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Protesters in Washington Square Park on June 24. Photo: Leah Foreman
Protesters in Washington Square Park on June 24. Photo: Leah Foreman

New Yorkers turned out in force at rallies in Manhattan

Grief and Anger Over Roe

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June 24 felt like a usual Friday at first. The summer air hot, yet welcoming. The birds chirping, the horns honking, the neighbors shouting. New York was alive ... if it ever was dormant. But something did die on Friday, just past 10 a.m.: Roe v. Wade.

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Duane Reade on Broadway near 72nd Street is among the many Manhattan stores afflicted by retail theft. Photo: Alexis Gelber

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“Customer service needed in the cough and cold department.”

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Outside of Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books on Carmine Street. Photo: Maya Olson

A Beloved Bookstore Bids Farewell

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Sign at a May protest in Foley Square after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade. Photo: Abigail Gruskin
Sign at a May protest in Foley Square after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade. Photo: Abigail Gruskin

New York Politicians on the End of Roe v. Wade

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Americans across the country now face a very different world, following a Supreme Court decision on Friday...

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Council Member Erik Bottcher (third from right) announced funding for a new Penn South Playground with fellow politicians and disability advocates on Tuesday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin
Council Member Erik Bottcher (third from right) announced funding for a new Penn South Playground with fellow politicians and disability advocates on Tuesday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin

A Playground For Everyone

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Penn South Playground, which Council Member Erik Bottcher has said goes mostly unused in its current...

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Mina Kim, conductor of the Purchase Symphony Orchestra, was one of two pianists for the starting event of the day at Battery Park. Photo: Ralph Spielman
Mina Kim, conductor of the Purchase Symphony Orchestra, was one of two pianists for the starting event of the day at Battery Park. Photo: Ralph Spielman

Make Music America, New York Style

22 Jun 2022 | 12:19

June 21 dawned as an average day in Manhattan, but, by sunset, a lot of tired musicians and listeners...

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Governor Kathy Hochul announces that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT, is requesting proposals to guide the Penn Station reconstruction effort outlined in the fall in the Penn Station Master Plan study. Photo: Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
Governor Kathy Hochul announces that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT, is requesting proposals to guide the Penn Station reconstruction effort outlined in the fall in the Penn Station Master Plan study. Photo: Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

Battle Lines Over Penn Station

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Once upon a rather different time, the Pennsylvania Railroad, then the nation’s second largest corporation,...

Ben Smith at home in Goal House. Photo courtesy of Ben Smith
Ben Smith at home in Goal House. Photo courtesy of Ben Smith

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20 Jun 2022 | 12:17
Flower Power storefront in the East Village. Photo: Mitali Sapra
Flower Power storefront in the East Village. Photo: Mitali Sapra

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23 Jun 2022 | 10:08
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter

City Council Passes Record-High $101.1 Billion Budget

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16 Jun 2022 | 04:19
Above the upper level rotunda, Saya Woolfalk’s creatures engage the mind to a land far beyond delayed trains and angry commuters. Here, as part of her science fiction project, “The Empathics,” is a fictional race of women fused with plants. The collage is almost 30 feet across. Photo: Ralph Spielman
Above the upper level rotunda, Saya Woolfalk’s creatures engage the mind to a land far beyond delayed trains and angry commuters. Here, as part of her science fiction project, “The Empathics,” is a fictional race of women fused with plants. The collage is almost 30 feet across. Photo: Ralph Spielman

The Art of Penn Station

When you pass through the main areas of the Upper Level at Penn Station, and look up, you will notice a change for the better....

City Arts
23 Jun 2022 | 04:50
HIIT workout class at Pier 46. Photo: Ava Manson
HIIT workout class at Pier 46. Photo: Ava Manson

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15 Jun 2022 | 10:53
At the 2019 Oasis benefit at Chelsea Piers. Photo courtesy of the Ali Forney Center
At the 2019 Oasis benefit at Chelsea Piers. Photo courtesy of the Ali Forney Center

Ali Forney Center Changes Event Venue to Protest Chelsea Piers

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17 Jun 2022 | 06:13
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Cartoonist Ken Fisher, AKA Ruben Bolling. Photo courtesy of Ruben Bolling

NYC’s Star Cartoonist

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City Arts
20 Jun 2022 | 10:32
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Elba Rose Galvan has been a lawyer for over 25 years. Photo courtesy of Galvan’s campaign

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The author in his Rangers jersey. Photo: Jon Friedman
The author in his Rangers jersey. Photo: Jon Friedman

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17 Jun 2022 | 04:15
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Werber with her candles. Photo courtesy of Literie

This Native’s Love for Her Dad and NYC Burns Brightly

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