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  1. October 1, 2026 Jake's Dilemma on Amsterdam Avenue closes in October after 32 years, one of at least five longtime neighborhood businesses to go.
  2. October 1, 2026 The YMCA is pulling out of after-school programs at two middle schools less than a month in, and Manhattan Youth returns Oct. 19.
  3. September 26, 2026 Café des Artistes will reopen at 1 W. 67th St. in early 2027 under the Roscioli and Tokyo Record Bar team, with Howard Chandler Christy's wood-nymph murals still on the walls.
  4. September 11, 2026 Jake's Dilemma, the Amsterdam Avenue beer-and-football bar, closes Oct. 18 after 32 years after losing its lease.
  5. September 9, 2026 Manhattan prosecutors indicted Raul Morales, 51, on attempted murder as a hate crime in the July stabbings of two men near two synagogues, citing antisemitic texts recovered from his phone.
  6. September 8, 2026 The Henry, a 45-condo Robert A. M. Stern building at 211 West 84th St., finished construction with what its developer says is Manhattan's first indoor residential pickleball court.
  7. September 6, 2026 Two riders were arrested after a 7:38 a.m. fight at the West 96th Street station involving brass knuckles and a box cutter, as felony assaults in the transit system run 435 this year against 397 at the same point in 2025
  8. August 26, 2026 Barzini's, the Broadway grocery that ran 24 hours a day with more than 200 international cheeses since 1983, closes for good Aug. 31.
  9. August 16, 2026 The city's "Empire Bins" trash-container rollout would swallow up to 10% of curb parking on the UES and UWS, and Community Board 8 chair Valerie Mason is demanding more input before it goes citywide.
  10. August 16, 2026 Neighbors of a new women's shelter by Gertrude Ederle Playground showed Council Member Gale Brewer photos of fights and drug use, and she said the site should have been permanent housing, not a shelter.
  11. July 31, 2026 Raul Morales was indicted on hate-crime charges for stabbing an Asian man and a Jewish man while shouting "Allahu Akbar" on July 23.
  12. July 30, 2026 A new city law now gives co-op boards just 45 days to approve or reject a buyer, replacing what for some took seven months.
  13. July 26, 2026 The Jewish man stabbed by a screwdriver-wielding attacker shouting "Allahu Akbar" earlier this month has moved to Florida, with neighbors citing Mayor Mamdani's rhetoric toward Israel as part of why.
  14. July 24, 2026 NYPD charged Raul Morales with stabbing two men in separate attacks near Central Park West, one Asian and one Jewish, and is investigating both as possible hate crimes.
  15. July 17, 2026 A state judge froze the city's planned 72nd Street protected bike lanes after a block association and disabled residents sued, arguing the redesign would strand emergency access.
  16. July 14, 2026 New curbside "Empire Bins" will each claim roughly 1,500 street parking spots on the Upper East and Upper West Sides, the steepest losses anywhere in the city.
  17. June 26, 2026 Film at Lincoln Center's Elaine May retrospective runs June 26 through July 2; May appears in person at a Thursday screening of a new 4K restoration of Mikey and Nicky, the 1976 film marking its 50th anniversary, with tickets at $25 for the Q&A screening. (Time Out New York)

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