Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
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November 7, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 6.33 am. Sunset 4.45 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 10 hours & 11 minutes of daylight or four hours and 55 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right was taken at the Green Room in Crown Heights in Brooklyn. It's been open about a year and a half and it's a great neighborhood dining and gathering place.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. There's a 60% - 80% chance of a 1/4 inch of rain forecast for between 10 pm tonight and 7 am Saturday morning. On Sunday there's the threat of less than a 1/4 inch of rain all day [so how likely is that?]. Because of the extreme dryness in our climate in recent years, we've noticed water weather systems tend to be over-forecast, as by the time they get here, they have dried out. While this may make for nicer weekends, it's a huge warning sign that the planet is drying up, which is going to wreak havoc on human and other life. Ignorance is bliss. The temperature highs will be between 60 and 65, and the temperature lows will be 55 - 60 all weekend. The humidity has been tending to peak around 7 - 8 am and dip in the late afternoon. Friday and Saturday the highs will be 80% and 95% respectively, while the lows will be 35% and 50% respectively. On Sunday it's going to be about 90% humidity all day. The winds will range from 10 - 15 mph on Friday and Sunday and from 5 - 10 mph on Saturday. Some wind, possibly a bit of rain, with moderate temperatures - all in all not a bad November weekend.
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Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Manhattan
Baltic Film Festival, Washington Heights Jazz Festival, Comedy Festival, Diwali in Times Square, Veterans Day Parade, the Rockettes Return & Big Apple Circus
Wednesday thru Sunday, November 5 - 9, 2025 at various times - The Baltic Film Festival. At Scandinavia House at 58 Park Avenue in Midtown just south of Grand Central Station. Tickets are $55 up to $675 which includes multiple film viewings and group rates. They also have a virtual option and special events option(s). For details see - https://www.scandinaviahouse.org | https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nybff-2025/2025-11-06/
The photo above or at right was taken down in the subway at Times Square, while the 2025 Marathon was being run.
Thursday - Sunday, November 6 - 9, 2025 - Washington Heights Jazz Festival. Four days of live jazz by 65 musicians from the neighborhood. At six locations, but the primary one appears to be Le Cheile at 839 West 181st Street. Also at Kismat at 603 Fort Washington Ave and 181 Cabrini at 854 West 181st St. Then on the last day, Sunday, November 9th, there's a free performance at the Bonnefont at One Margaret Corbin Drive in Fort Tyron Park, followed by a paid performance at St. Frances Cabrini Shrine at 701 Fort Washington Avenue, followed by another free performance at the Dutch Baby Bakery at 813 W 187th St in Washington Heights. Tickets are $20 / $15. For details see - https://jazzwahi.org
Friday, November 7 - 16, 2024 - NY Comedy Festival - at two dozen different venues primarily in Brooklyn & Manhattan. To view locations see - https://nycomedyfestival.com/venues/. For details and tickets [prices vary by show $25 and up] see - https://nycomedyfestival.com/
Sunday, November 9, 2025 from 1 to 9 pm - 10th Anniversary Diwali in Times Square - along Broadway between 46th and 48th Streets in Midtown. A celebration of the Hindu festival of lights in Times Square including dance, music and food. The festival was originally scheduled for October 12th, 2025, but the TV News threatened a Noreaster, so they decided to play it safe, even though the Noreaster didn't really happen. St festivals Midtown. NYC.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 10.55 am - 3.30 pm - 106th Veterans' Day Parade & Ceremonies which commence prior to the parade. Beginning at 10.55 am there will be ceremonies honoring the dead, ending with a wreath laying at the Eternal Light Monument in Madison Square Park at 5th Avenue at 24th Street. Then the parade steps off from 25th Street at 12.30 pm, marching up 5th Avenue to 45th Street, ending about 3.30 pm. Here's how Military.com describes the event, " ... parade is expected to feature nearly 300 marching and vehicle units and welcome 20,000 participants from across America, representing every service branch of the military and every era ...". Midtown Manhattan parades & street fairs Manhattan NYC. For details see - https://www.uwvc.org/newsandevents/event/6b111946-e378-43f8-8984-fb4fabebd526 or https://www.military.com/veterans-day/new-york-veterans-day-parade-live-stream.html √
Ongoing _ UWS _ Friday, November 7, 2025 to Sunday, January 6, 2026 at various times - Big Apple Circus - at Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center. For $26 tickets and details see - https://bigapplecircus.com
The Rockettes have resumed their holiday performance, for the 100th year, at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown.
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November 2025 _ Purefinder is hosting a couple of tours each week in Manhattan thru late November - see MCAL link above for details and links.
Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Queens
Queens World Film Festival & the Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair have Begun, Veterans Day Parade & Flip Circus
Wednesday - Sunday, November 5 - 16, 2025 at various times - Queens World Film Festival - at the Museum of the Moving Image at 36-01 35th Avenue in Astoria. There are 124 films, from 17 nations, some of which will be projected on the big screen each day for 17 days. For details, the schedule and $20 - $25 tickets see - https://queensworldfilmfestival.org/festival-schedule/
The photo above or at right was taken at LaGuardia Airport last Sunday, before the FAA announced the 10% flight cut backs at the top 40 airports in the nation because the air traffic controllers aren't being paid and are having to contend with financial stress as well as the stress of their jobs. In 2013 Donald Trump said it's the job of the president to bring the various representatives together to hammer out a deal. And yet neither he nor the Republican Senate Majority Leader nor the Republican House Speaker appear interested in trying to hammer out a deal with the Democrats.
The Republican leader I find most annoying is Mike Johnson, who has got to be the best straight faced liar I have ever seen. First he told us that the 'No Kings Day rallies' were 'Hate America rallies'. Now he's blaming the Democrats when the Republicans control the Presidency, the Senate and the House. Why don't the billionaire TV newspeople who cover him every day, ask him why he's talking to them, instead of talking to the Democrats and his fellow Republicans - all of whom he sent home over a month ago?
Thursday, November 6 to December 14, 2025 weekday evenings & weekend afternoons & evenings - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair - at Culture Lab LIC at 5-25 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The fair hosts an opening reception from 6 to 9 pm on Thursday 11/6/25. The Gallery is open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Last year all art work priced was under $999 and I expect this year the same but I haven't confirmed that with anyone. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/LICArtists | the following are from 2024 - https://www.culturelablic.org OR https://www.licartists.org/off-the-wall-2
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 7, 8 & 9, 2025 at various times - Flip Circus in Queens - see the Parades & Festivals page.
Sunday, November 9, 2025 beginning at 11.30 am / Parade at 12 noon - Veterans' Day Parade - beginning at 80th Street and marching down Metropolitan Avenue to Christ the King Church at 69th Street in Middle Village. There will be a commemorative ceremony beginning at 11.30 am. This generally ends at 3 pm but the length of the event is unconfirmed 2025. For details see - FB https://www.facebook.com/queens.parade.7
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Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Brooklyn
The Other Art Fair, the Brooklyn Folk Music Festival & Some Pop Up Markets
Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 7 - 9, 2025 at various times - Brooklyn Folk Music Festival - at St Ann and the Holy Trinity Church on 157 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. Organized in tandem with the Jalopy Theater [of 315 Columbia Street in Carroll Gardens / Red Hook]. For details and tickets ranging from $25 [kids] to $48 [adult] up to $152 for a full festival pass see - https://www.brooklynfolkfest.com/ or https://www.jalopytheatre.org
Saturday & Sunday, November 8 & 9, 2025 from 11 am to 6 pm - FAD Pop Up Market - at Empire Stores at 55 Water Street in Dumbo. For details see - https://fadmarket.co.
Sunday, November 9, 2025 from 10 am to 6 pm - Williamsburg Brooklyn Fair - along Bedford Avenue from 7th Street to Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn NYC.
Sunday, November 16, 2025 from 10.30 am - 5.30 pm - Brooklyn Pop Up Market at the Brooklyn Museum - at 200 Eastern Parkway in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The market features about twenty local vendors selling artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and other goods. For details see - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
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November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.
Things To Do This Weekend / Week in the Bronx
Flip Circus in the Bay Plaza Mall Parking Lot & the Veterans Day Parade in Throggs Neck
Saturday - Tuesday, October 18 to November 4, 2025 at various times - Flip Circus in the Bronx. In the Mall at Bay Plaza in the parking lot. For details and tickets ranging from $104 for two and up, see - https://www.flipcircus.com
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - assembly begins at 11 am and the parade steps off at 12 noon - 41st Annual Bronx Veterans Day Parade - steps off from East Tremont and Lafayette Avenues, marching left at Randall Avenue and ending at Veterans Memorial Park in Throggs Neck. Veterans Day parades in the Bronx NYC. For details see - FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/168764600635/ OR https://bobwoodrufffoundation.org/event/11-10-2024-bronx-veterans-day-parade/
The photo above or at right was taken in the Mott Haven / Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx, just south of the Hub shopping district. The south Bronx has been seeing a lot of gentrification activity over the past five to ten years.
Wednesdays, November 19, & December 17, 2025 from 4 to 9 pm there's a Vegan Bazaar - at the Andrew Freeman Home - for details see street fairs page.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025 beginning at 7 pm - Sheriff Anthony Mirdanda - at the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association (PPNA) monthly meeting - see MCAL link above for details.
Things To Do This Weekend / Week on Staten Island
St Andrew Holiday Fair, New Dorp Moravian Trash to Treasures & the Tottenville Cranberry Festival
Friday & Saturday, November 7 & 8, 2025 beginning 10.30 am Friday & 11 am Saturday & ending at 5 pm both days - Church of St. Andrew Holiday Fair - at 4 Arthur Kill Road on Staten Island. The fair includes take out lunches, handmade decorations, crafts, baskets, baked goods, money tree and attic treasures. This year there will be a raffle for $500 in gift cards as well as a Samsung Smart TV. For details see - https://www.standrewssi.org/upcomingevents or call - 718.351.0900.
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 10 am to 2 pm - New Dorp Moravian Church Trash to Treasure Christmas Fair - at 2205 Richmond Road in New Dorp. Last year they mentioned vendors, refreshments, raffles and a visit by Santa between 1 pm - 3 pm. All of which is likely for this year, but as this information was not included in the post on their website it is UNCONFIRMED. For details see - https://www.newdorpmoravian.org/event/new-dorp-moravian-christmas-fair/
Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 8 am to 3 pm - Cranberry Festival Celebrating Over 200 Years - at Bethel United Methodist Church at 7033 Amboy Road in the Tottenville neighborhood of Staten Island. Breakfast runs from 8 am to 11 am with cranberry pancakes, lunch is served at 12.30 pm, both including numerous delicious cranberry eats. There's also an indoor / outdoor flea market in between the two meals and a bake sale in the afternoon. For details see - https://www.instagram.com/p/DPtkEc6DmJh/# | http://www.bethelumcsi.com/cranberry-festival.html
The photo above or at right was taken from the SI Ferry, in the New York Harbor, looking south to the St. George neighborhood on Staten Island.
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Have a nice weekend.
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November 4, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
*** What Follows was posted Mid Week Ending 11.4.25
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Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Race
With 90% of Vote Counted, Mamdani Holds Commanding Lead
November 4, 2025 at 10.21 pm / NYC Politics / Gotham Buzz.
It's been an interesting NYC Mayoral election, as it frequently is. But this year it was even more interesting, because of all of the machinations of the billionaires, in a desperate effort to hang onto the gravy train started by Bloomberg, and continued by Adams.
With 90% of the vote counted, Mamdani had won 50% of the vote, versus Cuomo's 42% and Sliwa's 7%, according to NPR. For details see - Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Election.
https://www.npr.org
It Looks Like Five of the Six Ballot Measures Will Pass
As for the Charter Revisions on the back of the ballot, those revisions dishonestly sold as solutions to the affordable housing crisis passed [Measures 2 - 5], with 90% of the vote counted. They passed, in part, because too many voters rely on superficial-headlined, billionaire-controlled, Network TV News. Too many voters in NYC still don't realize that the 'affordable housing' talked about by the real estate industry and Eric Adams, is not really affordable to half or more of those who live in NYC [which means it's UN affordable housing].
Ballot Measures 1 & 6 have not yet been decisively decided with 90% of the vote counted, but Ballot #1, which is the erection of a sports complex and trails on government parkland, looks like it will narrowly pass [currently Yes 52% - No 48%]. And Ballot Measure #6, which was an effort to synch up the municipal elections with the national and state elections, looks like it will fail [currently No 53% - Yes 47%]. That #6 may fail is a good thing in my estimation, as the National and State races would overshadow and drown out the local races, where we have some small opportunity to hear what's going on.
We'll have more about the elections in our Weekend News Update.
GB 603 - Final Rpt Biased Media Coverage - 11.4.25
Is the Sky Really Falling?
Or is the Billionaire-Controlled TV News & Press is Trying to Manipulate You?
The Self-Serving Fat Cats, Billionaires Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, John Catsimitides & Donald Trump, to Name Just a Few - Want to Scare You into Voting for their Preferred Candidate for Mayor - Andrew Cuomo
These Men are Using their Mass Media Outlets Like They Use Everything Else - to Enrich Themselves
November 4, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / Billionaire TV News & Press / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Halloween is Over, but Billioniare TV News wants to Keep You Scared
Halloween may be over, but the billionaire press wants to keep you scared. You've had a great opportunity to witness their misuse of their mass media, doling out their scary narratives to manipulate voters, so they will vote for the overwhelming choice of the billionaires - former disgraced Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Let's take a look at a few examples while they are still fresh in our minds. The world has changed and so has the mass media. And like so much these days - it hasn't been changing for the good of the community. And in fact, it is just the opposite.
The people's press, where you will find numerous and divergent opinions and reports, is on the web. The billionaire press is on TV. All six TV networks are controlled by billionaires, the families of billionaires, and the newest network is on his way to becoming a billionaire. That's why all TV News networks put out the same stories, hire the same attractive but empty-headed teleprompter readers, who have good diction, but not a lot of knowledge or insight or good questions about pretty much anything they are telling you.
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November 2, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
*** What Follows was posted Week Ending 11.2.25
GB 602
NYC Mayoral Marathon Election Special
Candidate Positions, Funding, Endorsements, Polls & Media Malfeasance
November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
This week we dedicated most of our news reporting resources to the NYC Mayoral Race, as there are only a couple days left before the majority of the electorate cast their votes. The second headline above, describes what will be covered in this report, which will be followed by a brief report about what's going on with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, which will include information and links to resources to help those who need it.
The photo above or at right was taken at the first NYC Mayoral Debate in the NBC TV Studio at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Photo credit to Adam Gray at Politico.
Billionaires Appear to be Going All Out to Defeat Mamdani - including Cheating
There's an old expression that goes something like this, "If you aint' cheating, you ain't trying hard enough." I personally find that axiom distasteful, as I was taught to play fair. But I have found it beneficial to keep it in mind when competing, as there are plenty of people among us, who embrace that philosophy. And as we all know, the rich are not immune from breaking the rules, and in fact oftentimes seem to relish the thought.
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Eric Adams' Charter Revision Ballot Measures 2 - 6: Don't Give Up Your Legal Rights to the Billionaires - VOTE NO
Click Links that Follow to See for Yourself
November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Charter Revision Ballot Measures / One Last Betrayal of Voters by Eric Adams. Eric Adams has floated five of the six measures [#'s 2 - 6] on the November 4th Ballot, in one last service to the billionaires and real estate developers who funded his campaigns and corruption legal bills. The donors have already received numerous Adams' favors including zoning changes, tax breaks, financing and / or even public land at what appears super discount prices.
Here's what the NYC Council thought of Adams ballot proposals.
https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/
TV News is Failing you. Reasons to Vote NO on Ballot Measures 2 - 6. These ballot measures will strip you, the NYC voters, of most of your rights to legally object to any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures in order for you to maintain some sort of community control / legal rights, at a time when international money and billionaire real estate investors are hiking up the rents and cost of living here.
The graphic above or at right, was taken from the Village Preservation website, as they would like us and anyone else who's interested to help spread the word about how Eric Adams Ballot measures. Adams' Charter Ballot Revisions represent one of Eric Adams' last major efforts to aid and abet NYC and international billionaire investors and developers in being able to bulldoze through any community in NYC without obtaining much - if any - input from the community before they begin demolition and construction. Use the links below to view half hour videos, by various non profit community groups, opposing the measure.
Use One of Links Below to Learn Why You Should VOTE NO. But you don't need to trust me on this, as you can watch one of these half hour videos by different community groups explaining why you should vote against the pro billionaire developer measures, which 'working class' Mayor Eric Adams served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. To Adams 'affordable housing' usually means affordable to folks making between $100,000 and $250,000 per year.
And then Tell / Email / Text Your Family & Friends the Links. And after you inform yourself, make sure you inform your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are already advertising deceitful narratives about how voting yes will be good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the NYC electorate with the very dishonest, decades-old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to convince NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.
https://www.villagepreservation.org/campaign/the-2025-charter-revision-proposal/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5oEIPR__Y
An OpEd by a former NYC Councilmember and retired Supreme Court Justice urging Voters to protect their rights and VOTE NO to Eric Adams' pro billionaire real estate and international investor / anti community rights charter changes.
https://eastriverparkaction.org/2025/10/22/adams-vs-adams-family-values-nyc-style/
https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/
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SHORTS / NWS / POLS
Federal Leadership in Washington Continues to Fail the American Public
November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
House Republican Speaker Johnson closes Congress' doors so he doesn't have to swear in the new Congresswoman from Arizona, and deal with a majority bipartisan vote to open the Epstein files to the public.
Senate Republican Majority Leader Thune keeps submitting the same bill for a vote over and over and over again [13x] getting the same result. That is the definition of insanity.
Trump flies overseas where both America's friends and foes appear to humor / deal with him like a child.
About the only thing the Republican leadership doesn't seem to be doing, is trying to find a working compromise, with the Democrats, to end the government shutdown.
TV News won't tell you this, because they don't know how to contextualize the news. But Republicans control all three branches of government and the courts. So, how some 40% of Americans can blame the Democrats for the shutdown is beyond me - except to say that they must be pretty damned ignorant not to know that. And that they must be relying on news sources operated by Murdoch or other dishonest billionaires [Elon Musk?] who are hoodwinking them.
SNAP BENEFITS - COMING SUNDAY OR MONDAY
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Important Reports and Information, You'll Not Find Much of on Billionaire TV News
Updated October 28, 2025 v. Opened September 27, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
'TV News' is a misnomer, as these days they do little reporting about the important news stories of the day. Instead they allow themselves to be led around by top government officials, who use them to distract their audiences from what's really going on in government, by spinning tales of nonsense - like the United Nations escalator conspiracy, the Haitian immigrants eating dogs and cats in Ohio, and the like.
TV News no longer appears to be generally staffed by competent, dedicated, truth-seeking newspeople, but instead by teleprompter reading actors and models. TV News whittles away their audiences' precious time by showing them what seem the same repetitive police crime videos and social media accident videos. And they air long winded weather reports [do they really think we need to spend ten minutes to find out what the temperature, wind, humidity and precipitation will be tomorrow?], sprinkled with advertorials for their celebrities, their shows, and their music and movies, telling us this is the news.
So, in the interest of community service, we've decided to provide our audience with short reports, with links to sources we find reliable, of the important stories we think are not well covered by billionaire TV News, if covered at all. We hope you'll appreciate our efforts to inform you. And if you do, please spread the word so that your friends and family will start waking up to the fact that TV News is controlled by billionaires, and they're using it to manipulate voters perceptions, whereas in the past - probably ending sometime around Cronkite's retirement in the 1980's - TV News informed Americans about the real news stories of the day that were important for participants in our democracy to pay attention to, stay abreast of, and ultimately collectively and communally address.
We've started this news section in late September / early October and have been updating weekly, posting on Mondays. But the posting date is subject to change. Hilight each link you want to use, then copy it and paste it into the browser bar.
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Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Halloween / Daylight Savings Time / NYC Marathon. Scroll Down to see Each Boro's Headline Events & Things to Do: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island - NEXT WEEK - Halloween, NYC Marathon & DST
October 31, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 7.25 am. Sunset 5.53 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 10 hours & 27 minutes of daylight or four hours and 39 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right was taken at the NYC Halloween Parade in a prior year. The parade returns tonite. See details below.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. Cloudy, but no rain all weekend, continuing an extremely dry Fall, and year in NYC & NYS, due to climate change. The temperature highs will be in the high 50's all weekend and the temperature lows will be in the mid 50's Friday, low 50's Saturday and the high 40's on Sunday. The humidity will range from about 50% to 90% on Friday, 50% 65% on Saturday and 50% to 80% on Sunday. The humidity highs peak each morning around 8 or 9 am and the humidity lows bottom out mid to late afternoon between 2 and 4 pm. The winds will range from 10 - 20 mph Friday, 10 - 15 mph on Saturday and from 5 - 10 mph on Sunday. Looks like another dry and comfortable Fall Weekend. Enjoy.
Saturday Morning Edition @ 6 am. Done.
Weekly News Updates will follow this on late Friday or early Saturday, so check back in for some local news that too often gets passed over on billionaire TV Network News. And while we will only partially update the Halloween page [also see below for parades and related events], the Halloween page contains the events from last year, which provides clues as to what might be planned this year. We include the urls so you can easily see what's in the works this year.
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Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Scroll Down to see Each Boro's Headline Events & Things to Do: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island - NEXT WEEK - Halloween, NYC Marathon & DST
October 24, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 7.17 am. Sunset 6.02 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 10 hours & 44 minutes of daylight or four hours and 22 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right, was taken Wednesday at the Spectrum News NY1 NYC Mayoral Debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, in Queens. From left to right are Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa. The debate was suprisingly spirited and interesting. We'll provide details over the weekend, or early next week.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. No rain all weekend, continuing an extremely dry Fall, and year in NYC & NYS, due to climate change. The temperature highs will be in the 60's all weekend and the temperature lows will be around 50 all weekend. The humidity will range from about 50% to 80% all weekend with the humidity highs peaking each morning around 8 or 9 am and the humidity lows bottoming out mid to late afternoon between 2 and 4 pm. The winds will range from 5 - 10 mph all weekend. Looks like a very nice Fall Weekend. Enjoy.
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NYC Halloween Parties & Parades - Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Bronx Staten Island Halloween Parties & Events
Halloween Parties, Parades & Events in NYC
Halloween Festivities in All Five Boros Begins Now & Runs thru Halloween Week
October 31, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Weather Forecast for Halloween Weekend. See the Friday Weekend post.
But the typical weather on Halloween night in NYC is about 65 degrees during the day and about 50 degrees at night. Global warming may alter these averages as a forecast. We'll post an updated weather forecast next weekend when a more specific weather forecast is possible.
Halloween occurs on a Friday this year. The NYC Halloween party celebrations will start during the week and run through the entire Halloween weekend. But the big day is Halloween day itself.
Here are links to some Halloween parties, parades and events planned around the five boroughs. These pages are in the process of being updated and we expect to finish them today or tomorrow. But you can browse the pages and see what various places did last year, and if you're interested in digging further we've included contact information as well.
- CLICK here for a brief report and links to NYC Halloween Parties in NYC - all 5 boros Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Bronx & Staten Island.
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September 21, 2025 / NYC Mayors Race / NYC Politics / New York City News / Gotham Buzz NYC.
This section is dedicated to providing our audience with a weekly update of recent polls surrounding the NYC Mayoral Race, and select other NYC public positions to be decided in this upcoming election.
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Adams Aborts Re-election Bid
After Years of Numerous Allegations of Corruption, Adams Exits Mayors Race
September 30, 2025 / NYC Mayors Race / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
We look at events leading up to Adams exit from the NYC Mayoral Race, which lend credence to Sliwa's accusations that Adams was or will be compensated for dropping out. We identify one huge pending public land transfer that Adams is working on [FEC Chelsea NYCHA], and provide a summary history of many of the many real estate deals Adams implemented which provide public land, tax benefits, financing and possibly public funding to billionaires and real estate developers. Some of the people involved in these deals were Adams supporters. Then we look at some of the Adams Mayoral track record, including crime, putting his accomplishments in context. And lastly we look at the aftermath of Adams exit, and what Sliwa, Mamdani and Cuomo had to say about it.
NYC Mayoral Race - Eric Adams Secret Florida Rendezvous with a Trump Official Who's also an NYC Real Estate Developer
Adams traveled to Florida following the Labor Day Weekend. Coming out of that trip, there were rumors of Adams cutting some sort of deal to drop out of the NYC Mayors race, in exchange for a position in the Trump Administration. On either September 2 or 3, 2025 Adams reportedly met with Trump Administration member, Steve Witkoff, who is also an NYC real estate developer.
Stephen Ross & Related Companies - A Huge Public Land Transfer Deal is Lurking in the Background that hasn't been Covered by Billionaire TV News
It's worth noting that Stephen Ross, of Related Companies, lives in Florida. Ross is one of the largest NYC developers, and historically has been one of the largest players in the funding of NYC Mayoral & City Council members campaigns via supportive Political Action Committees or PACs. And Stephen Ross & Related Companies and affiliates are one of the largest - if not the largest - recipient of NYC public land transfers to a developer over the past quarter century.
Ross currently has at least one huge transfer of NYC pubic land to him and his companies pending [FEC Chelsea NYCHA], which Adams has obligingly - if not submissively - overseen. Ross and friends have been supporters of the campaigns of candidates like Adams for many years, which the current state of NYC's affordable housing crisis bears out. Stephen Ross has also been a financial / PAC Trump supporter, having reportedly hosted a fundraiser for Trump on Long island back in 2020.
Trading Up? Adams Indulges Billionaire Developers, While Ditching his Supporters
In 2021 the billionaires opened their campaign cash spigots for Adams, thus enabling him to win that NYC Mayoral race based on campaign funding and TV commercials - not merit. And ever since Adams became NYC Mayor, he's been working hard to move ahead the billionaires' real estate development projects, which far too often appear to include the transfer of NYC public land at rock bottom / oligarchy free-for-all prices. I believe this is one of the reasons the billionaire developers and media oligarchy don't want to see Mamdani win, as it will slow down their railroading of riches from the public into the private domain.
Adams' meaningful achievements for the working class of NYC are close to non-existent. This helps explain why Adams repeatedly showcases a picture of his mother Dorothy at public appearances, to lay claim to her working class roots. Adams may have been born into the working class, but he does not appear to have working class values, nor a true affinity for them - least not since becoming NYC Mayor. Adams seems to have traded in his affinity with the working class, for aspirational riches a long time ago. Likely before he was famously quoted saying "show me the money".
The Adams Record as NYC Mayor
Violent Crime Down Significantly Across the U.S. including NYC, But the other NYC Crime Reductions Significantly Trail the U.S.
Adams insinuates, if not outright claims, he's reduced crime in NYC since taking office. When Adams became Mayor in 2022, we were still dealing with the pandemic. Crime in NYC rose not just here, but in the rest of the nation as well. But over the past few years, crime has fallen in NYC, and in all other U.S. cities.
- CLICK here to read more about Eric Adams exits NYC Mayoral Race 2025.
Billionaire Press & Billionaire TV News & the Privately Owned Propaganda Press
Billionaires are Rapidly Changing TV News & Not in a Good Way
Billionaires are Amassing a Huge Concentration of Mass Media Assets, in What Appears to be the Privately Owned Propaganda Press
September 18, 2025 / New York City News / NYC Billionaire Press Billionaire TV News & Free Speech in America / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.
All six TV Networks are controlled by billionaires [or folks whose wealth rounds up to billionaires or are members of billionaire families]. Increasingly they appear to be turning the TV networks into privately controlled propaganda machines. Too often they appear to resemble Rupert Murdoch's mistreatment of the truth in the news. This means they seem to omit key facts and even entire stories from view, while amplifying falsehoods and outright lies spoken by politicians and their teleprompter readers alike, which go uncorrected, leaving those who still trust Network TV News, ignorant and in the dark as to what's really going on in this country.
Network TV News Corps Appear to be Trading Journalistic Integrity for Media Market Share so they can Price More Aggressively. America Beware, as they will have Even More Influence over what you / we Americans see, hear & think.
Colbert was cancelled by CBS and numerous seasoned journalists departed for journalistic integrity reasons. CBS appeared to be compromising their integrity, as Colbert is the top rated show in the time period. But Trump doesn't like Colbert, and CBS had a merger deal that needed to be approved by the Trump Justice Department and FCC, so poof, Colbert cancelled. CBS denies this reasoning, saying they have other [unannounced] plans.
Disney / ABC paid off Trump in a lawsuit many attorneys were sure they could have easily won. And this week Disney / ABC took the Jimmy Kimmel Show off the air for making an opinionated comment of which Trump didn't approve, on the Kirk assassination shooter. Kimmel had joked that the shooter was a MAGA Republican which he does not appear to be, although reportedly the rest of his family is.
The alleged shooter was reportedly in a relationship with someone working through gender identity issues, which is just one of the many important issues of our day, that billionaire TV News repeatedly fails to fully inform upon. This link will take you to the Metropolitan Museum website, of a past photo exhibit, wherein in the mid 1800's a French photographer documented a hermaphrodite, which is someone with both male and female genitalia. That's a fact, that I have NEVER seen raised nor discussed by the flunkies on TV News, who don't seem to be knowledgeable about the world around them, and definitely far too often, just simply do not do their basic homework on important issues.
And the sad thing is that this translates to an increasingly ignorant American public, as up until this year TV was the dominant news source. This year news on the web FINALLY passed TV News, and I am hoping that that trend will accelerate as more Americans start paying attention to how badly TV News fails them, daily.
If you decide to click this link you'll encounter what is likely a shocker to most folks [was to me the first time I saw it at the Metropolitan Museum exhibit in the late 1990's]. But the idea isn't to shock, but rather to instruct - Metropolitan Museum photo exhibit by Nadar of hermaphrodite.
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Trustworthy / Trusted Web News Sources - None Billionaire Owned
Local & National [Primarily Web] News Sources we Currently Trust
Updated 8.20.25 v. 7.7.25 Update / Opinion / Work in Progress
We've entered The Disinformation Age. Much of the mass media is controlled by billionaires, especially TV assets. They changed the FCC laws so they are no longer required to behave ethically, accurately and so the billionaire press does what it does best, pursues profits regardless of community collateral damage. They're only sharing information that they want you to know. They omit key facts they don't want you to know or even entirely ignore important stories that may embarass their billionaire friends. They try to manipulate viewers' perceptions in order to get them to vote for candidates representing the billionaires' interests, and provide open mics to the candidates their choice - not fact checked - even when these pols are making numerous false or misleading statements.
Trusted Web News Sources - Gotham Buzz
Updated 8.20.25 v. 6.20.25 _ Currently Recommended News Sources to Help You Wean Yourself from Servile Dependence on Billioniare TV News.
For local NYC / NYS news we currently find ourselves using The City, Politico, Axios, Vox, Wikipedia, the Gotham Gazette, Gothamist and City & State. Also NPR and PBS. Note that we will continue to revisit this section and continue developing this list of local, state and national news sources sometime in the not-too-distant future.
For national news we find ourselves using many of the above sources, as well as Mother Jones, Wired, the Atlantic, the New Yorker, the browser Firefox curates a fair news offering, finance.yahoo.com is good for business news, and moderated social media outlets like BSky.app has an intelligent, highly skilled audience that does a fair job of identifying key news reports. The search engines are also useful for fact checking and doing further research into issues, people and other things. Collectively these news sources should enable you to effectively do your civic duty to inform yourself about people and issues before voting.
The NON-Billionaire TV News that we currently find reliable, includes left-leaning Democracy Now [on FNX & CUNY TV], PBS News Hour, and PBS Documentaries are also very informative. The Washington Post and New York Times are still fairly reliable, but sadly, not as implicitly as I found them to be in the past. Both the NYT and Wapo have undergone ownership / top management changes within the past six years. And the new management teams' values appear to differ from their predecessors, so pay attention to editorial changes / impacts.
I no longer find any of the Network TV News outlets to be even remotely close to being sufficiently informative. And far, far too often I find them to be misleading and parlayers of false information. I doubt they ever were really up to the job, but back in the day, they used the newspaper reporting to help keep them informed. Here again, newspaper journalism may not be dead, but it's very financially challenged and isn't remotely close to what it once was due to constained financials. But that said, you can still pick up a few leads from TV News, which you can then use to more fully inform yourself, by doing further research on the internet.
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City of Yes Passes by a Vote of 31 - 20
Stephen Ross, REBNY Members & the Adams Family Won & NYC Lost
December 6, 2024 / NYC Real Estate & Business / NYC Government & Politics / City of Yes Special Section / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.
The City of Yes for Housing Opportunities bill passed yesterday afternoon / evening in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. The City of Yes or NYC Municipal Legislative Bill - L.U. 181 & Res 689 - App. N 240290 ZRY (City of Yes Zoning for Housing Opportunity) amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying multiple Sections to expand opportunities for housing within all zoning districts, Citywide. *
The photo snapshot at right shows the NYC Council voting on the City of Yes.
City of Yes [Wo]Men - Roll Call Vote Tally 31-20
Voting For the City of Yes Members. Carlina Rivera District 2, Eric Bottcher District 3, Keith Powers District 4, Julie Menin District 5, Gale Brewer M District 6, Shaun Abreu District 7, Diana Ayala District 8, Yusef Salaam M District 9, Carmen De La Rosa M District 10, Kevin Riley Bx District 12, Pierina Ana Sanchez District 14, Oswald Feliz District 15, Althea Stevens District 16, Rafael Salamanca Bx District 17, Amanda Farias District 18, Francisco Moya Q District 21, Tiffany Caban Q District 22, Shekar Krishnan Q District 25, Julie Won Q District 26, Nantasha Williams Q District 27, Speaker Adrienne Adams Q District 28, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Q District 31, Lincoln Restler District 33, Jennifer Gutierrez District 34, Crystal Hudson District 35, Chi Osse District 36, Sandy Nurse District 37, Alexa Aviles District 38, Shahana Hanif District 39, Rita Joseph District 40, Justin Brannan Bk District 47.
Pay attention to the delineation of NYC Council members by the boroughs noted above by letters. Speaker Adrienne Adams delivered enough Queens council member votes (7) in favor of the legislation, which had they voted as their Community Boards did, would have killed the City of Yes bill.
Did Adrienne Adams and these NYC Council members betray the people of Queens they were elected to represent? Well, if so, keep in mind they are up for re-election in June 2025. So please educate yourself, fact check the statements made herein by using the power of the internet, and then after you've done enough research to know what's true, start spreading the news and get behind people who will represent you, the voters, not the big money that funded their campaigns.
Voting in the Negative. Joann Ariola District 32, Chris Banks District 42, Joseph C. Borelli District 51, David Carr District 50, Eric Dinowitz District 11, James Gennaro District 24, Kamillah Hanks District 49, Robert Holden District 30, Linda Lee District 23, Farah N. Louis District 45, Kristy Marmorato District 13, Christopher Marte District 1, Diane Mealy District 41, Mercedes Narcisse District 46, Vickie Paladino District 19, Lynn Schulman District 29, Sandra Ung District 20, Inna Vernikov District 48, Kalmar Yeger District 44, Susan Zhuang District 43.
We will keep this roll call of the vote on our site indefinitely in the City of Yes Special Report Section, because you, the voters, can use it as one benchmark vote, that helps you understand who is representing you, and how they are representing you. This becomes particularly important as there is the Democratic Primary in June 24, 2025 and the general election is November 4, 2025. Almost all of the elections are decided in the June primary because 56% of NYC is Democratic and only 26% is Republican. The remaining 18% are independent.
* Editor's Note. The summary of the bill leaves out the part about the NYC Council members forfeiting their power, and because they represent us, they are forfeiting our power and legal rights to weigh in on new developments in our neighborhoods. The summary also leaves out the part where by rushed passage of the 1,388 bill, the real estate developers and international investors can harvest a huge amount of tax abatements for 'affordable housing' that would be 'affordable' to individuals making up to $141,000 and a family of three making up to $183,00 per year or making rental payments of $4575 per month. And the summary leaves out the part about the negotiated deal, wherein how Eric Adams is going to miraculously fund the $4 billion, that magically appeared just by Eric Adams promising it, after Eric Adams tried to cut $100 million from the budgets of public schools in January 2024 and cut $22 million from the budget for public libraries as recently as November 2023. Adams promise of $4 billion is just that, and only that - a promise - as it is NOT IN THE BUDGET. And we all know the value of a politician's promise, especially when it's made by someone like Eric Adams, who has a documented history of lying, and is managing a tight budget that doesn't have $4 billion of funding lying around. He's going to have to take that funding from other places like public schools, public libraries and the NYPD.
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This is a video of one of the rehearsals for the Table of Silence performance this morning at Lincoln Center, commemorating the 19th anniversary of 911. They return to perform the Table of Silence at Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center on Thursday 9/11 at 8.10 am. Free. Or catch the live stream - https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/table-of-silence-project-911-259
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Elizabeth Street Garden in Manhattan
Updated April 5, 2025 vs 4.4.2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
The photo above or at right was taken a couple of weeks ago in the Elizabeth Street Garden in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. They are trying to get the city to preserve the area as a permanent community green space, and to build the proposed 'affordable housing' elsewhere. The city has been threatening to close the garden any day now, but given it's an election year, Adams may wait until after he loses it. We'll have an update of Eric Adams' latest shenanigans later today or over the weekend.
* No Foolin' - Elizabeth Street Garden Event - Tuesday, April 1, 2025
3.31.28 Manhattan _ Just in today, an event tomorrow at 4 pm, to commemorate the garden and its artistic inspirations. This is how they described the event, " ... We are calling on everyone to gather in the Garden tomorrow (Tuesday) at 4 PM to celebrate this special space. We’ll be there for a while, but please try to arrive at 4 PM if you can. We are still in federal court and doing everything we can. At this point, we're taking it day by day. If you're a painter, photographer, poet, or artist who has created something inspired by the Garden, please bring your work. We only ask that it be related to the Garden. We want to show everyone how much Elizabeth Street Garden means to our community and to New York City ...". See related story in the weekend post of 3.28.25 below, next to the E St Garden / Ramones photos. The short story also includes their website url.
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Please be advised that this series will be evolving slowly starting sometime in Q4 2025 and continuing thereafter. Thus far we've posted some of our historical coverage, but by far and away, the best is yet to come.
Live Interview with Key Representatives / Activists about FEC Chelsea NYCHA
9.10.25 _ Queens News / News Analysis & Opinion _ Click here to learn a bit more through an interview by Erroll Louis on Spectrum TV on August 28, 2025, who interviewed an author / community activist and the President of the FEC Tenants Against Demolition about what's going on there - NYC Oligarchy - Stephen Ross, Related Companies, Essence, Eric Adams transferring huge amount of public wealth & NYC billionaire TV doesn't much report it. Also on the front page scroll down to the Landlord Tenant Harassment button to become familiar with the bigger picture. And click into the drop down OpEd section from the front page tool bar to learn more about the FEC Chelsea NYCHA land grab by Stephen Ross and Related Companies. Ross and Related Companies have been the beneficiaries of the transfer of acres upon acres of prime public NYC land all over NYC for what seem like fire sale / corruption prices.
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Get it While it's Hot - 'Affordable Housing' Lottery in LIC
150 'Affordable Housing' Units Available for Folks w/ Incomes of 'Only' $99K to $250K
October 23, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Real Estate & Business / Gotham Buzz NYC.
'Better hurry' to participate in this 'affordable housing' lottery for apartments in the Jasper at 49-20 5th Street in Long Island City, Queens. Studios are renting for the 'low, low price' of $2,900 per month and two bedroom apartments are a 'steal' at only $4,400 per month.
To qualify you 'only' need to be earning between $99,000 and $250,000 per year. These annual incomes, which are an eligibility requirement, are only 'slightly' higher [+50% to +291%] than the median NYC salary of $64,000 per year.
But don't worrry, if you miss this 'great' opportunity for 'affordable housing', because the real estate developers, real estate investors, billionaires, property owners and Mayor Adams, are pushing hard to get through the City of Yes Zoning Law changes, which will provide huge tax breaks to investors, billioinaires and real estate developers to make even more of this kind of 'affordable housing' available all over NYC.
Isn't that 'exciting'? It looks like more 'affordable housing' is finally on its way ...
See related stories below and in our City of Yes Special Report section on Gotham Buzz.
And you still have time to be heard by the NY City Council regarding your opinion of the City of Yes. Written Testimony is accepted for 72 hours after the hearing that was held Tuesday 10.22.24. Use this email address to send them your opinions - landusetestimony@council.nyc.gov. I believe the comment period expires at the close of business on Friday 10.25.24.
The LIC Summit 2024
The Changing Cultural and Real Estate Landscape in Long Island City
October 8, 2024 / LIC Neighborhood / Queens Real Estate & Business / Queens Buzz.
A. Prelude to Attending the LIC Summit 2024
It was a beautiful, sunny, dry day as I walked over to the Museum of the Moving Image in LIC / Astoria. I arrived around 11 am to attend part of the second half of the LIC Summit, which is a real estate and business conference which examines in depth, an LIC centric world, but also mindful of the surrounding environment.
After I made my way through a flawless check-in, I found my way into the theater and sat down to listen in on the panel providing a Long Island City real estate update. These panels are structured such that the moderator serves up a number of questions to the panelists for comment, which is then followed by audience questions, which sometimes are the best, because they are asked by people like you and me, who have lived and worked in the area for a long while and witnessed and have adjusted to the huge changes that have occurred in Long Island City over the past couple of decades.
I. First Panel - LIC Residential Real Estate Update
This panel included Patricia Dunphy of SVP of Rockrose Development, Eric Benaim CEO / Founder of Modern Space, Dan Mogolesko SVP of the Durst Organization, Peter Papamichael Principal of the VOREA Group and Crystal Xu Director of Business Development United Construction & Development Group.
As I came in at the end of the panel presentation, I only caught the Q&A portion of the program, which follows.
A performance theater / school owner pondered aloud whether the developers were still interested in involving and supporting the arts and culture scene in Long Island City. At the turn of the century LIC was well known as a thriving artists community, as it offered very competitive rents and good access to mass transit. In the near quarter century since then many - if not most - of the artists have moved out of the area as they can no longer afford the rents, which have skyrocketed from under $1,000 / month to over $4,000 per month.
One of the panelists said they are interested in supporting the arts and he mentioned Culture Lab LIC as one of the arts institutions that has survived the changes. But that was pretty much the full extent of the conversation surrounding the arts community. So I reckon the short answer would be no.
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City of Yes - Sweeping Overhaul of NYC Zoning Laws
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