Ryder Kessler, running for NYS Assembly in District 66, has long had roots in the neighborhoods he now hopes to represent. Photo: Jeff Zorabedian Ryder Kessler Campaigns For Housing Solutions, Effective Streets And Safety When Ryder Kessler talks about his adoration of New York and Assembly District 66, in which he has spent much of his life,... Home 18 May 2022 | 01:03
Photo: Office of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine Levine Announces Community Board Appointments Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine announced his 2022 class of community board appointments – the first since taking... News 18 May 2022 | 12:30
Being Single in the City Inspired This New Novel Over 15 years ago, Lorraine Duffy Merkl came upon a quote in a newspaper article from a woman who was referencing her significant... News 17 May 2022 | 11:05
Dance Parade participants. Photo: Jim Casler One Big Dance Parade This is just what New York City needs right now – music and dance and color as thousands of dancers shimmy and leap and tango... News 15 May 2022 | 10:11
A fashion tour of Harlem. Photo: Nidal Qannan Brixton Comes to Harlem They are legendary neighborhoods, an ocean apart, yet connected by parallel histories and similar challenges. Both are predominantly... News 15 May 2022 | 09:36
Congressional candidate Suraj Patel has devoted his campaign efforts to the Upper East Side as of late. Photo courtesy of Suraj Patel’s campaign Districts — and Campaigns — In Limbo The world is in a troubling state of tumult, according to third-time congressional candidate Suraj Patel — think crime rates... News 13 May 2022 | 03:32
Donation sign at the front desk of the Sustainable Fashion Community Center. Photo: Ava Manson Bring Five, Take Five It’s a Tuesday afternoon at East Harlem’s Sustainable Fashion Community Center, and tenth grader Arielle Gin is hanging up... News 13 May 2022 | 12:45
Screenshot of a Virtual Roundtable for Boomers and Seniors on March 28 hosted by State Senator Liz Krueger (upper right). Photo courtesy of Sen. Krueger’s Office ‘Reframing Aging’: Building an Age Friendly City The 2022 series of Sen. Krueger’s Virtual Roundtable for Boomers and Seniors is titled “Aging in Place: Living Well in the... News 13 May 2022 | 12:07
Dr. Dave Chokshi at a COVID briefing. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Chokshi A Concern Over COVID ‘Collective Amnesia’ Debra Fraser-Howze says we must not go back to a pre-pandemic normal. “We died in normal,” said Fraser-Howze, the legendary... News 12 May 2022 | 10:32
Food and drink at Omakaseed. Photo courtesy of Omakaseed Chef Roberto Romero Dishes on His New Food Venture Roberto Romero was a student at Santa Monica College when he got a job as a runner at a Michelin-starred restaurant there.... News 09 May 2022 | 08:13
The entire cast from “The Missing Element” performance at the Lincoln Center fountain. Photo: Dancing Camera ‘The Missing Element’ Brings Beatbox and Dance Together at The Guggenheim Museum Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim Museum, presents the world premier of “The Missing Element”... News 09 May 2022 | 03:51
At Pier 62 on the drizzly first day of the Climate Change Tour. Photo: Meryl Phair A Climate Change-Themed Boat Tour The inaugural Climate Change Tour by Classic Harbor Line and the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY)... News 08 May 2022 | 03:51
Crowd outside of the Met Gala on Monday, May 2, 2022, which New York City Mayor Eric Adams attended. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office COVID, COVID Everywhere If it feels as if everyone around you has been getting COVID-19, that is probably because, epidemiologically speaking, they... News 08 May 2022 | 08:36
Sign in the window of Matto Espresso on First Avenue. Photo: Zachary Weg At Matto, Where the Coffee Flows for $2.50 There is nothing like a cup of coffee. At Matto Espresso, whose First Avenue and 53rd Street location opened around the start... Home 06 May 2022 | 11:43
A protest downtown in Foley Square on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court majority opinion draft on the future of Roe v. Wade was leaked. Photo: Abigail Gruskin A Day Of Protest When a procession of larger-than-life cutouts of six Supreme Court justices’ faces bobbed over a crowd of thousands in Foley... News 05 May 2022 | 01:42