Saturday parade up Amsterdam Avenue by Allan Margolin.
Check out some stories about crime, real estate, lawsuits and the parks that we saw in other news outlets in the past week.
David Mitchell pleaded guilty to raping a 73-year-old birdwatcher in Central Park last year in exchange for a 30-year sentence. He will be sentenced on Oct. 16. (NY Post)
An undercover police officer was at the scene of the biker beatdown last week but didn’t tell anyone at headquarters. He’s now been placed on modified duty, turning in his badge and gun. In fact, several cops may have been there. (NY Post)
A good Samaritan who helped the driver recounted his version of the incident. He says the bikers were also going after the woman in the car: Consuegra said the biker told the woman, “You’re going to get it also…She had the baby in her arms. I guess she was protecting the baby from all the glass that was flying inside and outside.” (Epoch Times)
The redesign of the playground at PS 166 will be delayed again. (DNAinfo)
Bad news for residents of Trinity House on 92nd street: “The Trinity School has eked out a victory in a long-running battle to extract more money from an affordable rental tower it owns on the Upper West Side, securing city approval to hike rents by as much as 13 percent in one year — more than three times the standard rise for rent-stabilized units this year…However, the overall cost at Trinity House will remain far lower than the Manhattan average, hitting $484 per month for studios, $740 for one-bedrooms, $904 for two-bedrooms and $1,089 for three-bedrooms once the new rents are fully phased in.” (The Real Deal)
A bicyclist can sue a dog owner after a collision in Central Park. (Daily News)
“A legally married lesbian couple is suing the landlord of their Upper West Side apartment in New York City for refusing to add the name of a spouse to their lease.” The management company had said that the state doesn’t recognize their marriage. Maybe the landlords don’t read newspapers or watch television, or talk to anyone? (Gay Star News)
A story from a Central Park volunteer about joking with some kids. (NY Times)
To read last week’s bulletin, click here.
Glad he plead guilty and was caught.
Mad that yet another out of state “homeless” person was drawn to our city by our generous programs, only to terrorize a fellow New Yorker.
Can we please just begin a civil conversation about changing the policies that make our city and the UWS in particular such a magnet for these unstable and sometimes dangerous people?
Perhaps calling their relatives and arranging a ticket to back home ?