BY PAUL LIOTTA  |  New bridge and congestion-pricing tolls would help raise money for the region’s transportation needs, one leading advocacy group says. Move NY, the organization behind the idea, has proposed an $8 toll, or $5.54 with E-ZPass, at all four East River crossings. The same toll would apply to all Manhattan streets that read more here »

BY ALBERT AMATEAU  |  The Hudson River Park Trust’s board of directors last week approved the $130 million Pier55 project funded by Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg. The innovative new pier, to be located between the pile field of the historic old Pier 54, where the survivors of the Titanic landed, and the Pier read more here »

BY LESLEY SUSSMAN  |  Got your egg rolls and dumplings yet? If not, you better hurry up. The Chinese Lunar New Year has begun. The celebration started Wednesday night when thousands of Chinese throughout the city — and millions throughout the world — rang in the Year of the Sheep with lots of food and read more here »

BY HANA RASKIN  |  On a bitterly cold Sunday evening in New York, a handful of patrons sat at the bar at Manitoba’s on Avenue B watching the Harlem Globetrotters’ antics on TV. In the background, a steady stream of punk rock music thrummed. The place’s walls are adorned with photos from punk rock’s past. read more here »