The problem of serving tricky pour-overs in busy New York coffee shops has been solved for one set of baristas. The painstakingly prepared drink order that results in lengthy wait times can now be made by a robot, thanks to Stephan von Muehlen, CEO of Poursteady. Factors such as
According to real estate site StreetEasy, the place to live in 2016 is … Jamaica, Queens. Specifically, data released claims that Jamaica will have the largest increase in demand from both renters and buyers. Borough President Melina Katz expressed confidence in Queens as a whole yesterday, saying, “It is of no surprise that Queens’ neighborhoods will lead among the City’s hottest markets.” (Gothamist)
Wilfred Martinez, a 47-year-old security guard, was arrested on Monday for selling diamonds that he found in the trash. When J. Birnbach Inc., a jewelry store in Midtown, moved to another floor in the building, located on Fifth Avenue and 47th Street, boxes of almost five million dollars worth of diamonds were mistakenly thrown away by workers assisting their boss with the move. Mr. Martinez found the stones and sold some of his findings to another jeweler housed in the same building. He was arrested after the police watched a surveillance video and found that he grabbed the boxes. According to law enforcement sources, authorities are still in the process of finding some of the missing stones. (New York Post)
The plan to turn the remains of a Fulton Fish Market warehouse into a 494-foot high condo tower has been nixed according to the developer. Christopher Curry, executive vice president of development at Howard Hughes Corporation, said, “There will be no residential tower on that site,” announcing the end of the controversial project at a Community Board 1 meeting on Tuesday night. Mr. Curry also shared that the developer of the building is now planning on instead putting a commercial building at the site, adding that the new building will not be tall. (DNAinfo)
The judge in the Etan Patz murder trial announced Tuesday that jurors participating in the retrial of Pedro Hernandez will not be allowed to walk around SoHo. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley said that allowing them to do so could expose them to something that might tamper with the case. Mr. Hernandez confessed to murdering Patz, who disappeared at 6 years old on his way to school in the neighborhood in 1979. Mr. Wiley said that regardless of how much control the NYPD has, there is a risk that if jurors visit the area they will be prejudiced. “I don’t know that the NYPD has control over everything out there,” Mr. Wiley said. (amNew York)
