Liam Quigley

2 days ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley

Hold onto your butts. New York City’s public pools turned into toilets at a surprisingly high rate last summer, as the parks department was forced to close its swimming holes 203 times to clean up a visitor’s poop. Data obtained by Gothamist through a freedom of information request reveals the sheer scale of the defecation in the city’s cherished bathing areas. The incidents limited access to swimming across the city, which has already been strained for years by an ongoing lifeguard shortage.

3 days ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Jon Campbell |Liam Quigley |Elizabeth Kim |Brigid Bergin

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist who ran a grassroots campaign that inspired younger voters through a relentless focus on making New York City more affordable, was set to win the Democratic primary for mayor Tuesday, toppling former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates in a political earthquake that will reverberate throughout the country.

4 days ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley |David Brand

New York City leaders on Monday dropped their fight to turn the city-owned lot known as the Elizabeth Street Garden into affordable senior housing amid furious opposition from downtown residents, including a slew of celebrities. First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro announced the decision to ditch the plan to add 123 units of affordable housing for seniors after roughly a decade of planning and lawsuits.

4 days ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley

A huge new pool at the northern end of Central Park is about to open for the summer after years of work. The Gottesman Pool is the centerpiece of the new $160 million Davis Center near the Harlem Meer. With room for more than 1,000 swimmers, it’s among the largest public pools in New York City. The gorgeous oval-shaped pool, which was designed to blend in with the park’s greenery, is set to open Friday, along with the city’s other 51 public pools.

2 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley

City sanitation crews steamrolled dozens of unregistered mopeds and e-bikes on Staten Island Thursday in a fiery show of force that Mayor Eric Adams said highlights his work to get illegal vehicles off city streets. During a press conference before the smash session, Adams said authorities have seized more than 100,000 “ghost vehicles” around the five boroughs since he took office at the start of 2022, a number that primarily includes unauthorized mopeds and e-bikes.