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City Hall Park Is Still Under Lockdown, the MTA Has a Man Cave, and Other News Rob Kim/Getty Images Here’s what’s going on around town this week. Why is City Hall Park still barricaded? For nearly a month this summer, the 8.8-acre green space surrounding City Hall was home to the Occupy City Hall protesters as they called on the mayor and City Council to defund the NYPD. The cops cleared out the encampment on July 22, and since then,…

A Sidewalk ‘Sleep-Out’ in Support of the Homeless on the UWS, Weed-Eating Goats, Fairy Doors in Queens, and Other News mifl68/Flickr Here’s some of what happened around town this week. Upper West Siders Hold Sleep-Out to Support Temporary Homeless Neighbors A group of Upper West Siders gathered on the sidewalk of the Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street last Saturday night for a “sleep-out” and art protest in support of the temporary homeless residents staying there and in two other…

A Non-Obvious Outdoor Guide to New York Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York City’s third-largest park at over 1,000 acres, has attracted runners with it cross-country trails for more than a century. | Jonathan Elderfield/AP/Shutterstock From foraging to beekeeping. This summer, the city’s more familiar outdoor spaces — Prospect Park, the Hudson River Greenway — are particularly crowded. Fortunately, there are plenty of lesser-known spots and activities readily available — whether you’re looking for a reprieve from your…

Little Clarity and More Fear for New York City Tenants on The Brink of Eviction Tenants marched the streets of Bushwick demanding the state cancel rent. | Erik McGregor/Getty Images “I lost my dad, my best friend, and the person who paid our rent.” At the height of the pandemic in New York, Julio Peña woke up early each morning and rode the bus to his job stocking shelves and cleaning at a C-Town supermarket in the Bronx. In April,…

What It’s Like to Not Pay Rent, According to Striking Tenants Getty Images Inside a rent strike in the Bronx. Defective locks make for dubious building security. Walls sag with water damage and look as if they’re melting. An infestation of vermin plagues apartments. These are the conditions that some tenants in an apartment building on Sheridan Avenue in the South Bronx have endured for years. But it was the outbreak of COVID-19 in March that was the final straw.…

NYC must provide certain homeless teens with shelter under court settlement A city-run homeless shelter in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images Plus, some brokers and landlords continue to defy the new rent laws—and more intel in today’s New York Minute news roundup Good morning, and welcome to New York Minute, a roundup of the New York City news you need to know about today. Send stories you think should be included to tips@curbed.com. NYC must provide shelter to…

Marc Jacobs sells stylish West Village townhouse Rich Caplan/Courtesy of the Ryan Serhant Team at Nest Seekers International Plus, the American Museum of Natural History’s revamped Halls of Gems and Minerals will open soon—and more intel in today’s New York Minute news roundup Good morning, and welcome to New York Minute, a roundup of the New York City news you need to know about today. Send stories you think should be included to tips@curbed.com. Designer Marc Jacobs sells his Bethune…

What is ULURP, and why should I care? NYC’s land-use review process, explained Max Touhey A breakdown of ULURP and how the controversial city planning process is crucial to life in New York The intricacies of New York City’s zoning laws tend to make even the wonkiest of city wonks’ eyes glaze over, but it’s almost impossible to overstate the importance of those byzantine rules and the impact they have on life in New York. The city’s zoning resolution divvies…

Cozy Soho co-op with vintage charm wants $599K Photos: Courtesy of Anchor Associates The unit has original details including exposed brick walls Welcome back to The Six-Digit Club, in which we take a look at a newish-to-market listing priced under $1 million, because nice things sometimes come in small packages. Send nominations to the tipline. Soho apartments very rarely make it to the Six-Digit Club (in fact, the last time one made it was in 2017), which is why this one-bedroom…

NYC’s trash cans are about to get lighter and sleeker Courtesy of NYC Department of Sanitation The Department of Sanitation has chosen the winner of a competition to reimagine the city’s litter baskets NYC’s green trash cans will soon get a facelift. A year after announcing the finalists of a design competition to reimagine NYC’s trash cans, the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has revealed the winner. Group Project, the winning design team, created a lightweight basket—50 percent lighter than the…