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273-Foot-Tall Building Set For Third Avenue In Lenox Hill
The developer had previously said they were waiting for a new state tax break to be signed, but it appears they are done waiting.

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The developer had previously said they were waiting for a new state tax break to be signed, but it appears they are done waiting.

The 30th year of summertime movies in Bryant Park will end on Aug. 21.
Roaches in a Manhattan ramen eatery, roaches in a Queens bakery. Meanwhile, Brooklyn sparkles, according to inspectors this week.
The shirtless attacker was being chatty with the man prior to swinging his fist, officials said.
Police officials said the creepy stranger grabbed a woman's buttocks midday Thursday.
Rumors have been circulating for months but the Jeff Bezos-owned grocer is still mum. A Five Below might be a neighbor, too.
The news would probably have Seeger reaching for his guitar to sing a few bars of "Whose Side Are You On?"
The thieves also stole two bikes that belonged to employees of the burgled building, officials said.
The MTA announce that East Midtown riders will only have to wait six minutes for a weekend 6 train starting this weekend.
The list names 10 spots recommended as good bites for the 60,000 students at the purple university.
The MTA announce that Upper East Siders will only have to wait six minutes for a weekend 6 train starting this weekend.
As the city enters a summer COVID-19 surge, data shows the neighborhood is in the top five for the most new cases in the past week.
Police arrested a 16-year-old girl following last week's attack against an Asian family on a subway car at the West 4th Street station.
Emily Wexler was last seen leaving her West 15th Street apartment at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, according to police.
It's time for the annual Community District Needs Statement, a time when the whole neighborhood can get together and kvetch.
A worker injured on the job site of a controversial 1,000-foot-tall building capped with an amusement-park style ride has filed a lawsuit.
No injuries were reported in the Monday night shooting, officials said.
A 42-year-old man managed to thwart two would-be thieves on Eastern Parkway Monday evening, police said.
A 31-year-old man was shot once in the back just before 6 a.m., according to police.
Bilal Burnett, an East Harlem resident, was last seen on Sunday at Pier 1 inside Riverside Park according to police.