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Singing Motorcyclist Rides The Streets: Manhattan Week In Review

Tenants Plan Rent Strike After Harlem Fire | Ex-Upper East Side Super Says Building Sabotaged His Future | UWS Kiosk Becomes Gallery

Miss any stories from around the Manhattan Patches this week? Here are the top tales.
Miss any stories from around the Manhattan Patches this week? Here are the top tales. (1) Google Maps 2) Gus Saltonstall 3) Courtesy of Anthony Medlin 4) Nick Garber)

MANHATTAN, NY — Miss any stories from around the Manhattan Patches this week? Here are the top tales.


Meet NYC's Favorite Katy Perry-Singing Motorcyclist

"I'm just being myself, " Anthony Medlin said of his commuting concerts. "I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary."

After Deadly Harlem Fire, Tenants Plan Rent Strike Over Bad Conditions

"I want management to see me as a human, " said Papa Kante, whose wife and young daughter died in the Central Harlem building fire last year.

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Ex-Upper East Side Super Says Building Sabotaged His Future Job

After reaching a $100K settlement with his building over unpaid wages, a former super says the UES co-op torpedoed his next opportunity.

How An Upper West Side Kiosk Became A Neighborhood Art Gallery

A new show highlighting the work of local students with disabilities is on display at a kiosk near Broadway and West 83rd Street.

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Old Upper East Side Auto Shop, Site Of Murder, To Be Demolished

The longtime Yorkville auto repair shop where an employee was shot and killed last year could be torn down to make way for a new building.

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