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
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul with Mayor Bill de Blasio on August 17, 2021. Photo: Kathy Hochul on Twitter NYC’s Hopes for Hochul When Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul takes over as New York’s next governor, she will be stepping into a tense and tumultuous... News 19 Aug 2021 | 11:24
NYS’s former Attorney General Robert Abrams writes of his Bronx childhood and rise in Democratic Party politics. Photo via Amazon.com Adams on Broadway Adams at the Actors Temple - With Bway coming back, our sure-to-be mayor Eric Adams made an appearance on Sunday evening... Voices 19 Jul 2021 | 07:34
New York Blood Center tower protest, Sunday, May 23, 2021, on the Upper East Side. Photo: Diane Bondareff ‘Stop the Tower’ Community Board 8 took action on Tuesday, May 25 against the New York Blood Center’s divisive plan to build a 334-foot life... News 28 May 2021 | 10:29
The museum will be open for early voting from June 12 to 20 and for the primary election on June 22. Photo: Alexis Gelber Early Voting at The Met To help avoid last fall’s early voting fiasco – which saw Upper East Siders waiting for hours in long lines to cast their... News 13 May 2021 | 06:17
In a still from the ad, Dan Quart appears with Leah Herbert, a founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group. Quart on Sexual Harassment: ‘It is Critical that Our Leaders in Power be Held Accountable’ In his first television ad, Assembly Member Dan Quart is showcasing the work he’s done to reform sexual harassment laws in... News 06 May 2021 | 01:27
Seawright with survivors and advocates, including Tarale Wulff and Dawn Dunning, who testified in Harvey Weinstein’s trial. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Seawright’s office Seawright Introduces Consent Legislation Joined by survivors and activists at a press conference outside her Upper East Side office Tuesday, Assembly Member Rebecca... News 07 Apr 2021 | 01:09
Scott Stringer and Rebecca Seawright. Photo courtesy of Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Seawright Backs Stringer for Mayor Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright announced Friday that she will be supporting Comptroller Scott Stringer in his bid to become... News 29 Jan 2021 | 11:09
