Senator Chuck Schumer (left), Mayor Eric Adams (with microphone), and hundreds of others at the Nepal Day opening ceremony. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Thousands Celebrate Nepal Day, Parade Down Madison Avenue Thousands of people enjoyed the wide-open space of Madison Avenue for the annual Nepal Day parade on Sunday, May 19. If that... News 22 May 2025 | 05:59
Give the drummers some: the women of Soh Daiko perform during the opening ceremony. ( Photo: Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller X) Japan Day Parade Delights Thousands Along Central Park West Central Park West was aglow with multi-sensual glee on Saturday May 10 as many thousands basked in the sights and sounds... News 11 May 2025 | 05:18
Sihk Day Parade (left) & Persian Day Parade (right), April 26 & 27, 2025. ( Photos: PhilNGo YouTube; Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) Sikhs & Persians Proudly Parade in Midtown It’s one thing to extol diversity from a distance—lots of people, especially politicians, do that. But it’s quite another... News 03 May 2025 | 03:37
Sara D. Roosevelt Park, southeast gate: After (March 10, 2025) and Before (October 28, 2024). ( Photo: Brian Berger) Sara D. Roosevelt Park Revisited: Out With Homeless Camps & Drug Dens, In With Chinatown Pride Call it the little park that could. Five months after Straus News’ October 2024 expose “Anarchy in Sara D. Roosevelt Park,”... Home 11 Mar 2025 | 01:54
An earthquake with a 4.8 magnitude that struck an epicenter in New Jersey, one mile from Tewksbury, NJ on April 5 at 10:23 a.m.also sent shock waves to Manhattan and up and down the East Coast. Outlined in red is the earthquake at its most intense point stretching along New Jersey. Photo Credit: earthquake.usgs.gov. A 4.8 Quake in NJ Rattles Manhattan; Around 30 Smaller Aftershocks Hit Over Weekend Dozens of small aftershocked continued over two days following an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale... News 08 Apr 2024 | 10:13
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
Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions