NYC Sinkhole, New Name For Uptown | NYC Week In Review

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16 July, 2021

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NEW YORK CITY — Here's a roundup of the top headlines from Patch from around New York City this week. Upper East Side Sinkhole: 20-Foot Crater Startles Neighborhood UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A sinkhole opened up in the middle of an Upper East Side street Thursday morning, prompting utility outages, emergency repairs and concerns about the state of the city's infrastructure.... Read more Seat-Free Moynihan Train Hall Ridiculed As Riders Slump On Floor MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Months after it opened to great fanfare, Midtown's sparkling Moynihan Train Hall is facing criticism for lacking a basic amenity: seating. The airy new concourse... Read more 'COVID-19' Heroin Seized In $5M NYC Drug Bust BRONX, NY — Drug dealers in the Bronx using "COVID-19" and "Drop Dead" as brand names for heroin and fentanyl were busted with $5-million worth of the drugs this week, according to officials.... Read more Congress Asked To Change Uptown's Name To Quisqueya Heights NORTHERN MANHATTAN, NY — An effort to rename Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights and Inwood as Quiswueya Heights and make it a "cultural hub for Dominican Americans across the nation" is awaiting... Read more Reservations Open For NYC's 'Mega Restaurant Week': Mayor NEW YORK, NY — New York City won't just welcome back in-person restaurant week in 2021 — it'll supersize it, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. The mayor revealed Monday that NYC Restaurant... Read more $1 Billion Lost, Jobs Cut By Half: NYC's Arts Industry Amid COVID LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — At the onset of the pandemic, Art Strong NYC, an art education studio in Long Island City, had to switch from in-person classes to virtual and distanced programming —... Read more