Daily News Union rally Oct. 29, 2025: left to right, News union rep Evan Simko-Bednarski, News Guild New York President Susan DeCarava, and City Council member Carmen De La Rosa, who chairs the Council’s labor committee. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Daily News Union Ratifies Contract with Owner, Alden Global Capital After three years without a contract, three politician-supported rallies this past summer and fall, and multiple other acts... News 20 Nov 2025 | 02:18
Michael McKee, an unrelenting tenant rights activist based out of Chelsea, has died of brain cancer at 85. ( Photo: Erik Bottcher, Instagram ) Formidable Tenant Activist Michael McKee Dies at 85 Michael McKee, a fiery tenant rights activist who helped cement various rental protections for residents throughout New York,... News 02 Nov 2025 | 07:43
JPMorganChase headquarters at 270 Park Ave. looking northwesterly. ( Photo: JPMorganChase) Finance Giant JPMorganChase Opens Stunning New Park Avenue HQ Shout it loud and proud, New Yorkers, JPMorganChase did it, officially opening their stunning new headquarters at 270 Park... News 26 Oct 2025 | 10:05
Cover of “Plate and Switch: An Investigation of Vehicles Without New York State License Plates Across the Five Boroughs.” ( New York City Council) Ghosted! City Council Report Blasts Rampant License Plate Fraud A searing report published by the New York City Council in late August titled “Plate and Switch” is the most detailed look... News 05 Sep 2025 | 10:34
Announcing the “Too Tough To Die” resolution at Foley Square, in front of the Lorenzo Pace sculpture “The Triumph of the Human Spirit.” ( Photo: Carmen DeLaRosa X) City Council Resolution Backing Daily News Union Introduced The three-years-long battle between the Daily News union and the newspaper’s hedge fund owners, Alden Global Capital, took... News 18 Aug 2025 | 06:42
Left: Daily News reporter Kerry Burke. Right: NewsGuild President Susan DeCarava. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Daily News Union Rallies for Contract, Decries Hedge Fund Ownership Dozens of Daily News workers–there aren’t many more than that– and more than 100 friends and allies, including a clutch of... News 21 Jul 2025 | 01:32
Councilwoman Gale Brewer, prime sponsor of Local Law 93, the water fountain bill, which will add 50 public water fountains in city parks, but it has a very long lead time. ( Photo: City Council Media Unit) 50 New Water Fountains in Public Parks will Have Spigots to Refill Water Bottles for 1st Time New water fountains to be installed near the entrance of 50 public parks across the city will be required to contain both... News 17 Jul 2025 | 01:18
Another diagram of Extell’s proposed 90-story tower. Extell’s 1,200-Foot-Tower Plan on W. 66th St. a New Flashpoint In recent weeks, plans have been publicized, revealing a proposed supertall residential skyscraper at 77 W. 66th St. The... News 07 Jul 2025 | 04:13
The JCC Marlene Meyerson Center recently held a scam-prevention training, in order to help senior citizens ward off scams such as phishing attacks (overlaid photo top right corner). ( Photo: Jack Ahern/Wikimedia Commons ) Scammers Are Targeting Seniors...Here’s How To Ward Them Off Scams are as present as always these days, and can target any of us no matter how savvy we are. Unfortunately, however, scammers... News 06 Jun 2025 | 05:56
At the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument with the United States Marine Corps Band. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Brings Many Hundreds to Soldiers & Sailors Monument Many hundreds of celebrants and patriots, civilians and military personnel alike, came to the Upper West Side on Monday morning,... News 30 May 2025 | 04:15
USN Rear Admiral Alexis “Lex” T. Walker and Council Member Gale Brewer, Soldiers & Sailors Monument, May 26, 2025. ( Photo: Gale Brewer Facebook) Gale Brewer’s Memorial Day Address 2025 May 26, 2025 I thank Peter Galasinao and Neil Berson of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Association as well as John Herrold... Voices 28 May 2025 | 11:30
NYPD continues its blitz of writing criminal summonses for bikers who violate traffic laws. A poster on r/NYCbike spotted this action near W. 43rd St. on May 20. ( Photo: u/mrEddieNunez) Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions Less than a month into the NYPD’s program to issue criminal summonses to bicyclists who violate traffic laws with infractions... News 20 May 2025 | 03:57
At a weekly meeting of the planning committee of Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, performers Miguel Loyola and Toni Renee Taylor, romped at theater's entrance after raiding its costume collection. They will both be performing at this year’s festival which runs from May 23 to 25. ( Photo by Jonathan Slaff) Lower East Side of the Arts Marks 30 Years of Creativity and Civic Commitment This Memorial Day Weekend, the Theater for the New City (TNC) will once again transform its historic space at 155 First Avenue... News 20 May 2025 | 01:54
Judith Jamison, shown here in Facets, a solo created for her by choreographer John Butler. The dance legend started with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater after Ailey himself spied her at the World’s Fair in 1964, when she was 21. After Alvin Ailey passed, she became the world-renowned dance troupe’s artistic director for 21 years. ( Photo: Jack Mitchell) NYC Honors the Late Dancer Judith Jamison, with a Proclamation and Her Own Day The late Judith Jamison, a transformative figure in modern dance at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, was honored with... News 15 May 2025 | 08:26
Months after the old time-and-temperature display stopped working, Apple Bank unveiled a brand new display at an April 28 ribbon cutting, which also celebrated the bank’s 162nd anniversary. ( Photo: Kelly Garreau) Just in Time (and Temp): Apple Bank’s Display Is Back on UWS Residents on the UWS can once again set their clocks based on the digital time-and-temperature display atop the façade of... News 30 Apr 2025 | 12:31
