Clockwise from top left: Assembly District 74 candidates Sarah Batchu, Kevin O’Keefe, Marquis Jenkins, Keith Powers. ( Photos: Candidates’ Instagram) Four Assembly Race Candidates To Learn Democratic Party Pick Soon The votes of fewer than 200 people on Dec. 10 may decide who the next downtown Assembly member will be. The Democratic nominee... News 01 Dec 2025 | 03:54
Left: Drena De Niro and son Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez. Right: Akira Stein ( Photos: Drena De Niro, Chris Stein Instagram) 5 Alleged Fentanyl Dealers Indicted for 3 Teen Deaths The fight against the scourge of fentanyl and the death merchants who sell it took one small step forward with the recent... News 10 Nov 2025 | 11:38
Left: Christopher Marte in City Hall Park. Right: Helen Qiu flyers on East Broadway. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Christopher Marte Re-elected, Defeats Helen Qiu in Council District 1 Down in old Chinatown and from the NYCHA projects near the East River to Battery Park City with South Street Seaport, FiDi... News 10 Nov 2025 | 03:19
Left: Christopher Marte in City Hall Park; Right: Helen Qiu flyers on East Broadway. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Christopher Marte faces Helen Qiu in District 1 City Council Race Incumbent District 1 City Council Member Christoper Marte, having handily vanquished a slate of Democratic rivals in the... News 01 Nov 2025 | 08:48
Left: Wanted for public lewdness on 4 train; right: wanted for assault on Market Street. ( Photos: NYPD) Public Lewdness on 4 Train; Elder Assault in Chinatown The plague of public lewdness on city subways continues. The New York City Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying... News 27 Oct 2025 | 06:27
Wanted for Hate Crime Assault on East Houston Street, Sept. 8. ( Photos: NYPD) Hate Crime on Houston St.; Attempted Subway Rapist Sentenced Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals wanted in connection with a hate crime assault... News 06 Oct 2025 | 12:11
Photo of suspect wanted for sexual assault at Fulton Street(left) An attack with a bat happened on the platform of the Union Square subway station (person in photo is a passerby, not involved in the incident. ( Photos: NYPD, Brian Berger) Subway Crimes: Sex Assault at Fulton St., Bat Attack at Union Sq. The NYPD is seeking a person wanted in connection with a sexual abuse incident that occurred within the confines of the 1... News 14 Sep 2025 | 11:53
Manhattan Bridge Plaza crash memorial as of July 28. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Fatal Manhattan Bridge Crash Driver Indicted for Murder A week after a speeding car blasted off the Manhattan Bridge and killed two innocent bystanders, the wheels of justice have... News 29 Jul 2025 | 05:21
Armed robbers on a motorbike target man and his girlfriend in Fort Washington Park, July 19, 2025.. Inset: motorbike driver drops his wounded accomplice off at hospital in the Bronx. ( Photos: SDNY, Straus News yellow highlights) Two Dominican Migrants Charged in Federal Cop Park Shooting Two Dominican Republic nationals, in the US illegally, have been charged in connection with the near-deadly shooting of a... News 28 Jul 2025 | 12:49
Left: Broadway at Cedar Street looking toward Red Cube; Right: Busted in Washington Square. ( Photos: Brian Berger, NYPD) E-Biker Attacks DOT Worker; Drug Bust in Washington Sq. Park In a shocking clash of common interests, an employee of the very e-bike friendly NYC Department of Transportation was slashed... News 21 Jul 2025 | 08:10
African Burian Ground National Monument is behind both the Ted Weiss Federal Building and 26 Federal Plaza: That’s a lot of feds! ( Photo: National Park Service, Straus News markup) African Burial Ground Reopens After Unexplained Month-Long Closure Nearly four weeks after it was closed without explanation, the African National Monument Burial Ground memorial at Duane... News 14 Jul 2025 | 10:29
Eric Yu leads a rally against a proposed 320 Pearl St. homeless shelter, seen in inset. ( Photos: Nancy Yu, Brian Berger (inset)) Opposition Grows to Proposed Pearl Street Homeless Shelter Call it the Battle of Peck Slip and Pearl Street, or the People versus Big Homeless. The proposed opening of a “low barrier”... News 23 Jun 2025 | 11:55
Left: Wanted for lewdness on the L train platform. Right: Loisaida Drugs & Surgicals, outside of which a June 18 police chase ended with a drug and gun bust. ( Photos: NYPD, Google Maps) Subway ‘Podophile’ Pursues Woman’s Feet; LES Car Chase Ends in Bust The approach of summer means that sandals, flip-flops and open-toed shoes abound on the feet of Gothamites. The fashion footwear... News 23 Jun 2025 | 07:27
Left: Wanted for Forcible Touching, May 5, Wall St.; Right: Wanted for same crime, April 30, near Union Square. ( Photos: NYPD) 2 Forcible Touching Incidents at Wall Street Station and on Union Square Train The plague of subway gropers continues with men targeting women within the confined spaces of train cars and subway stations.... News 12 May 2025 | 08:20
A sign on an apartment building downtown, address unknown. Note the Ukrainian flag displayed outside one window. ( Photo: Nextdoor app) Neighborhood Scrapbook Downtown News 20 Apr 2025 | 06:56
