Good morning and happy Wednesday. The day is off to a chilly start, with a real-feel of 29 degrees and a black ice advisory after yesterday’s rain. Things inch warmer this afternoon — but not by much — with a high of 40 degrees as the sun tries (and mostly fails) to cut through the wind.
A longtime Hell’s Kitchen office building is set for a big residential glow-up — 108 new apartments are on the way at 333 W52nd. Read more…
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A revised Council bill would give housing groups a first shot at buying troubled buildings to keep them affordable — a move praised by tenant advocates and opposed by landlords. Report via THE CITY…
What We’ve Been Reading
The MTA says it is going “European style” to shake up how it enforces fare evasion on city buses. (amNY)
As temperatures drop in the city, New Yorkers are turning up the heat and getting bigger bills. (NY1)
Instacart is going to court to block new grocery delivery laws. (PYMNTS)
Brooklyn man who piloted free secure bike storage at Port Authority Bus Terminal has been cut out of a deal to install 500 more. (Gothamist)
Man swims 29 miles around Manhattan in handcuffs, earning two Guinness World Records. (New York Post)
Freeze Frame
The weather whiplash is real: on Monday afternoon I was poolside in Arizona, and by the time my redeye landed in Newark early Tuesday, there was already talk of snow. (None actually showed — though my mom insists she saw a few flakes from the airplane window.) Anyway, here’s the World’s Largest Kachina, catching the late-morning sun at the edge of Tonto National Forest — a 39-foot, 14.5-ton landmark standing watch over the entrance to a residential subdivision near Cave Creek, AZ.
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As a Hell’s Kitchen resident since 2005, I have lived in both the W30s and W50s. After a 15 year career in the luxury fashion industry, I made a pivot to community advocacy in 2020. In addition to my role as Deputy Editor at W42ST, I am founder of the local non-profit cleanup group Litter Legion, co-chair of HK49-54 Block Alliance and a member of Manhattan Community Board 4. I’m deeply committed to improving my neighborhood and serving the people who call it home.