Crowd outside of the Met Gala on Monday, May 2, 2022, which New York City Mayor Eric Adams attended. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office COVID, COVID Everywhere If it feels as if everyone around you has been getting COVID-19, that is probably because, epidemiologically speaking, they... News 08 May 2022 | 08:36
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
The new Tin Pan Alley Sign on 28th Street and Broadway. Photo: Kay Bontempo Tin Pan Alley Recognized With Official Street Sign New Yorkers gathered on a recent Saturday at the corner of Broadway and West 28th Street to place a sign officially commemorating... News 13 Apr 2022 | 01:02
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine giving out “COVID Safety Bags” at 125th Street and St. Nicholas Ave. on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Photo courtesy of Office of Mark Levine Is This the Last Wave? “I just want to acknowledge, before we even start, the level of frustration that many New Yorkers have.” This was Dr. Dara... News 10 Apr 2022 | 05:04
Assembly Member Dick Gottfried (second from left), Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (center), State Senator Cordell Cleare (second from right) and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (right) posed for a photo with supporters. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Maloney Rallies Support on the UWS for Re-Election At the steps of the American Museum of Natural History on Sunday, incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney received backing... News 20 Mar 2022 | 04:48
Mayor Eric Adams makes a pandemic-related announcement in Times Square on Friday, March 4, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office ‘It’s Time to Open Our City’ For a moment in his State of the Union Address, Joe Biden seemed to be speaking directly to Manhattan. “It’s time for Americans... News 05 Mar 2022 | 01:22
Michelle Tran in Chinatown. Photo via Michelle Tran’s Instagram Residents of Chinatown Continue to Fight Back Against Asian Hate The male suspect who allegedly assaulted seven different women of Asian descent on Sunday across several Manhattan neighborhoods... News 03 Mar 2022 | 12:44
Governor Kathy Hochul holds a COVID-19 briefing in New York City on February 9, 2022. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of the Governor Ending Mask Mandates Governor Kathy Hochul made it clear she was following more than just the science. “Everybody I could think of received a phone... News 13 Feb 2022 | 10:42
Photo: Office of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine Levine’s Pillars to a Comeback On his first full day as Manhattan borough president, Mark Levine issued a detailed, 16-point plan to confront a crisis he... News 09 Jan 2022 | 10:56
At Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press briefing on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Omicron Attacks The health commissioner, who presumably knows how to stay safe, got infected, although she didn’t say exactly how. The lawyer... News 23 Dec 2021 | 06:23
The first step to limit the uptick in cases, said Dr. Dave Chokshi, the city’s health commissioner, is vaccinating the unvaccinated, including 5- to 18-year-olds. Students at P.S. 19 in the East Village received COVID-19 vaccination shots on Monday, November 8, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office A New COVID Surge COVID rates are climbing again in New York City. This news may not yet be cause for alarm, but it is certainly reason for... News 15 Nov 2021 | 01:16
Screenshot of Carmine’s security camera footage, via YouTube. The Clash at Carmine’s Carmine’s Italian Restaurant — a quintessential New York eatery, known for its generous portion sizes and self-identified... News 27 Sep 2021 | 11:23
City Council candidate Julie Menin speaking at rally at Carl Schurz Park. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Menin Kicks off General Election Campaign City Council candidate Julie Menin kicked off her general election campaign efforts with a rally that featured a long list... News 13 Sep 2021 | 09:38
Screenshot of video of 28th Street 6 line subway on Wednesday night, by Aleksander Milch, via Mark D. Levine on Twitter. After the Storm The remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern U.S. with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday... Home 03 Sep 2021 | 11:42
Julie Menin (right) with PoliticsNY’s Skye Ostreicher. Photo courtesy of Cameron Koffman Festive Dems at Dorrian’s Time for nice nice - Dorrian’s on the UES was the place to be this past week for the Lexington Democratic Club’s annual summer... Voices 16 Aug 2021 | 09:23
