The Bloomberg administration is moving ahead with plans to institute residential permit parking programs or similar measures in an attempt to head off the charge that congestion pricing would turn surrounding neighborhoods into parking lots.
Over the next four weeks (as StreetsBlog reported yesterday), the city Department of Transportation will hold workshops open Read More
8:15 a.m. Michael Bloomberg delivers a speech to the Manhattan Institute, at Madison Avenue and 45th Street.
9 a.m. Michael Bloomberg holds his daily Q&A with reporters, at the same location.
10 a.m. Hospital officials hold a briefing on the drug-resistant staph bug, at 56-45 Main Street in Queens.
10 a.m. Read More
For your Halloween pleasure, we offer socialites in ridiculous outfits, via Park Avenue Peerage. Allison Sarofim’s famed annual Halloween party last weekend brought droves of familiar names to her West Village townhouse. The hostess, who strutted her stuff around her velvet-draped first-floor in a peacock costume, was joined by guests like Fabiola Beracasa Read More
We had a chance to parse state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s report (PDF) on Wall Street’s 2007 performance. Contrary to some earlier media coverage, the report looks mild in its pessimism, preferring a sort of not-too-hot-not-too-cold assessment of the Street’s performance and its chances for a prosperous new year. (A release summarizing the report Read More
A state Supreme Court justice has barred three single-room-occupancy apartment buildings on the Upper West Side from acting as hotels for tourists.
City Room reports that the Continental at 330 West 95th Street, the Montroyal at 315 West 94th Street, and the Pennington at 316 West 95th Street must stop accepting any new reservations. Read More
The AP reported today that Pierce Brosnan is being investigated as the possible perpetrator in an assault, which allegedly took place outside of a Mexican restaurant in Malibu, Calif., where the 54-year-old Irish-born thespian resides with his family. A spokesman for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. identified the alleged victim as a certain Robert Rosen. Read More
Hillary Clinton gets an influential endorsement.
Her campaign is putting distance between itself and an anti-gay minister.
Ben has more video from last night’s debate.
Tom Acitelli thinks the hand-wringing over the expected drop in Wall Street bonuses is a little silly.Michael Read More
Facebook can’t hide anymore. [Valleywag]
The British are coming…to BoCoCa? [Curbed]
Greenpoint gets blood and gore for Halloween. [Gothamist]
TopShop opening, well, shop, in SoHo. [Racked]
Adrian Grenier gets approval for construction on Clinton Hill house. [Brownstoner]
J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. filed a lawsuit at Manhattan federal court today over a book billed as an unofficial encyclopedic companion to the Harry Potter book series, according to Reuters. They claim the book infringes copyright and attempts to cash in on the successful series.
The 400-page book, titled the "The Harry Potter Read More
