Friday, January 16, 2026
Welcome to another Friday edition of the Tech:NYC Digest, featuring our favorite five highlights in New York and tech this week.
Programming note: We’re off Monday for MLK Day. We’ll be back in your inbox on Tuesday.
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Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: MLK Day events (amNY)
From environmental restoration projects to cultural performances and days of service, this weekend offers opportunities for reflection, action, and unity across the boroughs to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 🙏
Kathy Wylde’s exit interview (Crain’s New York Business)
Congrats are in order for Kathy Wylde, who has worked at the Partnership for New York City since 1981, served as its president and CEO since 2001, and is retiring today.
In her honor, the Empire State Building’s lights will shine blue and yellow tonight.
New York City bookstore allows customers to donate books for pickles (USA Today)
Sweet Pickle Books, a Lower East Side used bookstore, is going viral for a trade deal — or should we say dill. 🙄 Donate books, leave with pickles. 🥒
To qualify for a jar of pickles, customers must bring in a minimum of five books, and the store has a strict one jar per donation policy, regardless of the amount of books a customer donates. “Even 500 books can only get you one jar,” USA Today notes.
How the glam dogs of Westminster keep up with the canine Kardashians — from elaborate grooming routines to pricey trips (NY Post)
Looking this good is serious business. 💅 As Westminster returns to New York this month for its 150th anniversary, take a look behind the scenes at the pooches competing.
From elaborate grooming routines to travel logistics and diet planning, these canine contenders live surprisingly intense lives.
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is scheduled for January 31 at the Javits Center and February 2-3 at MSG.
Staten Island bathroom wins major architectural award (Gothamist)
When ya gotta go, go to Staten Island. 🚽 The Lopez Playground public restroom — sorry, the award-winning Lopez Playground Public Restroom — was built on Staten Island’s North Shore using a modular design developed to enable easy citywide delivery and installation.
This week, it won an award from the American Institute of Architects New York, which honors projects of outstanding architectural design.
Don’t worry, we won’t
poopsorry, stoop to bathroom humor.
Have a great weekend, New York! 🗽
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