Early Addition: The tiniest $2,350/mo apartment ever?

Also: Joan Didion's apartment is now $1M cheaper [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [Inside the 77 sq ft Greenwich Village apartment with no bathroom for $2,350/month]( [David Brand holds a hand on one wall and his foot on the other]( [by James Ramsay]( Good Friday morning in New York City, where [this Miata-sized Greenwich Village apartment]( could be yours for about half the median asking price for one-bedrooms in the neighborhood — and there's no broker's fee! We want to hear from you! Have you found any apartment listings that have shocked you to the core? Email dbrand@nypublicradio.org and share your stories. Here's what else is happening: - A driver accused of leading police on a violent car chase through Midtown and plowing through an outdoor dining structure back in April has been [indicted on a slew of charges](. - When Billy Joel ends his decade-long [Madison Square Garden residency]( next year, will he go full retiree and leave Long Island for Florida? - State lawmakers are on the verge of leaving Albany [without any deal to add new housing]( or materially address the affordability and homelessness crises. - This comes five months after Gov. Kathy Hochul first pitched a plan to build [800,000 new affordable units]( across the state. - This won't solve the affordability issue, but the price of Joan Didion’s Upper East Side apartment [was slashed by $1 million]( after half a year on the market with no takers. (The new price is $6.5 million.) - Just in time for summer, Mayor Eric Adams has agreed to let thousands of city employees [work remotely]( two days a week. - Some city public school students were allegedly [served chicken tenders with bones, plastic and metal inside]( courtesy of a meat supplier who offered bribes to keep quiet about the quality. - A city Child Protective Services employee was arrested this week on charges of [exposing himself to a parent]( during two separate home visits in 2021. - Airbnb is suing New York City, arguing that "it is literally impossible for regular people to comply with the rules" requiring hosts to [register their short-term rental properties]( with the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement. - A man accused of [shooting and killing an alleged mugger]( in Queens is facing more than two dozen charges for stockpiling illegal guns. - With Daniel Penny’s case in the killing of Jordan Neely, now before a Manhattan grand jury, the New York Times’ Andy Newman [sat down with Columbia Journalism Review]( to discuss covering Neely’s death. - Gothamist's complete coverage of the killing can be found [here](. - Two more [dead humpback whales]( washed up on our shores, but experts insist that the overall whale population isn’t at risk. - Not all of the city’s [hottest new restaurants]( are impossible to get reservations for. - This small [New Jersey news outlet]( considers itself "like milk" for the Chinese community in a growing ethnic media market. “If you want to be on a prime block of the city, it's like, you can't have everything.” - an anonymous pace university student angling for [THAT VERY TINY GREENWICH VILLAGE APARTMENT]( More from Gothamist [a family of asylum-seekers hugging]( [Judge in Rockland, Orange migrants case expresses skepticism over orders keeping them out]( U.S. District Judge Nelson Roman made no ruling this week on the executive orders blocking the movement of migrants from New York City to suburban counties, but he repeatedly cast doubt on their validity. [Bridgegate defendant Bill Baroni says Port Authority should pay his $4M legal bill]( Former Port Authority official Bill Baroni was tried and convicted of fraud for his role in the 2013 George Washington Bridge lane-closure scandal, but the Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 2020. [We Rely On Your Support]( [Gallim Dance showcases Bed-Stuy street-dance artist in anniversary series at The Joyce]( Brooklyn dancer Brian "HallowDreamz" Henry says discovering the street-dance style called krumping provided him with an alternative to a life of street violence. [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.