Washington Heights

The Neighborhood Navigators, run by the nonprofit The Bridge, hire people who have lived through homelessness. More than 175 people have been housed since 2024, and City Hall added $1.25 million this year.

The board on Thursday OK'd a full structural rehab of the sunken GWB approach in Washington Heights, where a metal piece and a chunk of concrete fell on drivers in May. Construction would start in 2027 and run to 2030.

A Manhattan grand jury upgraded the case against Victor Romero, 62, to second-degree murder in the Oct. 20 shooting of Koran Irvine. He remains free on $1 million bail; arraignment is set for Nov. 23.

Each area gets $1.6 million from money already in the city budget for 42 new outreach jobs, including 30 'credible messengers' who mediate disputes before they turn into shootings. Northern Manhattan gets a street-outreach team for the first time.

Pedestrians move to the rebuilt south path and cyclists keep the north one. The bridge's paths will no longer close entirely overnight, but one side shuts from midnight to 4:45 a.m. for maintenance.

Delmonico's Hospitality Group brings the European Boogie Lab sourdough brand to 4015 Broadway at West 169th Street, with all-day focaccia, sandwiches and sourdough pasta.

Prosecutors say Patrick Griffin, 71, still owes five former workers more than $8,000 and kept stalling them, including while on vacation in Europe. All three locations have closed.