• Home
    • About Us
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Subscribe To Paper
    • Sign Up for Emails
    • Where to Pick Us Up
    • Submit Stuff
  • News
    • Local News
    • Crime Watch
  • Calendar
  • City Arts
  • Voices
    • Columns
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Food & Drink
  • Classifieds
  • Legals & Public Notices
  • Features
    • Best of Manhattan
    • Camp Guide
    • Education Guide
    • Environment
    • Healthy Manhattan
    • People
    • Senior Living Guide
    • Summer Guide
    • The Way Forward
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • NEWSLETTER
  • DONATE
x
  • Sections
    • Home
      • About Us
      • Advertise
      • Contact Us
      • Subscribe To Paper
      • Sign Up for Emails
      • Where to Pick Us Up
      • Submit Stuff
    • News
      • Local News
      • Crime Watch
    • Calendar
    • City Arts
    • Voices
      • Columns
      • Letters to the Editor
    • Food & Drink
    • Classifieds
    • Legals & Public Notices
    • Features
      • Best of Manhattan
      • Camp Guide
      • Education Guide
      • Environment
      • Healthy Manhattan
      • People
      • Senior Living Guide
      • Summer Guide
      • The Way Forward
  • Do Stuff
    • Subscribe to Paper
    • Sign Up for Emails
    • Where to Pick Us Up
    • Submit Stuff
    • Place a Classified or Legal Notice
© COPYRIGHT 2022 STRAUS NEWS
  1. Home
  2.  News Alert
To gain his approval for Northwell’s proposed hospital makeover (rendering above), Borough President Levine said the healthcare organization offered two new commitments: the creation of a local mental-health outpatient facility, and the convening of a community-focused “construction task force.”
To gain his approval for Northwell’s proposed hospital makeover (rendering above), Borough President Levine said the healthcare organization offered two new commitments: the creation of a local mental-health outpatient facility, and the convening of a community-focused “construction task force.” ( Rendering via Northwell Health)

Boro Prez Levine Conditionally Approves $2-Billion Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion

Borough President Mark Levine has conditionally endorsed Northwell Health’s $2-billion plan to overhaul the Upper East Side’s...

News
17 May 2025 | 11:13
Marlena Brauer poses amid the pink cherry blossoms at the South Street Seaport.
Marlena Brauer poses amid the pink cherry blossoms at the South Street Seaport. ( Photo: Courtesy Marlena Brauer)

Cherry Blossoms at Seaport and Disappearing Mailboxes on UES

Cherry blossoms the NYC way—South Street Seaport’s Watermark venue at Pier 15 has a spectacular Cherry Blossom Festival through...

News Alert
15 Mar 2025 | 05:33
One of this year’s semifinalist designs.
One of this year’s semifinalist designs.

Voting Now Open: Downtown Wrapping Paper Contest

After much deliberation by contest judges, six semifinalists have been chosen for Our Town Downtown’s Wrapping Paper Contest....

Local News
06 Dec 2024 | 05:17
Drawing Board 05.09.24

Drawing Board 05.09.24

News Alert
03 May 2024 | 02:41
The Planning Commission is recommending renewing the special permit for Madison Square Garden for ten more years, but with conditions, including improvements to the bland signage now on display outside the The Theater at Madison Square Garden and better signage on how to find the entrance to Penn Station. Photo: Keith J. Kelly
The Planning Commission is recommending renewing the special permit for Madison Square Garden for ten more years, but with conditions, including improvements to the bland signage now on display outside the The Theater at Madison Square Garden and better signage on how to find the entrance to Penn Station. Photo: Keith J. Kelly

City Planning Commission Votes to Extend MSG Permit to Sit Atop Penn Station For 10 More Years

The City Planning Commission voted July 12 that Madison Square Garden be given a ten-year extension of its special permit...

News
12 Jul 2023 | 02:56

The Lineup for the Kimera Festivals

All the bands playing at the Kimera Festival that is scheduled to run once per month starting on July 15th, will feature...

News Alert
10 Jul 2023 | 03:25
Two buses collided on E. 23rd St. on July 6th near the service road of the FDR Drive. Dozens were injured. Photo: FDNY via Twitter.
Two buses collided on E. 23rd St. on July 6th near the service road of the FDR Drive. Dozens were injured. Photo: FDNY via Twitter.

32 Hospitalized in Horrific Crash After Tour Bus Runs Red Light, Rams MTA Bus on E. 23rd St.

The front of an open top, double decker tour bus was sheared off after it ran a red light and collided with an MTA bus on...

News
07 Jul 2023 | 12:50
Richard Ravitch was 89 when he passed away on Sunday, June 25. He was eulogized by Michael Oreskes at the Central Synagogue on June 27 in a service attended by power brokers and politicians across the political spectrum. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Wikimedia Commons.
Richard Ravitch was 89 when he passed away on Sunday, June 25. He was eulogized by Michael Oreskes at the Central Synagogue on June 27 in a service attended by power brokers and politicians across the political spectrum. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Wikimedia Commons.

Oreskes on Richard Ravitch

Governor Hochul, Governor Murphy, officials elected and appointed. Dick would have so appreciated this gathering. All of...

News
29 Jun 2023 | 11:45
About 100 pizza parlors across the city will have to install scrubbers costing up to $30,000 under new regulations proposed by the City’s Department of Environmental Protection. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
About 100 pizza parlors across the city will have to install scrubbers costing up to $30,000 under new regulations proposed by the City’s Department of Environmental Protection. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

New Pizza Reg’s Real Aim: Scrub Particles That Cause Asthma, Not Fight Climate Change

Following the circulation of a New York Post “exclusive” claiming that owners of old-fashioned pizza ovens — which produce...

News
05 Jul 2023 | 11:19
Daniel Penney defends his fatal choking of Jordan Neely on May 1st, in a video released by his lawyers.
Daniel Penney defends his fatal choking of Jordan Neely on May 1st, in a video released by his lawyers. ( Photo via Law & Crime)

Daniel Penny Pleads Not Guilty In Chokehold Killing Of Homeless Man Jordan Neely

Daniel Penny, the 24 year-old ex-Marine that choked out mentally ill homeless man Jordan Neely on a May 1st F train–resulting...

News
28 Jun 2023 | 01:42
Kermal Rideout, seen in a photo distributed by police, was arrested on June 20th and charged with three back-to-back subway stabbings of random women over the weekend.
Kermal Rideout, seen in a photo distributed by police, was arrested on June 20th and charged with three back-to-back subway stabbings of random women over the weekend. ( Photo via NYPD)

Subway Spree-Slasher Taken Into Custody After Attacking Three Random Women

On Sunday, June 18th, a man in a stylized white t-shirt and Red Sox cap--possessing what one victim could only describe as...

News
28 Jun 2023 | 12:45
<b>Constantine Maroulis stars as the “Rock &amp; Roll Man” Alan Freed and Joe Pantoliano plays Leo Mintz, who started a record story in Cleveland called Record Rendezvous and played a influential roll in launching radio career of the man who at one time was the most influential DJ in the country. </b>Photo: ©Joan Marcus
Constantine Maroulis stars as the “Rock & Roll Man” Alan Freed and Joe Pantoliano plays Leo Mintz, who started a record story in Cleveland called Record Rendezvous and played a influential roll in launching radio career of the man who at one time was the most influential DJ in the country. Photo: ©Joan Marcus

“Rock & Roll Man” Captures Energy of R&B Revolution and One Hot DJs Spectacular Fall

Alan Freed, the central character in “Rock & Roll Man” was, in his prime, the most influential disc jockey of his day, and...

News
23 Jun 2023 | 02:41
The Wheat Field with Cypresses by Van Gogh cannot leave the Met per restrictions by the donor. Photo: Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Wheat Field with Cypresses by Van Gogh cannot leave the Met per restrictions by the donor. Photo: Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Van Gogh’s Cypresses at the Met Is a Must See Show for Summer and Runs Through Aug. 27th

Put simply, “Van Gogh’s Cypresses” is a must-see.

Stop everything and go.

The show may be modest in scale—some 40 paintings,...

News
20 Jun 2023 | 05:55
<b>A poster of Malcolm Livesey adorns a makeshift memorial on E. 17th St. erected by friends and neighbors a short distance from where the 18 year old was killed while riding a Citibike on First Ave. on June 16th. </b>Photo: Keith J. Kelly
A poster of Malcolm Livesey adorns a makeshift memorial on E. 17th St. erected by friends and neighbors a short distance from where the 18 year old was killed while riding a Citibike on First Ave. on June 16th. Photo: Keith J. Kelly

Tragic Death As 18 y/o Bicyclist Killed; Struck by Amazon Truck on First Ave

An 18 year old was killed while riding an electric Citi bike on First Ave. near his Stuyvesant Town apartment when he was...

News
19 Jun 2023 | 11:50
Early voting for the City Council Democratic primaries runs from June 17th to June 24th. Primary day will be on June 27th.
Early voting for the City Council Democratic primaries runs from June 17th to June 24th. Primary day will be on June 27th. ( Photo via Eden, Janine and Jim on Wikimedia Commons)

Early Voting Begins In City Council Primaries With Rivera and Marte Facing Opponents

It’s primary season for the New York City Council again. Although many districts have incumbents who are running unopposed,...

News
13 Jun 2023 | 02:27
Go back
  • 1
  • 2
Go forward
Get News Alerts
Get the Newspaper
  • MOST VIEWED
1
PRIME

MTA Trying to Shut Down the ‘Superhighway of Fare Evasion’ in Subways

2
PRIME

Attempted Murder in East Harlem; Subway Assault at 53rd St.

3
PRIME

Road War: NYPD Now Handing Out Criminal Summonses to Bikers for Traffic Violations

4
PRIME

Disappearing Drugstores: Duane Reade Stores on UES & W.Village Latest to Shut Down

5
PRIME

Festival in East Village Aims to to Keep Ukrainian Culture Alive

  • MOST COMMENTED
1
PRIME

Road War: NYPD Now Handing Out Criminal Summonses to Bikers for Traffic Violations

2
PRIME

Man Indicted for Threat to Kill Jews at East Side Synagogue; E-bikers Attack Teen in Chelsea

3
PRIME

MTA Trying to Shut Down the ‘Superhighway of Fare Evasion’ in Subways

4
PRIME

Arrest for Pigeon Poaching in Tompkins Square Park Leads to Arrest for Assault from 2021

5
PRIME

Nearing the end: Food Workers at Roosevelt Hotel Told June 20 Will Be Last Day

  • Special Sections
    • Best of Manhattan
    • Camp Guide
    • Education Guide
    • Environment
    • Healthy Manhattan
    • People
    • Senior Living Guide
    • Summer Guide
  • Do Stuff
    • Subscribe to Paper
    • Sign Up for Emails
    • Where to Pick Us Up
    • Submit Stuff
    • Place a Classified or Legal Notice
  • About Us
    • Our History
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
  • Sister Sites
    • Chelsea News NY
    • Our Town
    • Our Town Downtown
    • The Spirit
    • NY Press
© Copyright 2025 Straus Media
All Rights Reserved | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Statement