Rent Hikes Expected; Uber's Potty Crisis; Gay Hate In Chelsea: PM Digest

It was a day when New York City's crumbling subway service hit a new low. Here's all the news you need to know this evening, June 27. Stories are pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC.

The Two Year Rent Freeze Could Be Over

The NYC Rent Board is meeting tonight and is expected to hike your rates.

The Day After The Pride March, A Homophobe Beats A Guy In Chelsea

The victim had been waiting for a bus.

Just When You Thought The Subway Couldn't Get Worse...

Two cars are hurled into a wall, 34 people are hurt, many more are forced to evacuate and the system descends into commuting chaos.

Watch: Raccoon, Real New Yorker, Risks Life And Limb To Ride NYC Subway
It clearly wasn't worried about the many doomsday scenarios a subway rider faces these days.

South Ferry Subway Station Opens In The Midst Of MTA Meltdown
You no longer have to be in the first five cars to escape.

Levain Bakery Expands

Upper West Siders will now have a second place where they can line up down the street.

A 'Bathroom Crisis' Is Turning Part Of JFK Into A Wasteland Of Urine-Filled Bottles

Uber drivers want a bathroom in the area where they wait for fares.

The Gentrifiers Have Won In Bed-Stuy

A Starbucks is moving in.

'Goodfellas' Mobster Might Have Been Cleared Of The Lufthansa Heist, But He Did Have A Car Torched After Its Driver Cut Him Off

Vincent Asaro had been acquitted of the 1978 JFK heist that featured in the mob movie.

Body Found Floating Off Red Hook

The decomposed remains of a woman were pulled out of the water

Kosciuszko Bridge Will Be Defended By Wolves, Swords And Xena, Facebook Group Vows

A vigilante group knows that the "Time of Fire is upon us."