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
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
New congressional districts. Photo: davesredistricting.org The Fur Flies in the 12th CD Is it East v. West or West v. East? – The fur’s begun to fly. West Siders are incensed at my assuming, in last week’s column,... Voices 05 Jun 2022 | 02:51
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
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
Construction on March 20. Photo: Lauren Trapanotto The Noise from East 90th Street If you live near 424 East 90th Street, you’ve probably had a migraine since December from the multiple hydraulic jackhammers... Voices 27 Mar 2022 | 01:14
Lesley Ware (left) and Anita Durst at Art to Ware in the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Photo: Michael Oreskes Filling All Those Empty Storefronts There are hundreds of vacant storefronts darkening Manhattan streets and stalling our economic recovery. But thanks to Lesley... News 11 Mar 2022 | 12:24
Council Member Julie Menin chaired a Small Business Committee oversight hearing on March 7. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Will Small Businesses Bounce Back? All of a sudden, the city has welcomed its latest tide of change in the pandemic, perhaps ushering in the beginning of the... News 09 Mar 2022 | 02:36
A map from December 2021, released by the office of then-Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer in partnership with BetaNYC, shows delivery service company locations in Manhattan. Photo: Gale Brewer’s Office How Fast Do You Need Your Groceries? Just the other week, Council Member Gale Brewer stepped foot inside an Upper West Side outpost of Gopuff, a company from... News 26 Feb 2022 | 10:16
An array of speakers addressed antisemitism during a virtual town hall hosted by Council Member Julie Menin on the evening of Wednesday, February 9. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Town Hall Addresses Antisemitism on Upper East Side, Citywide A virtual town hall hosted by Council Member Julie Menin on Wednesday evening drew a crowd of over 200 attendees to confront... News 11 Feb 2022 | 12:09
New Council Member Julie Menin (at podium) met with New York City Department of Sanitation officials on January 12 to announce the allocation of $120,000 in the city’s fiscal year budget to increase litter basket pickups in her district. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Julie Menin’s Early Days as Council Member On the second day of the new year, now-Council Member Julie Menin took to Twitter to announce that she and her 3-year-old... Home 20 Jan 2022 | 05:00
Menin Announces Participatory Budgeting Council Member Julie Menin announced an allocation of one million dollars to continue participatory budgeting for Council... News 07 Jan 2022 | 11:27
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. City Planning Commission Approves Blood Center Project The controversial proposal to build a 340-foot life sciences laboratory and office tower on the current site of The New York... News 23 Sep 2021 | 03:30
At sunrise commemoration on Saturday, the presentation of the colors, presented by David Menegon and the Knickerbocker Greys. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Bringing New Yorkers Together on 9/11 Under a clear blue sky reminiscent of the morning on the same date 20 years ago, Upper East Side residents gathered together... News 13 Sep 2021 | 11:30
