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Working to help pass New York state's same-sex marriage legislation in 2011 was an early high point in Erik Bottcher's career.

Working to help pass New York state's same-sex marriage legislation in 2011 was an early high point in Erik Bottcher's career. ( Photo: Courtesy of Friends of Erik Bottcher)

After five years as chief of staff to the City Council Speaker, Erik Bottcher is stepping up and running for a seat of his own

It's All About the Details

18 Feb 2020 | 11:30

In Erik Bottcher’s ideal political world, policy problems would be resolved by gathering stakeholders around a table to hash out the issues and come up with creative solutions together. As chief of staff to City Council Speaker Corey Johnson for the last five years, Bottcher says he’s seen it done. It’s...

Olive Freud (left), president of the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at Monday's press conference.

Olive Freud (left), president of the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at Monday's press conference. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham)

'Off With the Floors!'

17 Feb 2020 | 03:34

Olive Freud had reason to celebrate on Monday morning. After spearheading a years-long neighborhood campaign...

An architect's rendering shows the hospital tower, left, and the residential tower, right, that were part of the original proposal for the redevelopment of Lenox Hill Hospital. A new, alternative proposal does not include the residential tower.

An architect's rendering shows the hospital tower, left, and the residential tower, right, that were part of the original proposal for the redevelopment of Lenox Hill Hospital. A new, alternative proposal does not include the residential tower. ( Rendering: Courtesy of Lenox Hill Hospital / Northwell Health)

New Lenox Hill Task Force Gets Results

17 Feb 2020 | 11:35

“Everybody was upset about everything,” Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer said, describing the...

Healthy Manhattan 2020

Healthy Manhattan 2020

14 Feb 2020 | 07:11

Click here to read this year's guide to a Healthy Manhattan.

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (at podium) at a press conference on Monday before the passage of H.R. 1980, the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act, with (left to right) Jane Abraham, Chair of the Congressional Commission; Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton; and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (at podium) at a press conference on Monday before the passage of H.R. 1980, the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act, with (left to right) Jane Abraham, Chair of the Congressional Commission; Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton; and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. ( Photo: Phi Nguyen)

Americans Deserve a Women's History Museum

14 Feb 2020 | 04:22

There are not many things that Democrats and Republicans agree on these days. But there is this: “America...

Kathy Fixing Her Hair in a Cigarette Machine Mirror, Coney Island, 1959. From Series: “Brooklyn Gang”

Kathy Fixing Her Hair in a Cigarette Machine Mirror, Coney Island, 1959. From Series: “Brooklyn Gang” ( Photo: Bruce Davidson)

The Many Lives of a City

06 Feb 2020 | 10:47

Peter Stuyvesant’s map of his farm property. Milton Glaser’s “I [Heart] New York More Than Ever” poster...

Anthony Piglowski and Hayley Nejman at Rockefeller Center.

Anthony Piglowski and Hayley Nejman at Rockefeller Center. ( Photo: Jennifer Doherty)

A Valentine's Day Proposal on Ice

14 Feb 2020 | 12:55

Hayley Nejman took to the ice at Rockefeller Center on Friday morning with extreme caution, holding onto...

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