Midtown

After four yellow-cab drivers died on the job this summer, NYTWA, Uber and Marblegate asked Hochul and Mamdani to reallocate the 50-cent meter fee.

The veto-proof vote sends the ban to Mayor Mamdani, who backs it. The city must deliver a worker transition plan by April 1, 2027; TWU Local 100 says it will challenge the law in court.

The Gramercy diner's second location, a 235-seat, two-story space at Broadway and West 52nd Street, opened Oct. 6 with show tunes on an upstairs stage and its towering Crazy Shakes.

A bill from Council Member Virginia Maloney would bar pedicabs from stopping or picking up riders within 50 feet of Theater District entrances. It was heard Oct. 7 with six other pedicab bills and has not had a vote.

Thousands lined Fifth Avenue for the 82nd parade Monday. Gov. Hochul and AG Letitia James marched; Bruce Blakeman called the mayor's absence a disgrace.

Skating returned Saturday morning. Tickets start at $22, and Scharf's Halloween-season inflatables fill Center Plaza through Nov. 1, ahead of the tree's arrival on Nov. 7.

From Oct. 11 to Nov. 14, weekday Midtown Direct trains end at Hoboken instead of Penn Station, and most lines run fewer trains while the last track moves to the new Portal North Bridge.

Janno Lieber fired back after Amtrak's Penn Station lead wrote that the MTA is blocking the rebuild. The fight is over plans, a lease and who gets a say.