"It's free, no time restraints and it feels more like you are just borrowing a movie from a friend rather than creating a business transaction," said Michael Naujunas, 30, a neighborrow user who lives in Hoboken and works in midtown.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

The Philippines' ambassador to the United Nations between 2003 and 2006 is being accused of enslaving a Filipina immigrant at his Upper East Side home.

Published by New York Sun on July 8, 2008.

Besides making smart financial decisions, there are other good reasons to rent. For Quigley, it's also been a way to test-drive a neighborhood. She loves her Midtown Manhattan location yet is considering the Upper West and East sides. "So much depends on what kind of apartment I find. A good view and light are very important to me," she says.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson celebrated their honeymoon in a midtown office building Monday, ignoring the gossips who say their relationship can't last.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

A replica Statue of Liberty decorated in honor of the New York Yankees, outside of the Grand Central terminal.

Published by amNY.com on July 7, 2008.

The horses, often old, are not only exposed to Midtown traffic, but also must navigate a maze of streets twice a day to get to and from their cramped and antiquated Far West Side stable.

Published by New York Post on July 7, 2008.

Traffic was backed up for a short time after the bus began smoking on 1st Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets sometime after 4 p.m.

Published by WNBC on July 7, 2008.

With 238.8 million square feet of office space, midtown is the nation’s largest business district—larger than the entire office market of Chicago or Los Angeles. Crain’s takes you on a tour of the always-evolving skyline.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 6, 2008.

Commercial asking rents in midtown and downtown Manhattan rose 25.4% and 24.0%, respectively, in first-quarter 2008 versus the year-earlier period.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 6, 2008.

New York City moves—or at least it tries to. About 3.7 million people commute daily via aging subways, trains and roads; almost 300,000 head to and from airports. And what a companionable group they are, especially on the 9 a.m. No. 4 to midtown. Crain’s New York Business’ City Facts section on Transportation includes charts on subway ridership, airport traffic and the cost of commuting, among others.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 6, 2008.

Women who once cleaned septic tanks in India for a living took a turn as models at a fashion show at the United Nations.

Published by New York Times on July 4, 2008.

The cab was headed north on First Avenue, with a silver VW assigned to a Dominican Republic diplomat to its right, just south of East 54th Street. Neither vehicle had a passenger.

Published by New York Post on July 4, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 3, 2008.

A tunnel-boring machine completed digging the first leg of the $7.2 billion Long Island Rail Road link to Grand Central Station, the MTA announced yesterday.

Published by New York Post on July 3, 2008.

The Paramount Group purchased another property owned by Macklowe, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, for $1.45 billion, while the San Francisco-based real estate investment firm Shorenstein Properties is in contract for Macklowe's office building at 850 Third Ave. and will acquire a 93% interest in 65 E. 55th St., also known as Park Avenue Tower.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 3, 2008.

But the background of many of the models at this event on Wednesday evening, held inside a fourth-floor dining room at the United Nations, was anything but.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

Inspector of crane that killed Staten Island man, 6 others pleads innocence after it collapsed on March 15, a section of the crane protruded from a crushed building on 50th Street near Second Avenue.

Published by SI Live on July 3, 2008.

“When prices went over $4, I stopped driving,” said Scott Pisciotti, 41, a real estate portfolio manager from Somers, N.Y. Mr. Pisciotti said he used to drive daily to his office in Midtown Manhattan but now rides a Metro-North train from White Plains to Grand Central Terminal.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

Robert Moses Playground, 42nd St. and First Ave. An annual top choice for viewing. Bring the dog and the kids to this 1.3-acre playground right next to the United Nations.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

"It is terrible," said Annemarie Hernandez, who was shopping in midtown with her 3-year-old grandson Robert Joseph on Tuesday. "We have no choice because it's like needing gas in your car."

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

After eight months, the first of two 200-ton tunnel-boring machines has reached Grand Central Terminal, completing a journey that began more than a mile away, in the bedrock below 63rd Street and Second Avenue, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced today.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

The authority also announced that intermittent blasting and mechanical excavation will begin in mid-July on a cavern underneath Park Avenue between 49th and 51st Streets, which will connect the newly built tunnel with parallel tunnels.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

A sudden heat wave that pushes the system to its limits or an accident like the steam pipe rupture in midtown last summer could be devastating.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

Right now there is 20 million square feet of office space available in Manhattan, up 35% from the year-ago period. In midtown alone, there are 84 blocks of space of more than 50,000 square feet available, up from 38 a year earlier.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

The watch company’s offices will move by Feb. 15 to 137 East 57th Street, where it will take 15,000 square feet.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

A sudden heat wave that pushes the system to its limits or an accident like the steam pipe rupture in midtown last summer could be devastating.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 30, 2008.

The march began at 52nd Street in Midtown and wound down to the West Village.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

– CB Richard Ellis announced today that it arranged a 10-year, 89,413-square-foot lease renewal at 711 Third Avenue on behalf of Parade Publications, Inc. The media company occupies the entire sixth floor and the partial seventh and 15th floors. SL Green Realty Corp. is the landlord and the asking rent was $65 psf.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

Perhaps not as unplanned and sudden as most flash mobs, one announced by a group of M.I.T. students traveling the country will take place tonight at 7 p.m. in Grand Central to support the rights of photographers. [Photography is Not a Crime]

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Vacancy rates for Midtown South and for Downtown were also up annually and monthly. In Midtown South, the all-important Class B rate (that's the dominant type of office space in that submarket) was up to 10.4 percent in June, from 7.1 percent in June 2007.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

The vacancy rate for Midtown, for instance, the borough's top office submarket, increased from 6.4 percent in June 2007 to 8.2 percent this June. The vacancy rate for top-shelf, Class A towers in Midtown increased to 7.4 percent in June from 5.5 percent a year ago.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

Many old New York buildings come with their share of urban legends, and the 40-story co-op at 56th Street and Sutton Place is no exception. It's believed the rooftop pool closes after dark because residents used to go skinny-dipping at night, and emergency doors to the 40th floor are chained shut because penthouse dwellers don't want people on their hallway carpets.

Published by The Real Deal on June 30, 2008.

Greenacre Park, 217 East 51st Street, between Second and Third Avenues, Manhattan. The mighty, roaring torrent in 6,360-square-foot Greenacre Park has been called a sister park to the better-known Paley Park.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Zhao Danyang, of the Hong Kong-based Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund, won the auction, which ended Friday evening with a bid of $2,110,100. Last year's lunch brought in $650,100. Zhao and up to seven friends will dine with Buffett at the Smith & Wollensky steakhouse in Midtown, whenever the two men can schedule it.

Published by New York Post on June 29, 2008.

The building at 450 Lexington is located at 45th Street and Lexington Avenue on the same block as New York's Grand Central Terminal. The property is currently 99.9% leased. Major tenants in the building include Davis Polk & Wardwell, Warburg Pincus and Citigroup.

Published by GlobeSt on June 27, 2008.

The 11 plaintiffs in Goldstein v. Pataki allege that a corrupt and cronyism-riddled Empire State Development Corporation simply used the pretext of public benefit to hand over properties so Ratner could make millions. Two federal courts have declined to examine this claim, saying that judges have no role in hearing challenges to a state’s determination that a project is a “public benefit.”

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

One of the worst at paying the bill is Egypt, whose Mission to the United Nations on 44th Street has a free parking zone there and across the street.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 26, 2008.

An apartment fire in Midtown Manhattan left an 83-year-old man dead on Wednesday evening, officials said.

Published by New York Times on June 26, 2008.

If you’ve been priced out of Le Colonial, Aquavit, Tabla or Craftbar, now’s the time to get tickets for Restaurant Week, July 21 to Aug. 1 this year.

Published by New York Times on June 26, 2008.

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 26, 2008.

Siegel's clients are seeking the judicial inquiry under a rarely used City Charter rule created in 1873 to fight corruption following the reign of Tammany Hall boss William Tweed.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 26, 2008.

One person was killed and another person was injured in a fast-moving fire in Midtown Wednesday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 26, 2008.

Metro North is reporting delays of up to 20 minutes into Grand Central Terminal due to earlier signal problems in the Bronx.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 25, 2008.

More than 300 million vehicles a year use its bridges and tunnels, which include the Triborough and Verrazano-Narrows bridges and the Brooklyn Battery and Queens Midtown tunnels.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 25, 2008.

We are thrilled to be part of the revitalization of a community. With Cipriani’s, now it’s a residential and social space. It’s the same experience as Grand Central or Times Square. Where we used to have prostitution we have wax museums.”

Published by The New York Observer on June 25, 2008.

A monthlong ice cream and sorbet festival starts today at all three locations of Rosa Mexicano (1063 First Ave. at 58th Street, 212-753-7407, 61 Columbus Ave. at 62nd Street, 212-977-7700, and 9 E. 18th St., between Fifth Avenue and Broadway 212-533-3350). Special flavors include avocado, mango-rum, Tascalate (chocolate, achiote, chile, brown sugar, and corn), passion fruit, and a beet sorbet called "Vampiro." Three scoops are $8.50.

Published by New York Sun on June 25, 2008.

In a news release from Local 32BJ, Walter Bonifacio, a security guard who works at a Midtown office building, said: “This raise couldn’t come at a better time. With everything getting more expensive, from gas to groceries, it’s getting harder and harder to pay the bills each month.”

Published by New York Times on June 25, 2008.

Parking sign on E. 42nd St. near the United Nations. More than a decade after Mayor Rudy Giuliani declared war on diplomatic scofflaws over unpaid parking tickets, the city is still owed more than $18 million, leaving many New Yorkers enraged.

Published by amNY.com on June 25, 2008.