🌱Upper East Side Tenant Vs. Developer + NYC Household Income Drops 4K

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• A lone Upper East Side tenant has lost in court to a developer hoping to demolish his apartment building.
• NYC's median household income has dropped over $4,000 during the pandemic.
• LaGuardia Airport's website was hit by an overnight hack.

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Here are the top five stories in New York City today:

1. A lone rent-stabilized tenant on the Upper East Side was defeated by a developer, Extell, in a Sept. 27 court ruling that would allow for his building to be demolished. Extell has plans to build a massive apartment tower on the 86th street block and has spent years buying and demolishing the other low-rise buildings on it. Lawyers fear this case could set a dangerous precedent for rent-regulated tenants. (New York City Patch)
2. New York City's median household income dropped $4,000 to $84,409, during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2021, a new study found. The decline in NYC appears to be an exception compared to many major cities that saw incomes stay level. (New York City Patch)
3. New Yorkers will get a chance to vote on three racial justice ballot proposals this November that were crafted by a Racial Justice Commission formed by former Mayor Bill de Blasio. The measures would, in short, add to the city's values the goal of a “just and equitable city for all,” create a new city agency aimed at improving racial equity, and craft a new set of guidelines for defining cost of living. (Gothamist)
4. Mayor Eric Adams' spokesperson Fabien Levy accused The New York Post of penning a "vile" and "sexist" report over the weekend, which detailed how the Mayor and Education Chancellor David Banks hired each other's romantic partners to work lucrative top jobs in their respective offices. (New York City Patch)
5. Queens politicians would like an abandoned stretch of rail lines connecting Rego Park with The Rockaways to be integrated into the subway system. The city is currently planning to spend $35 million on a greenway project that wouldn't include public transit. (AMNY)

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Today in New York City:

• This Is Our New York 2022 Gala (6:30 p.m.)
• DRAG BINGO with Candy Samples — Sponsored by Housing Works (7 p.m.)
• Music and Dance in the U.S.A. — American Composers and Choreographers Come of Age with Louis Rosen (7:15 p.m.)
• Casita Maria's FIESTA! 2022 (7:30 p.m.)
• Comic Rhonda Hansome to Host "INDICTMENT EXCITEMENT" — 4-Week Off Broadway Political Comedy Showcase (7:30 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A person's body was pulled out of a turtle pond in Central Park near Belevedere Castle on Sunday for the second time in two weeks. (New York City Patch)
• A man vandalized a sukkah on the Upper East Side Saturday morning, before being stopped in his tracks by a good Samaritan, according to the synagogue’s leader. (Gothamist)
• A shooting early Monday morning in Crown Heights sent one man to the hospital in critical condition, according to police. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• A Brooklyn delivery worker is accusing the German grocery delivery company, Gorillas of committing wage theft by not paying him for uniform maintenance and not paying on slow days when he is sent home. (Brooklyn Paper)
• The city is trying to boot Harlem tenants from a program that would make them the owner of their building, claiming they haven't submitted necessary financial documents. (New York City Patch)
• These 19 NYC restaurants are receiving new Michelin starts — two of them are receiving two stars. (New York City Patch)
• LaGuardia Airport's website was one of more than a dozen U.S. airports hit by an overnight hack on Monday. (NBC New York)

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