Upper East Side|News|
New Upper East Side Legal Weed Shop To Open Soon.
Bliss and Lex will open in March on the corner of East 86th Street and Lexington Avenue, the store announced.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
- Upper East Side, NY
Peter worked at Patch from 2022 to 2024 and covered the Upper East Side, Upper West Side and Harlem — plus other neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Upper West Side, NY|News|
The Race Is On: Eli Northrup Post Big Fundraising Haul For UWS Seat
Northrup filed a $190,000 fundraising haul on Friday, turning up the heat in the race for the open Assembly seat.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
New York City, NY|News|
NYC Restaurants Ordered Closed March 8 - 15
The warm weather must have awoken the city's health inspectors, who closed nearly 10 eateries around the city — the most in many months.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
Man Shot In Shoulder Near Harlem Train Station: NYPD
The man ran for help to the police station inside the 125th St/Lexington Ave station, officials said.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
UES Bike Thief Arrested An Hour Later In The Bronx: NYPD
One of two men who robbed a person of his motorbike at gunpoint early Friday was quickly cuffed by officers, police said.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
Man Jumps In Front Of UES Train: NYPD
A man jumped in front of a 5 train Thursday afternoon inside the Lexington Avenue-59th Street station, police said.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
Harlem Tenants Sue 'Predatory' Landlord
"We won't take it anymore. We are organized, we are on rent strike, and we are suing," said a tenant at a rally in East Harlem on Thursday.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper West Side, NY|News|
Micah Lasher Files Major Fundraising Lead In UWS Assembly Race
Lasher has raised over $230,000 in the last two months in the race to replace outgoing Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
New UES Chick-Fil-A Opens This Month As Delivery, Pick-Up Only Concept
The second Chick-Fil-A on Second Avenue near East 79th Street will be exclusively a take-out venture when it opens later in March.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
Police Looking For Man Connected To Harlem Rape: NYPD
Officials said a man broke into a woman's East Harlem home and raped her on Sunday morning.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
New Eatery Hollybrook Lane Brings Southern Comfort, Music To UES
Now open, the restauranter Cedric Sanders offers a taste of the south for Upper East Siders.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
Harlem Arts School Dedicates Dance Wing To Savior Board Member
Janice Savin Williams was tapped to help the financially troubled Harlem School of the Arts back in 2010 and was on the board until 2021.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper West Side, NY|News|
Shed Crimes: City Says These UWS Scaffold Scofflaws Are Criminal
The Buildings Department filed criminal summons against two Upper West Side-area buildings with sidewalk sheds up for nearly 20 total years.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
Car Flees Scene After Hitting Biker On UES Street: Police
A driver of a large cargo van drove off after smashing into a bicyclist in Yorkville Tuesday evening, officials said.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper West Side, NY|News|
Woman Slapped After Telling Man To Pipe Down Outside UWS Store: NYPD
A man yelling outside of an Upper West Side Whole Foods hit a woman after she asked him to keep it down on Tuesday evening.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
Armed Crooks Thwarted In $200 UES Paper Towel Heist: NYPD, Report
A pair of men armed with a knife tried to swipe a bounty of Bounty from a Lexington Avenue CVS store on Tuesday, police said.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
Menin Secures Concessions In East 94th Street Rezone Development
Developers agreed to not only reduce the height of the building, but to also raise the share of affordable units, officials said.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
Group Pulls Knife, Steals Soda From Lenox Hill Convenience Shop: NYPD
Only soda was taken in a robbery on Monday, but one of the four brandished a sharp weapon of some sort, police said.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
New York City, NY|News|
'Bling' Bishop Found Guilty Of Fraud, Extortion, Lying
The Bentley-driving Bishop Lamor Whitehead was found guilty by a jury of stealing $90,000 from the mother of a parishioner and other crimes.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
Upper East Side|News|
6 Armed Men Rob Lenox Hill 7-11, Injure Worker: Police
A group of six shoved a worker to the ground and pulled out a knife as they stole $14 worth of treats from a 7-11 Sunday, police said.
Peter Senzamici, Patch Staff
