Rep. Carolyn Maloney. ( Photo: U.S. House Office of Photography) Maloney’s ‘Decisive Winning Margin’ The count is finally over. Congressmember Carolyn Maloney is ahead of insurgent candidate Suraj Patel in the Democratic primary... News 30 Jul 2020 | 02:53
Peggy Rey and Wilfredo Salaman. (Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Pandemic Roommates Peggy Rey says not many people understand her friendship with Wilfredo Salaman. Rey is a 76-year-old former childcare provider.... News 27 Jul 2020 | 12:56
Assembly Member Dan Quart with his son Sam. (Photo courtesy of Dan Quart.) Quart Proclaims Victory After months of political sparring, Assembly Member Dan Quart proclaimed victory in the Democratic primary race to represent... News 24 Jul 2020 | 11:36
Rep. Carolyn Maloney. ( Photo: U.S. House Office of Photography) Ballot Bonanza Traditionally, with election night comes a deep exhale. For candidates and staffers, it’s the culmination of many months... News 20 Jul 2020 | 04:54
Mayor Bill de Blasio with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza (left) at City Hall on July 8, at an announcement about preliminary school reopening plans. ( Photo: Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio, via flickr) Ready for ‘Blended Learning’? Students, teachers and parents will once again need to adapt to a new mode of education this fall as the city attempts to... News 13 Jul 2020 | 10:15
At City Hall on Monday, July 6, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believed shootings were result of “dislocation” caused by the coronavirus. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) City on Edge Tensions are mounting between activists calling for police reform and NYPD unions and advocates after a holiday weekend of... News 06 Jul 2020 | 11:10
Screenshot of NY1 primary debate with (clockwise from top left) moderator Errol Louis, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Peter Harrison, Suraj Patel and Lauren Ashcraft. Patel has accused Maloney of voter suppression; Maloney called Patel’s tactics “out of Donald Trump’s playbook.” The Longest Primary Night New York’s primary election took place one week ago but the results likely won’t be known until July, exacerbating tensions... News 29 Jun 2020 | 01:50
The author after her salon visit. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) My Pandemic Haircut I would be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about it. I thought about it every time I felt the heft of my hair hot on my... Voices 29 Jun 2020 | 10:34
Queer Liberation March 2019. ( Photo courtesy of Reclaim Pride Coalition. ) An Inclusive Pride March Last year, a group of organizers came together to reimagine what a Pride celebration could be, feeling that New York City’s... News 22 Jun 2020 | 02:59
Screenshot of NY1 primary debate with (clockwise from top left) moderator Errol Louis, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Peter Harrison, Suraj Patel and Lauren Ashcraft. Maloney Defends Record in Primary Debate Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney sparred with the three challengers vying for her seat this week during a Democratic primary... News 19 Jun 2020 | 03:50
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signs an executive order on June 12 requiring local police agencies, including the NYPD, to reinvent and modernize police strategies based on community input. With Rev. Al Sharpton, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Leader Carl Heastie, Valerie Bell, the mother of Sean Bell; Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner; and Hazel N. Dukes, President of the NAACP New York State Conference. ( Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) Reforming the Police Weeks after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protesters are still taking to the streets demanding police reform... News 15 Jun 2020 | 01:30
Introductory post for BlackatBrearley on Instagram. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Black at Private Schools In the midst of a national reckoning on police brutality and racial injustice, alumni and students from some of New York... News 15 Jun 2020 | 09:31
Jonathan Herzog. ( Photo courtesy of Jonathan Herzog campaign) ‘We Need to Rewrite the Rules of the Economy’ Born and raised on the border of Hell’s Kitchen and the Upper West Side, Jonathan Herzog describes himself as the proud gay... News 11 Jun 2020 | 10:48
Mount Sinai Morningside ICU staff. ( Photo courtesy of The Mount Sinai Health System) Using AI Learning for COVID Care Back in March, when the coronavirus outbreak started to touch New York, Ellis Rubinstein, who serves as the president of... News 10 Jun 2020 | 12:26
At the June 2 protests at One Police Plaza in downtown Manhattan. ( Photo: Kodakkotei) The New Activists For the city’s college students, it had already been an incredibly uncertain time. They spent the last two months stowed... News 08 Jun 2020 | 02:17
