Happy Saturday. It was great to see the neighborhood and the city come alive yesterday with all that springtime sunshine. Some showers swept through overnight — and now there’s no rain forecast until Thursday. Woot Woot…
Thanks to Sarah Beling for sifting through the data of the recent NYC Speaks survey. It’s New York’s largest-ever public policy survey — and we’ve been looking at what Hell’s Kitchen residents had to say. Read more…
Here’s what else has been happening in the neighborhood this week…
Last Sunday, in a rainy Times Square, Broadway gathered for a musical vigil to support Ukraine — while along W47th Street, Jim Lahey was hard at work baking fundraising cookies. Read more…
New York City officials recently acknowledged that the personal information of about 820,000 current and former students was compromised in a cybersecurity lapse. If you’re a caregiver wondering what that means for your family, here’s a guide to the steps you can take to better protect your identity and that of your child, according to privacy experts. Read more…
This weekend is your last chance to influence public spending on a local level, with projects in the running for a share of a $1 million pot that range from tech upgrades for local schools and libraries, and the resurfacing of DeWitt Clinton Park dog run, to adding more trees to the neighborhood. Read more…
Don’t expect to know the wage of that job you are applying for any time soon. The new salary transparency law is stalling. Amendments would curb unintended consequences, business leaders claim. But advocates warn it would “gut” the law. Read more…
If you are thinking of ordering those missing grocery items in, the options are dwindling. GoPuff is facing cuts and some services have just thrown in the towel. Read more…
As the cost of living continues to soar, some of New York’s most relied-upon workers — the staff of luxury high-rise buildings — plan to strike if negotiations for a pay increase and protected health benefits don’t succeed ahead of their April 20 contract expirations. Several Hell’s Kitchen buildings have informed residents of a possible disruption of services should the strike occur. We talked to a Silver Towers doorperson. Read more…
If you are longing for a fresh air, car-free New York City then you are in luck — the Earth Day open streets celebration from Union Square to Times Square is on Saturday, April 23. Read more…
It started as a story about Walgreen’s closing — and ended up as a deep dive into the history of One Times Square, beyond the scaffolding and now-empty aisles once stocked with travel-sized shampoo… Read more…
Everybody say yeah! The Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical Kinky Boots will dance its way over to Hell’s Kitchen to play a summer engagement at Stage 42 on Theater Row. Read more…
Hell’s Kitchen revelers will be able to say “one for the road” once more, as Governor Kathy Hochul moved this week to legalize to-go cocktails for at least the next three years. Read more…
What we’ve been reading
An increase in New York’s pedestrian deaths is part of a national trend. (Streetsblog)
To tweet or not to tweet? That is the question for New York Times journalists. (New York Magazine)
Hell’s Kitchen venues take a starring role in this Queer List. (Gay City News)
Did they stay or did they go? After getting a pandemic rent deal, how did these newcomers cope with their one-year rent increase? (Brick Underground)
As New York warms up, you might need to add more time (and a bathrobe) to your morning routine. (Gawker)
Freeze Frame
We took a sneak preview of the new Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibit this week. Basquiat’s family has opened their personal collection and memories for an experience that includes re-creations of his studio and home as well as his amazing art. The show starts today…
Happy birthday to Steven Rudin and Rachael Lambert.
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