CB8 members met over Zoom on Tuesday to discuss abortion rights. Photo: Abigail Gruskin A ‘Recipe’ For Defending Abortion Rights Marlene Fried, a reproductive rights champion and scholar, has a “recipe for activist fuel” in the battle to defend abortion... News 22 Sep 2022 | 04:22
Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright at Gov. Kathy Hochul’s bill signing event for the first step in a constitutional amendment. Photo courtesy of the Office of Rebecca Seawright Fighting Against a ‘Supreme Setback’ Stunned, devastated, fearful, and outraged were just some of the reactions shared with me on that Friday in June when the... Voices 13 Jul 2022 | 03:41
NYS Assembly District 73 candidate Russell Squire (left), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (second from left), Governor Kathy Hochul (center), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (second from right) and District 76 Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright (right) on the campaign trail on the morning of the primary at East 86th Street and Second Avenue. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Seawright’s campaign Where Were the Voters? New York’s first of two summer primary elections drew to a close on Tuesday night, after a long — but extremely low-turnout... News 30 Jun 2022 | 05:46
District Leader Rebecca Weintraub on the Upper East Side. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Weintraub New York State Needs an Equality Amendment Before the end of this year’s state legislative session, lawmakers took important steps to shore up abortion access in New... Voices 26 Jun 2022 | 05:07
Protesters in Washington Square Park on June 24. Photo: Leah Foreman Grief and Anger Over Roe June 24 felt like a usual Friday at first. The summer air hot, yet welcoming. The birds chirping, the horns honking, the... News 25 Jun 2022 | 12:36
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
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
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
Prototype of the mobile museum. Photo courtesy of the Office of Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Seawright Announces Mobile Museum of Tolerance As incidents of hate crimes continue to mount, a mobile museum is coming to teach tolerance and combat antisemitism and... News 11 Mar 2022 | 11:57
NYS Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright in the Assembly Chamber presenting a proclamation to Sarah Weddington in 2019. Photo: Haley Hershenson Seawright: A Tribute to Sarah Weddington Sarah Weddington, the attorney who argued and won the Roe v. Wade case before the Supreme Court, died at her home in Austin,... News 27 Dec 2021 | 03:36
Center left to right: Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Howard Teich at a ceremony on Nov. 9, 2021 honoring Women’s Veterans Day at the Women’s Flagstaff and Grove in Central Park. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of the Governor Honoring Women of Service Ahead of Veterans Day, New York State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright presented the “Exceptional Women in Service Award”... News 10 Nov 2021 | 01:49
From left to right: Rebecca Seawright, Gale Brewer and Barbara Chocky. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Seawright The Conscience of a Community Leading lady leaves the stage - Since the early days of Our Town, Barbara Chocky has been an active and vital part of the... Voices 24 Oct 2021 | 10:01
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (center) with Council Member-elect Lincoln Restler and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez. Photo courtesy of Maloney’s campaign Maloney Kicks Off Campaign New York politicians came out in full force for Rep. Carolyn Maloney at her campaign kickoff at the Williamsburg Hotel in... News 19 Oct 2021 | 03:02
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
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
