Council Member Ben Kallos told Our Town that he prefers people stay home and quarantine, but if they must go out, outdoor cafes are a viable option. ( Photo courtesy of Council Member Ben Kallos) Outdoor Cafes for Social Distancing After numerous people on the Upper East Side disobeyed social distancing last weekend and converged in front of bars, elected... News 22 May 2020 | 10:31
Photo courtesy of Council Member Ben Kallos. Learning Without Laptops As students have been home virtually learning for nearly two months because of COVID-19, the question remains: were they... News 03 May 2020 | 07:08
Christopher Mason of Weill Cornell Medicine. ( Photo: Patricia Kuharic) On the Front Line of Testing A Weill Cornell Medicine professor is working to develop a coronavirus test that he thinks could be the most sensitive test... News 27 Apr 2020 | 04:15
Council Member Ben Kallos with his cat Pandora, on a City Council Zoom meeting. ( Photo via Ben Kallos Twitter feed.) Pandora's Box This just in - No presidential primary this June so says the NY Board of Elections, meaning that Bernie Sanders gets no NY... Home 27 Apr 2020 | 02:44
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, October 2019. ( Photo: 1103 NYC, via flickr) Should the Beaches Open? As temperatures begin to rise and summer is around the corner, the question remains will NYC open its beaches amid COVID-19?... News 25 Apr 2020 | 06:57
Council Member Ben Kallos said the decision addresses a need in UES schools. ( Photo courtesy of NYC Council photographer William Alatriste) City Says 'Oui' to French Lessons for Pre-K The Department of Education announced that it will launch a French dual-language program this fall at the pre-kindergarten... News 11 Mar 2020 | 02:41
Council Member Ben Kallos. ( Photo courtesy of NYC Council photographer WilliamAlatriste) Cutting Supertalls Down to Size Politicians, community advocates and developers are looking to the future of Manhattan development following an unprecedented... News 25 Feb 2020 | 10:54
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!' Olive Freud had reason to celebrate on Monday morning. After spearheading a years-long neighborhood campaign against the... News 17 Feb 2020 | 03:34
Council Member Ben Kallos at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Auditorium on Sunday, Jan. 26. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) A Show of Support for Kallos Council Member Ben Kallos did not talk about his campaign to become Manhattan’s next borough president at his State of the... Newsletter 27 Jan 2020 | 10:25
Council Member Mark Levine. ( Photo courtesy of Council Member Mark Levine's campaign) Levine Launches Run for Borough President Council Member Mark Levine announced his candidacy to become the next Manhattan borough president last week, touting a record... News 17 Jan 2020 | 05:08
Council Member Ben Kallos, second from right, with Victor Rivera, right, and other BHPN staffers at the opening of the UES soup kitchen. ( Photo: Courtesy Bronx Parent Housing Network) Feeding the Hungry on the UES The gift of giving - Talk about giving and gifting and re-gifting, it's what we do at this time of year. The best gift to... Voices 06 Jan 2020 | 10:58
City Council Member Ben Kallos, a longtime anime fan, helped kick off Anime NYC at the Javits Convention Center on November 15th. ( Photo: Office of Council Member Ben Kallos via Twitter) Anime Rocks the City What do City Council Member Ben Kallos, Japanese Ambassador to the U.N. Kanji Yamanouchi and an estimated 40,000 fans of... News 18 Nov 2019 | 02:46
Council Member Ben Kallos. ( Photo courtesy of NYC Council photographer William Alatriste) Kallos Outlines His BP Platform Upper East Side Council Member Ben Kallos officially kicked off his campaign last week to become the next borough president... News 05 Nov 2019 | 10:02
All Ages Must Help After Disasters There sure is a lot of information and news about the first day of school, some so needed, like more speed cameras in school... Voices 09 Sep 2019 | 12:49
Council Member Ben Kallos authored a bill that aims to put a spotlight on the outcomes of domestic violence survivors. ( Photo: Courtesy of NYC Council photographer William Alatriste) New bill targets domestic violence In response to an increase in domestic violence offenses in the city — despite a drop in most other crimes — a bill has been... News 02 Aug 2019 | 01:03
