Democratic NY-10 candidate Daniel Goldman (left) campaigned with Attorney General Letitia James (center) and Democratic NYS Assembly candidate Grace Lee (second from right) on the Lower East Side on Election Day. Photo via Dan Goldman’s Twitter A Blue Wave Sweeps Manhattan Early in the morning on Election Day, Governor Kathy Hochul addressed what was shaping up to be a competitive race between... News 10 Nov 2022 | 06:10
From left to right: City Council Members Shaun Abreu, Erik Bottcher, Sandy Nurse, Chi Ossé and Carlina Rivera posed outside City Hall with two rats that were protesting new legislation passed on Thursday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin City Council’s ‘Rat Pack’ Says Rodents Are Ready to ‘Surrender’ In a city of millions, there’s an alarming number of unwelcome guests — ones that scurry, lurk and leap. Everyone’s seen... News 27 Oct 2022 | 05:54
Myrna Socol Eisenberg’s painting, “Yellow Sky at Dawn.” Photo courtesy of Arlene Kayatt Remembering Those Who Made New York Another street, another naming – The northwest corner of East 29th St. at First Ave. is being co-named for Dr. May Edward... Voices 25 Sep 2022 | 02:45
Dr. Ashwin Vasan, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene commissioner, presented on monkeypox at a City Council town hall on Monday, July 18. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Monkeypox Is Here Hundreds in New York City have now likely come down with a fever and body aches not caused by COVID-19. They may have suffered... News 21 Jul 2022 | 04:14
Madison Square Garden. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr Relocating Madison Square Garden? The Manhattan Borough President and key Manhattan legislators have coalesced around a call to relocate Madison Square Garden... Home 17 Jul 2022 | 01:59
On Twitter, “Trash Heaps of FiDi” (@FiDiTrash) documents Downtown’s trash pile problem. Photo from Trash Heaps of FiDi FiDi, a Haven For Pedestrians? Are sidewalks in Manhattan’s Financial District too narrow for carefree strolls (or, perhaps more commonly, hurried commutes)?... News 15 Jul 2022 | 02:41
Mayor Eric Adams briefs the media regarding a boating accident on the Hudson River on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The Summer of Our Discontent If COVID-19, job losses, inflation, more COVID-19, gun violence, soaring rents, shrinking 401k’s, jobs going begging, more... News 13 Jul 2022 | 05:20
Community members attended a town hall on the UES a week after the fatal shooting of Azsia Johnson. Photo: Abigail Gruskin What’s Being Done About Guns? An Upper East Side town hall grew rowdy on Wednesday night at P.S. 77 when locals implored a panel of elected officials and... Home 08 Jul 2022 | 04:36
The goats made the trip to Riverside Park from Rhinebeck, NY. Photo courtesy of Riverside Park Conservancy The Goats are Back – and Ready to Get to Work While candidates ran to represent the Democratic and Republican parties in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary, on Wednesday... News 30 Jun 2022 | 12:38
A lifeguard monitors the Hamilton Fish Pool on the Lower East Side amid nationwide staffing shortages. Photo: NYC Parks / Daniel Avila The Lifeguard Shortage of 2022 The 2022 outdoor pool season started with a splash. Specifically, a splash from NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue as she... News 29 Jun 2022 | 12:33
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
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine handing out meals, COVID tests, masks and sanitizers in Morningside Heights, June 2, 2022. Photo: Mark D. Levine on Twitter Where is My Paxlovid? Her healthy, 29-year-old nephew in Michigan got Paxlovid when he came down with COVID-19. So did several of her friends,... News 03 Jun 2022 | 03:42
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Riverside Park. Photo: Zoe Kava A Push to Restore Iconic Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Following the celebration of Memorial Day, many Upper West Siders are seeking to honor our service members in a new way –... News 03 Jun 2022 | 09:21
Governor Kathy Hochul announces on Tuesday, May 31 that the East Side Access project from Long Island to Grand Central would open before the end of the year. With Rep. Carolyn Maloney (left), who was instrumental in obtaining federal funding for the project. Photo: Ralph Spielman Introducing Grand Central Madison In a press conference on Tuesday morning, held in the almost-completed 700,000-square-foot Long Island Rail Road terminal... News 02 Jun 2022 | 10:19
Photo: Office of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine Levine Announces Community Board Appointments Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine announced his 2022 class of community board appointments – the first since taking... News 18 May 2022 | 12:30
