The 65 Central Park Boathouse employees who walked off the job on August 9 in protest against the restaurant's labor practices are getting some heavy-hitting support from the federal National Labor Relations Board, which oversees union matters. more ›

Restaurateur Dean Poll just can't catch a break. First the city goes after him in 2007 for millions in unpaid taxes from the Central Park Boathouse, then he loses his contract to run the Tavern on the Green because of union troubles, then his further union problems are caught on tape and now six current and former employees have filed a complaint alleging that the Boathouse is a hotbed of sexual harassment. more ›

Just after 12:30 p.m., there were reports of a tree branch falling in Central Park, injuring three people, near 74th Street and the East Drive (which is also near the Boathouse). Philip Bump tells us that the victims appeared to be a family picnicking and that he "only saw one woman underneath, quickly had dozens of people around her. She didn't seem to be moving - in ambulance now." more ›

Anyone who toils as a cater waiter long enough eventually hears a horrible truth about the job: Clients at these uptight gala events routinely add a decent tip to their payment, but that money almost always ends up in the pockets of managers, not servers. Yesterday lawyer Maimon Kirschenbaum filed class action suits on behalf of waiters trying to claim their tips from the private catering operations at the Central Park Boathouse, Pier Sixty, and Le Cirque (pictured). He tells Grub Street that Pier Sixty is the worst of the three, because servers aren't allowed to accept tips during the course of a private party: "If you're really drunk at a wedding and you pull out a $100 bill and hand it to them, they're instructed to tell you, 'The host of this party has already given a gracious gratuity and I'm going to have to reject it.'" more ›