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 Americans across the country now face a very different world, following a Supreme Court decision on Friday morning that ends... News 24 Jun 2022 | 05:15
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 Penn South Playground, which Council Member Erik Bottcher has said goes mostly unused in its current state, is now due for... News 23 Jun 2022 | 03:28
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter City Council Passes Record-High $101.1 Billion Budget Following a City Council vote that wrapped up late Monday evening — and a handshake agreement with Mayor Eric Adams only... News 16 Jun 2022 | 04:19
Elba Rose Galvan has been a lawyer for over 25 years. Photo courtesy of Galvan’s campaign The Race For Surrogate’s Court Amid high-profile bids — and battles — for power in New York congressional districts, a quieter race is unfolding in Manhattan,... News 08 Jun 2022 | 11:10
Council Member Julie Menin and her supporters gathered near City Hall on Thursday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Universal Child Care Is On New York’s Horizon With City Hall as her backdrop, and cheered on by a historic women-majority City Council, Upper East Side Council Member... News 03 Jun 2022 | 02:47
New congressional districts now split Manhattan north-south, as opposed to east-west. Photo from davesredistricting.org New Congressional Districts Pit Nadler Against Maloney Congressional races in the city shifted course drastically this week, after the release of new, contentious — and now final... News 23 May 2022 | 09:43
Men at the protest at Foley Square on May 3. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Men and Abortion When it comes to choice, where are the men? If you believe what you’re likely to read, they’re over there on the other side,... News 20 May 2022 | 10:09
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
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
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
A CB8 meeting to discuss the future of the Knickerbocker Greys attracted a record number of attendees. Photo: Abigail Gruskin UES Rallies Behind The Knickerbocker Greys A fiery Community Board 8 Youth, Education and Libraries Committee meeting shattered attendance records of recent memory... 29 Apr 2022 | 05:10
Brewer partnered with Beta NYC to create an updated map of micro-fulfillment centers in March. Photo courtesy of Council Member Gale Brewer’s office Brewer Illuminates ‘Dark Stores’ With New Stats Gale Brewer, council member to the Upper West Side, has made it her mission to investigate what she and others have portrayed... News 20 Apr 2022 | 12:39
Mayor Eric Adams announced his FY 2023 preliminary budget in mid-February. Photo via the Mayor’s Office YouTube ‘Homelessness Solutions,’ Mental Health Care in Council Budget Process Budgeting the city’s spending is no small task — and it’s not one left solely to the mayor’s discretion, either. That’s why,... News 07 Apr 2022 | 02:56
Former City Council Member Helen Rosenthal authored the NYC Salary Transparency Law. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Talking Equal Pay — And Salary Transparency Sometime after Helen Rosenthal, former City Council member, took her first job in the city, she learned something that stunned... News 01 Apr 2022 | 06:02
Maud Maron is running in New York City’s Congressional District 12. Photo courtesy of Maron’s campaign Maud Maron, ‘Proudly Moderate,’ Rejects Pressure To Veer Left Maud Maron, a lawyer and mother who formerly ran for City Council in Downtown’s District 1, feels “dissatisfied” with leadership... News 30 Mar 2022 | 06:18
