City Council Member Keith Powers at the food-scrap drop-off event. Photo: John McCarten Powers Promotes Composting for Earth Day Council Member Keith Powers kicked off Earth Day activities early on Wednesday with the opening of a food scrap drop-off... News 21 Apr 2021 | 05:59
City Council candidate Sara Lind. Photo: Tall Paul Olkowski Lind: ‘Relentless’ Attacks Over Lucerne Stance A candidate for City Council in District 6 is taking her campaign off of Twitter after months of online abuse at the hands... News 19 Apr 2021 | 11:44
Paradocs EMTs with members of the New York National Guard at the Javits Center vaccination site. Photo courtesy of Paradocs From the Back of Ambulances to the Javits Center Alex Pollak knew he wanted to be a paramedic back in high school in his native Queens. Working full time in the finance world,... News 19 Apr 2021 | 08:52
Wollman Rink in Central Park. Photo: Shinya Suzuki, via Flickr A Fight for Wollman Rink As the city canceled all contracts with the Trump Organization in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, a local nonprofit... News 18 Apr 2021 | 09:28
Regis High School. Photo: Emily Mason Regis President to be Fired After Investigation of Sexual Misconduct Regis High School – a prestigious all-boys Catholic school on the Upper East Side – announced plans last week to fire its... News 16 Apr 2021 | 01:59
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo gives a briefing on the Fiscal Year 2022 New York State Budget on April 7. Photo: Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo COVID Year 2: A Rocky Start The change was palpable. Governor Andrew Cuomo, Emmy award- winning communicator of the pandemic, seemed frustrated, or at... News 16 Apr 2021 | 11:52
City Council candidate Erik Bottcher. Photo courtesy of Bottcher’s campaign Bottcher Pitches Mental Health Plan At age 15, District 3 City Council candidate Erik Bottcher was involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility following... News 15 Apr 2021 | 02:35
Rana Abdelhamid. Photo courtesy of Abedelhamid’s campaign A New Challenge to Maloney Come 2022, longtime Upper East Side Rep. Carolyn Maloney will once again face a primary challenge from the progressive left... News 14 Apr 2021 | 07:03
Rachel Bennett (right) actor Rich Orlow. Photo courtesy of Rachel Bennett A ‘Hurlyburly’ Dream Who knows why a certain play, many years later, may resonate in new ways? And who knows what creative ideas may emerge in... News 14 Apr 2021 | 06:22
With fears of COVID, the precautions taken by the Graceland Museum in Memphis are quick to answer pandemic questions for every visitor. Photo: Ralph Spielman Beyond the Northeast: A Pandemic Car Trip to Tennessee For New Yorkers, the pandemic had made traveling outside the Northeast virtually impossible. Different comfort levels have... News 14 Apr 2021 | 09:20
Judge Paul Feinman of the New York Court of Appeals and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in June 2017 at a Pride Month breakfast reception hosted by the congresswoman. Photo courtesy of Maloney’s office Remembering Paul Feinman New York lost one of its best and brightest this month with the passing of NY Court of Appeals Judge Paul Feinman. There... Home 13 Apr 2021 | 11:10
Stories in Our Town by Emily Higginbotham and Michael Oreskes won first place for coverage of Election and Politics. Our Town and West Side Spirit Win NYPA Awards Our Town and its sister publications were recognized for excellence in reporting and design at the New York Press Association... News 13 Apr 2021 | 11:31
DA candidate Liz Crotty. Photo: Aiden Grant As DA, Crotty Will Bring ‘Full View’ of the Courtroom After working both as a criminal defense attorney and as a prosecutor, Liz Crotty believes she has the right experience and... News 12 Apr 2021 | 12:45
Rendering of revised 250 Water Street tower. View from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade. Rendering courtesy of Howard Hughes Corporation and SOM LPC: Seaport Project ‘Heading in Right Direction’ Last week, the Landmarks Preservation Commission once again declined to take action on a divisive proposal from the Howard... News 11 Apr 2021 | 01:55
