supreme Court’s so-called Bruen decision, which struck down a New York gun law, was the high court’s first major gun decision in over a decade. Political Cartoons View All 1218 ImagesThe judge said he was staying the effect of his ruling until midnight Thursday to give the city time to appeal. Someone may be deemed to have good moral character by one person, yet a very morally flawed character by another. Such unfettered discretion is hard, if not impossible, to reconcile with Bruen,” Cronan wrote.

Persons: “, ”, John P, Joseph Srour, Cronan, Srour, Amy Bellantoni, ” Cronan, Bruen Organizations: —, Supreme, New York Police Locations: New York, Manhattan, U.S, New York City, Srour

☆ US judge approves Deutsche Bank $75 million settlement with Epstein accusers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Luc Cohen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank on Friday won final approval from a U.S. judge for a $75 million settlement it reached with victims of Jeffrey Epstein who had accused the German company of facilitating the late financier’s alleged sex trafficking. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Deutsche bank is seen in Hong Kong, China July 8, 2019. Epstein had been a Deutsche Bank client from 2013 to 2018, after being a JPMorgan Chase client for 15 years. Deutsche Bank has said it made an error in taking on Epstein as a client. Rakoff granted preliminary approval to New York-based financial services company JPMorgan’s $290 million settlement over similar claims in June.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Tyrone Siu, Jed Rakoff, ” Rakoff, Epstein, Jane Doe, David Boies, Rakoff Organizations: YORK, Deutsche Bank, Friday, Deutsche, REUTERS, U.S, JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan, U.S . Virgin Locations: U.S, Hong Kong, China, Manhattan, York, New York

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