Liam Quigley

REPORTER

  • Poop pool? NYC health honchos have concerns about plan to let people swim in a pool filled with water from the East River

    Gothamist
    April 6, 2026

    A floating pool that could one day offer New Yorkers a chance to swim in water filtered from the East River is moving forward despite delays caused by ice floes and blizzards and seaweed.

  • Reforms to ‘wild west’ private trash industry come to Manhattan’s Chinatown

    Private Waste, Gothamist
    zip:10013
    April 3, 2026

    By the end of May, thousands of Lower Manhattan businesses will be required to arrange for their trash to be collected by one of three garbage companies authorized to serve the area.

  • Is Linden Blvd NYC’s new ‘Boulevard of Death?’ 9 dead in crashes on street since 2021

    Gothamist
    zip:11212
    April 1, 2026

    The deaths of two people in hit-and-run car crashes along Brooklyn’s Linden Boulevard last month have led a local councilmember to declare the notorious stretch the city’s new “Boulevard of Death.”

  • President Trump’s war in Iran complicates NYC’s war on potholes

    hidden, Gothamist
    March 28, 2026

    President Donald Trump’s war in Iran threatens to blow up New York City’s transportation department budget — and could make it harder to fill potholes across the five boroughs, according to the top bean counter in the mayor’s office.

  • ICE agents deployed to NYC airports do not appear to help ease TSA lines

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11430
    March 26, 2026

    “Border czar” Tom Homan said on Sunday that the immigration officers would help guard exits at the airports, which would free up more TSA agents to staff screening areas. At JFK and LaGuardia airports

  • Parks advocates gearing up to yell at Mamdani over proposed budget cuts

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    March 22, 2026

    On the campaign trail, Zohran Mamdani vowed to roughly double the funding for the parks department. His first budget proposal as mayor would cut its funding.

  • Construction to kick off on bike lane upgrades next to Prospect Park

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    park:prospect-park
    March 20, 2026

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made moves to expedite the installation of new bike lanes across the city, many of which were sidelined under his predecessor Eric Adams.

  • NYC’s ‘trash revolution’ gets new general as Mamdani names his sanitation chief

    hidden, Trash Revolution, Gothamist
    March 19, 2026

    Anderson’s appointment comes at a critical time for the department. He’ll be responsible for completing the rollout of the city’s trash collection program, which will require the city to figure out how to eliminate its notorious mountains of garbage bags and replace them with bins.

  • The social media influencers now run Washington Square Park

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    park:washington-square-park, zip:10012
    March 17, 2026

    The park, which for decades was known as a hub of counterculture and an anchor for protests in the city, has now been overrun with social media influencers looking to go viral.

  • Prospect Park’s secluded Vale of Cashmere getting long-awaited upgrade

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    park:prospect-park
    March 16, 2026

    The quiet corner of the park is well known to birdwatchers, but fell into disrepair after years of neglect.

  • Shred zone: City scales back skate park planned for Brooklyn’s Mount Prospect

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11238, park:mount-prospect-park
    March 4, 2026

    Parks department officials shrank the planned size of the so-called Skate Garden after locals raised concerns about its impact on the green space.

  • NYC puts tow truck operators on notice following Gothamist investigation

    Gothamist
    March 3, 2026

    New York City consumer protection officials are putting hundreds of tow truck companies on notice, warning they’ll swiftly revoke licenses from operators that rip off drivers.

  • NYC Council pushes to ban stores from collecting biometric data

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11205, zip:10009
    March 2, 2026

    The City Council on Monday held a hearing on proposed legislation that seeks to rein in the type of “Big Brother” surveillance that has grown more common in apartment buildings and grocery stores like Macy’s and Wegmans, a Rochester-based chain with locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan that began storing biometric data of shoppers earlier this year.

  • Mayor Mamdani resumes fines for failure to compost in NYC

    hidden, Gothamist
    February 26, 2026

    Sanitation inspectors quietly began issuing tickets on Jan. 1, resuming enforcement that Mayor Adams paused last year only weeks after it took effect.

  • Snowball-gate: Washington Square Park incident pits Mamdani against NYPD

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:washington-square-park, zip:10012
    February 24, 2026

    “It looks like a snowball fight,” Mamdani said. But did it?

  • Dog poop data reveals New York City’s crappiest block

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11220
    February 19, 2026

    Sanitation officials floated deploying mobile cameras to catch scofflaw dog owners.

  • Ghost fleet: How New York City lost control of the tow truck industry

    Investigations, Gothamist
    February 11, 2026

    A Gothamist analysis of speeding and red light camera data reveals the number of unlicensed tow trucks in the city has increased from 54 in 2021 to at least 712 today. Meanwhile, the number of licensed tow trucks has fallen from 995 in 2021 to 764 today.

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  • Most NYC subway bathrooms lack basic amenities like toilet seats and soap, audit finds

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11217
    February 3, 2026

    The MTA’s bathrooms are dens of despair reserved for the city’s most desperate defecators.

  • Melting pots: NYC sanitation races to get snow into giant hot tubs, thaw the city

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10005
    January 28, 2026

    “We want to melt because it’s not going to go away anywhere anytime soon,” acting Sanitation Commissioner Javier Lojan declared on Wednesday.

  • Wegmans defends use of facial recognition at NYC stores, citing ‘elevated risk’

    hidden, Gothamist
    January 5, 2026

    The new statement from Wegmans came after a Gothamist report on new signage at the entrance to the store at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Some customers, as well as local and state legislators, said they were alarmed by the practice.

  • NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers’ eyes, voices and faces

    Gothamist
    zip:11205
    January 4, 2026

    Anyone entering the store could have data on their face, eyes and voices collected and stored by the Rochester-headquartered supermarket chain. The information is used to “protect the safety and security of our patrons and employees,” according to the signage. The new scanning policy is an expansion of a 2024 pilot.

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  • What happens when the city or the state doesn’t shovel its own sidewalk? Nothing.

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11238, park:dean-playground
    December 29, 2025

    The city has issued over 3,000 tickets to private property owners since Saturday. But it does not issue violations when the government itself fails to shovel.

  • NYPD seeks man in Upper West Side baseball bat assault days before Christmas

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10025
    December 24, 2025

    Police say a 24-year-old man was beaten near West End Avenue and West 107th Street and taken to the hospital in stable condition.

  • Development would bring public pool to West Village as historic rec center remains busted

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    zip:10014
    December 19, 2025
  • Restore or replace? Fight over historic West Village rec center and pool drags on.

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    zip:10014
    December 18, 2025
  • NYC wants Prospect Park to drain more of Central Brooklyn’s floodwater

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:prospect-park
    December 3, 2025


    A $68 million investment announced by city officials Wednesday aims to turn Prospect Park into a giant sponge capable of reducing flooding in neighborhoods across Central Brooklyn.

  • A dilapidated bridge in Prospect Park is way overdue for a glow-up

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:prospect-park, zip:11215
    November 27, 2025

    Parks department officials shrank the planned size of the so-called Skate Garden after locals raised concerns about its impact on the green space.

  • Fight over Elizabeth Street Garden’s future heads to court

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10012
    November 19, 2025

    The fate of a beloved Lower Manhattan garden hangs in the balance as advocates seek a court order to halt its eviction.

  • Bigger cruise ships coming to Manhattan’s West Side under new 20-year deal

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10019
    November 13, 2025

    The agreement will bring larger vessels to the Hudson River cruise terminal, raising concerns from some residents about emissions and congestion.

  • Mayor Adams aims to save Elizabeth Street Garden by making it a park

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10012
    November 12, 2025

    The mayor proposed designating the garden as a city park in a last-ditch effort to prevent its eviction.

  • Elizabeth Street Garden will be evicted if Mamdani makes good on pledge

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10012
    November 10, 2025

    The mayoral candidate said he would move forward with affordable housing on the site if elected.

  • Stretch of Rockaway shoreline on Jamaica Bay needs ‘aggressive repairs,’ feds say

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    zip:11694
    November 7, 2025

    A mile-long bulkhead in the Rockaways has been eaten away by the churning waters of Jamaica Bay and requires “aggressive” repairs that could take five years, federal documents show.

  • NYC’s flying ‘Fan Man’ demands NYPD return his fan after he soars near Verrazzano Bridge

    hidden, Gothamist
    2025-1104, zip:11209
    November 4, 2025

    A 40-year-old Brooklynite who soars above the city like a superhero using a parachute and motorized propeller strapped to his back has been grounded by the NYPD. With Ramsey Khalifeh.

  • Brooklyn man parachuted off Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge after NYC Marathon

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10301
    November 3, 2025

    The stunt drew a quick response from the NYPD and Port Authority police.

  • A Manhattan parking lot on the East River will be transformed into a public park

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10010
    October 28, 2025

    The site will become green space as part of a broader effort to expand public access to the waterfront.

  • City to finally add sewers to the ‘Hole,’ an NYC area long plagued by flooding

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11208
    October 21, 2025

    The isolated Brooklyn-Queens neighborhood has gone decades without basic infrastructure.

  • Manhattan box truck collision sends van into pedestrians, 1 dead

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10001
    October 20, 2025

    A box truck ran a red light and struck a van, which then plowed into a group of people on the sidewalk.

  • Garbage containers land on Brooklyn streets, NYC’s latest step toward containerization

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11238
    October 20, 2025

    The rollout brings the city closer to its goal of getting trash off the sidewalks and into bins.

  • NYC’s busiest greenway just got one of its most annoying sections fixed

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10019
    October 12, 2025

    A long-contested stretch of the Hudson River Greenway has been reconfigured to reduce conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians.

  • Woman killed by illegal e-bike in Brooklyn was beloved college professor

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11205
    October 7, 2025

    The victim was struck on a sidewalk in Fort Greene, renewing debate over enforcement of e-bike laws.

  • Woman killed by pair of men sharing an e-bike near Brooklyn park

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11205
    October 6, 2025

    The crash occurred near Fort Greene Park as the victim was walking on the sidewalk.

  • A foul pit of illegal Brooklyn parking that escaped the law for years

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11205
    October 6, 2025

    An illegal parking lot in Fort Greene had operated for years without a single ticket.

  • Moroccan soccer fans light up Astoria ballfield with flares, alarming neighbors

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11102
    October 3, 2025

    Residents near the park called 911 as celebratory smoke filled the air following Morocco’s World Cup qualifying win.

  • NYCHA building partially collapses in Bronx due to explosion, city says

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10454
    October 1, 2025

    The blast knocked out a section of the building’s facade, displacing residents.

  • Oil spill snarls traffic on Manhattan’s First Avenue, turns East River black

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10016
    September 22, 2025

    Thousands of gallons of fuel oil leaked from a ruptured pipe beneath a busy Manhattan street.

  • UN General Assembly security includes cutting down this fast food fan favorite

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10017
    September 21, 2025

    The annual security sweep around the UN disrupts local businesses and commuters each fall.

  • Mayor Adams calls to ban carriage horses in NYC, replace them with e-horses

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:central-park
    September 17, 2025

    The mayor’s proposal would phase out the iconic Central Park carriage horse industry.

  • Fort Greene group throws shade at planned tower over potential effect on park

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11205, park:fort-greene-park
    September 8, 2025

    Residents say a proposed high-rise would cast a long shadow over Fort Greene Park.

  • 15 tons of trash hauled from Bronx dump following Gothamist investigation

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10462, park:bronx-park
    August 23, 2025

    City officials moved swiftly to clean up an illegal dumping site in the Bronx after Gothamist reported on the problem.

  • Bronx tow truck owner who ordered a fatal drive-by amid turf war faces life in prison

    hidden, Gothamist
    2025-0821, zip:10454
    August 21, 2025

    The operator of a Bronx auto body shop who swindled customers and insurance companies faces life in prison after pleading guilty to ordering a drive-by shooting targeting a rival tow truck company.

  • Is New York City ready to say ‘neigh’ to Central Park’s carriage horses?

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:central-park, zip:10024
    August 21, 2025

    A long-running fight over the fate of the carriage horse industry is heating up again ahead of the mayoral race.

  • Beaches close across NYC and NJ as Hurricane Erin brings dangerous surf

    hidden, Gothamist
    August 19, 2025

    Authorities closed beaches from the Rockaways to the Jersey Shore as the storm churned up rough conditions.

  • Ignoring complaints, NYC Parks stinks up Bronx green space with unofficial trash dump

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10462
    August 13, 2025

    The parks department has used a city-owned Bronx lot as an unofficial garbage dump for decades, and locals say the stench has grown so horrendous it’s made a nearby greenway all but unbearable to traverse.

  • Astoria business group sues NYC to block new bike lane below subway

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11102
    August 8, 2025

    A merchants’ association claims the city failed to conduct adequate environmental review before installing the lane.

  • After deadly Chinatown crash, NYC makes long-sought safety upgrades

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10002
    August 7, 2025

    The city installed pedestrian safety improvements at a Chinatown intersection that had seen repeated crashes.

  • Ice cream trucks in Central Park bike lanes get chilly reception from city

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:central-park, zip:10024
    July 30, 2025

    Officials cracked down on vendors who had been blocking the park’s bike lanes during the summer rush.

  • NYPD: Swimmer off Rockaway Beach missing since Friday night

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11691
    July 26, 2025


    NYPD divers and aviation search teams have been searching for a young man who went missing while swimming off Rockaway Beach Friday night, police said.

  • Battery Park Fieldhouse to be replaced with new $6 million facility

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10004, park:the-battery
    July 20, 2025

    The city announced plans to tear down and rebuild the aging fieldhouse at The Battery in Lower Manhattan.

  • NYPD: Two killed in morning Chinatown crash, driver in custody

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10002
    July 19, 2025

    Police say the driver of a Chevy sedan fatally struck two people near the Manhattan Bridge.

  • Drones are spotting more sharks at NYC beaches. But are they keeping swimmers safe?

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11692
    July 7, 2025

    Nine sharks have been spotted since July 1.

  • Staten Island’s ‘lost city’ of wild beaches is a spiritual refuge for New Yorkers

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10307, zip:10309, zip:10308, zip:10305
    July 4, 2025

    “It’s a wild beach,” said Boris Vinokur, 71, as he relaxed on the southwestern shore of the borough looking out onto Raritan Bay. “No lifeguards. We used to climb over [the rocks], kayak. Nice place.”

  • Staten Island’s ‘lost city’ of wild beaches is a spiritual refuge for New Yorkers

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10301
    July 4, 2025

    Many of the borough’s beaches are secluded and lack lifeguards. For many visitors, that’s exactly the point.

  • These NYC pools kept closing last summer after people pooped in them

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    2025-0625
    June 25, 2025

    New York City’s public pools turned into toilets at a surprisingly high rate last summer, as the parks department was forced to close its swimming holes 203 times to clean up a visitor’s poop.

  • New pool near Central Park’s Harlem Meer opens Friday

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10024
    June 23, 2025

    With room for more than 1,000 swimmers, it’s among the largest public pools in New York City.

  • Elizabeth Street Garden to remain as Adams administration drops eviction

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10012
    June 23, 2025

    The announcement by the mayor’s office is the latest turn in a yearslong legal battle over the fate of the garden.

  • Super smash: NYC destroys mopeds, e-bikes as mayor celebrates crackdown

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10312
    June 12, 2025

    The mayor said city enforcement officials have removed more than 100,000 “ghost bikes” and mopeds from city streets.

  • NYC rolls out modern garbage trucks in Harlem, latest step toward containerization

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10039
    June 2, 2025

    An area of Harlem is the first to have its trash fully containerized and picked up by automated trucks.

  • Section of East River Park reopens after being lifted to fight floods

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10002
    May 29, 2025

    The reopening marks a milestone in the $1.5 billion flood mitigation project.

  • Rockaway Beach guide: NYC’s greatest shoreline is filled with hidden gems

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11693
    May 24, 2025

    There’s something for everyone on the Rockaway peninsula. This guide relies on years of reporting and exploring the beach.

  • Flying, talking NYPD drones with life rafts will help drowning victims at NYC beaches

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11235
    May 23, 2025

    The rollout of the technology comes after seven people drowned at the city’s public beaches last summer.

  • NYC Ferry to Rockaways gets a service boost — and price hike

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11693
    May 21, 2025

    It’ll be easier to reserve a seat on the popular boat to the beach this summer, but it’ll cost more.

  • Dangerous section of Jacob Riis beach likely to remain off-limits this summer

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    zip:11694
    May 19, 2025
  • Park by Brooklyn Borough Hall could get big upgrades if judge rules right

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11201
    May 15, 2025

    A new skatepark, green space and pavilion are part of the proposal for Cadman Plaza.

  • A Queens community garden said its members must be anti-Zionist. Now it faces eviction.

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11385
    May 13, 2025

    Parks department officials wrote the statement of values at Sunset Community Garden that sparked the controversy.

  • Historic West Village rec center set for $51 million makeover

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10012
    May 11, 2025

    The Tony Dapolito Recreation Center has been closed since 2019 due to severe structural damage.

  • NYC is still at war with rats, but Mayor Adams won the battle at his own home

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11221
    April 29, 2025

    Inspectors found no evidence of vermin at the mayor’s Bedford-Stuyvesant rowhouse.

  • NYC is banning bicycles from high-traffic stretch on Rockaway boardwalk

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11693
    April 18, 2025

    The parks department’s bike ban will cover the busiest parts of the boardwalk, from Beach 97th to Beach 67th Street.

  • Modern garbage bins uptown mark latest step towards containerization

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10032
    April 15, 2025

    The new “Empire Bins” are designed to be emptied with modern garbage trucks, and will eventually replace bag piles across the city.

  • One of NYC’s worst bathrooms gets new life after $5.6 million renovation

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10009, park:tompkins-square-park
    April 14, 2025

    The parks department just reopened the once-infamous Tompkins Square Park field house bathroom.

  • Shiny new animal shelter inches forward in Brooklyn

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11208
    March 10, 2025

    The facility is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2026. Its construction comes after years of advocacy for a modern shelter in the borough.

  • NYC to overhaul Central Park loop to limit conflicts between bikers, walkers and runners

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:central-park
    March 6, 2025


    Central Park’s six-mile loop is getting a major facelift starting this month as part of a city plan to give walkers more space and quiet the long-standing battle between pedestrians and cyclists.

  • Vanderbilt Avenue open street in Prospect Heights will be interrupted for construction

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11238
    February 28, 2025

    The warm weather hangout known for outdoor dining, picnicking and live performances faces a temporary closure.

  • East New York is getting a new public plaza. Locals fear getting pushed out.

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11207
    February 11, 2025

    The city Economic Development Corporation is looking for a developer to knock down a crumbling building and replace it with open space.

  • Bird flu suspected in deaths across multiple species at Bronx Zoo

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10454, park:bronx-zoo
    February 7, 2025

    A red tailed hawk, great horned owl and hooded merganser ducks are among the birds found dead at the zoo.

  • A flower blooms in Brooklyn, and it reeks of rotting flesh

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11225, park:brooklyn-botanic-garden
    January 22, 2025

    The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s corpse flower only blooms every two to 10 years.

  • Feds give Port Authority $1.9B loan for new Midtown Bus Terminal

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10018
    January 14, 2025

    The old, shabby bus terminal opened to the public back in 1950.

  • Feds plan overhaul at NYC’s Floyd Bennett Field after migrant shelter closes

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11234
    January 10, 2025

    Mayor Eric Adams plans to remove the migrant shelter from the historic site by January 20.

  • Teenage boy shot outside Brooklyn school as students returned from break

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11205
    January 2, 2025

    The shooting came just hours after 10 young people were shot outside a party in the Bronx.

  • New era of commercial trash collection begins in Queens next month

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11385
    December 26, 2024

    Supporters hope the first zone implemented through commercial waste reform makes a visible dent in the city’s trash problem.

  • New NYPD commissioner reverses transfers of hundreds of ‘hiding’ officers

    hidden, Gothamist
    December 19, 2024

    While news of an arrest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO dominated headlines on Dec. 9, newly appointed NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch quietly launched another search of her own: determining the whereabouts of hundreds of on-duty officers.

  • Scaffolding at NYC’s largest high school finally coming down

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11217
    December 12, 2024

    The scaffolding at Brooklyn Tech ranks among the oldest in the city, and entire generations of students have attended school beneath it.

  • ‘Foul odor,’ roaches seep from NYC apartment 5 months after double homicide

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10025
    December 5, 2024

    The bodies inside were removed in June, but the NYPD sealed the unit until its recent reopening.

  • Damage from sprawling Prospect Park brush fire may take years to fully heal

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:prospect-park, zip:11215
    November 27, 2024

    The Prospect Park Alliance estimates the cost to restore the burnt out section of the park will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • NYPD: Officers shot man in the Bronx after he assumed ‘shooting stance’

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10473
    November 23, 2024

    The man was struck in the leg and was recovering Friday night, according to the NYPD.

  • Public space reopens beneath Brooklyn Bridge, giving Chinatown a new plaza

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10013
    November 17, 2024

    The area was closed off in 2009 and used as a construction work zone.

  • Fires in NYC parks are common. The drought is making them bigger.

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:prospect-park
    November 14, 2024

    Parks department data shows firefighters responded to more than 400 fires in city parks last year.

  • Sprawling new rec center at Central Park’s Harlem Meer lake to open in 2025

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10024
    November 9, 2024

    The $160 million project represents a historically large investment in the park’s northern end.

  • Raccoon busts through ceiling at LaGuardia Airport next to Spirit Airlines gate

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11371
    November 5, 2024

    “This is the most LaGuardia thing and the most Spirit Airlines thing to happen,” one traveler wrote on social media.

  • Disc golfers rejoice at new Queens course — but some residents want it gone

    hidden, Gothamist
    park:highland-park
    November 4, 2024
  • A legal battle over Gowanus Canal cleanup shines a new light on an old polluter

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11231
    October 28, 2024

    A new lawsuit paints one of the clearest pictures to date of what was dumped into the Gowanus Canal over the decades.

  • Bronx auto shop worker charged with ordering hit on rival worker

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10454
    October 22, 2024

    Prosecutors say Christian “Coco” Lugo ran a criminal enterprise that scammed insurance companies and warred with competitors.

  • The Elizabeth Street Garden gets two more weeks to avoid an eviction

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10012
    October 16, 2024

    A last-minute court decision delayed the garden’s eviction, one day before a city marshal was set to clear it out.

  • Mayor Adams says city will move ahead with eviction of Elizabeth Street Garden

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10012
    October 15, 2024

    A city marshal is permitted to kick the garden out of its city-owned lot in Nolita starting Wednesday.

  • Scion of Bronx trash empire with spotty safety record sidesteps NYC commercial waste reform

    hidden, Investigations, Gothamist
    zip:10461
    October 7, 2024

    The heir to a disgraced Bronx trash empire is teaming up with a politically connected waste hauler to form a trash collection syndicate — a move that could undermine ongoing reforms of the city’s notoriously corrupt private garbage industry.

  • NYC sanitation trucks key to President Biden’s security during UN visit

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10013
    September 25, 2024

    About a dozen salt spreaders served as security barriers for Biden Wednesday as he addressed the General Assembly.

  • Mother of boy who drowned at Rockaways begs NYC lawmakers for more lifeguards

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11693
    September 24, 2024

    Another deadly summer at the city’s beaches has led lawmakers to push for more aggressive lifeguard recruitment.

  • NYC’s cleanup of vacant lots plummeted over last year, city data shows

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11691
    September 17, 2024

    Mayor Eric Adams has pushed a major initiative to clean up the city’s sidewalks and lots, but the pace of enforcement has dropped significantly.

  • Jacob Riis Beach boardwalk to get badly needed repairs this fall

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    zip:11694
    September 11, 2024
  • 7 drowned at NYC beaches this summer. Most grew up in the city without access to pools.

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    zip:11692, zip:11691
    September 8, 2024

    A Gothamist analysis of city data found that six of the seven drowning victims this summer lived in districts where fewer than half of residents have access to swimming facilities within 15 minutes by public transit.

  • Time to pay last respects to the abandoned hangar at Fort Tilden in Rockaway

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11695, zip:11697
    September 2, 2024

    The National Park Service is demolishing Fort Tilden’s building T-9, meaning this will be the final summer that the dilapidated structure, a familiar sight to many beachgoers, will stand.

  • Latest Coney Island Cyclone breakdown is nothing to worry about, officials say

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11224
    August 28, 2024

    The rickety 97-year-old ride breaks down from time to time, which locals say is part of its charm.

  • NYC warns against swimming at two Staten Island beaches and one in Queens

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10301
    August 23, 2024

    Heavy rains earlier this week have caused unsafe levels of raw sewage.

  • $120M project to fill East River greenway gap near United Nations

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10017
    August 23, 2024

    It’s the latest step in a larger project to create a 32-mile cycling and pedestrian path around Manhattan.

  • This Bronx lot was supposed to house a charter school. Now it’s a dump.

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10451
    August 16, 2024

    Five years after developers abandoned the construction of a new charter school in the South Bronx, the lot has become an illegal dumping ground.

    THIS BRONX LOT WAS SUPPOSED TO HOUSE A CHARTER SCHOOL. NOW IT’S AN ILLEGAL DUMPING GROUND.
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  • Trash hauler won coveted garbage pickup rights after donating to Mayor Adams’ campaign

    Investigations, Gothamist
    zip:11433
    August 13, 2024

    New York City’s campaign watchdog is scrutinizing a series of donations to Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign by owners and employees of a Queens waste hauling company that later won a set of coveted licenses from the sanitation department.

  • Floating pool in NYC’s East River inches forward, but opening date remains elusive

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10002
    August 7, 2024

    Officials say they plan to install “+POOL,” which has been pitched for more than a decade, in the next few years.

  • Most of NYC’s outdoor dining sheds are about to disappear

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11205
    August 4, 2024

    Saturday marked the deadline for eateries to apply for the city’s new outdoor dining program, which bans the wooden sheds.

  • NYC license plate vigilante arrested after targeting Secret Service cars protecting VP Harris’ step-daughter

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10013
    July 31, 2024


    A vigilante who regularly calls attention to toll evasion caused a brief national security scare Tuesday after he ripped off license plate covers from cars assigned to the U.S. Secret Service detail protecting Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter, prosecutors said.

  • Too dense for dumpsters: This NYC block reveals hurdles in city’s trash revolution

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10009
    July 31, 2024

    There’s hardly any room for trash bins or street-side dumpsters on a cramped East Village block.

  • ‘We are in a state of emergency’: 6th drowning reported at NYC beaches this summer

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    July 25, 2024
  • After 5 years of repairs, NYC mulls demolition of historic West Village rec center

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:10012
    July 10, 2024

    Tony Dapolito Recreation Center first opened in 1908, but its run as a downtown gym may be nearing an end.

  • How to avoid and survive dangerous rip currents at NYC’s beaches

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11694
    July 4, 2024

    The drowning of two Brooklyn teens at Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway last month served as a grim reminder of the dangers.

  • Erosion is causing ‘extremely hazardous’ conditions on Riis Beach, where 2 teens were swept to sea

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    zip:11694
    June 30, 2024

    Erosion is rapidly washing away the shoreline of Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway — and the National Park Service says the ongoing problem has created “extremely hazardous” swimming conditions in an area of the beach where two teenage boys were swept out to sea last week.

  • 3 NYC pedestrians killed by drivers in 2 days amid uptick in traffic deaths

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11217
    June 29, 2024

    The victims included a 16-year-old girl walking with her little sister and an 83-year-old man.

  • Hundreds stuck waiting for reopened Astoria Pool that Mayor Adams just deemed a success

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    park:astoria-park, zip:11102
    June 27, 2024
  • NYC treading water as lifeguard shortage lingers for another summer

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    June 19, 2024
  • At NYC school with sharpest drop in math scores, high poverty, crowded classrooms and a recent gun scare

    hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11225
    November 6, 2022

    At the Brooklyn school that saw the sharpest drop in math scores in the city since 2019, classrooms are chronically overcrowded, 81% of students have experienced poverty and students recently had to pass through metal detectors before going to class.