In the good old days, doctors and nurses would be your primary care physicians for life. Now an increasing number are opting to join concierge services and charging big bucks if you want to stay with them. Photo: From an album that belonged to Sister Ester Cyrus/Wikimedia Commons What’s Up Doc? Columnist Blasts New Concierge Service That Doctors are Setting Up The membership development coordinator from Concierge Choice Physicians called one recent evening to inform me that, come... Voices 18 Mar 2024 | 11:23
The Statue of Liberty seen from the Circle Line ferry, Manhattan, New York ( William Warby/Wikemedia Commons.) Living in New York Is Like Dating A Movie Star The nation may have turned its collective eyes to Tinsel Town on March 10 to watch the Academy Awards, but we New Yorkers... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 03:06
Polar bear at the Central Park Zoo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Are Zoos Doing Enough for the Animals They Are Meant to Protect? Dear Letters Editor: When I saw the polar bears prior to their cage renovation [in the Central Park Zoo] they were happy and... Voices 18 Mar 2024 | 11:09
Some demonstrators customized their rain gear with protest demands. The watermelon, which bears the black, green, and red colors of the Palestinian flag, has become a familiar symbol at Palestinian protests. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand a Gaza Cease-Fire Thousands of protestors gathered in Washington Square Park and under heavy rain on March 2 and marched to mid-town calling... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 02:19
Letters to the Editor 03.07.24 Dear Letters Editor: I have been a birder for decades and on VENT [Victor Emanuel Nature Tours] tours in the U.S. Audubon will... Voices 29 Feb 2024 | 12:54
Checking a blood sample. Photo: National Eye Institute The Next Health Crisis Is Already Here: We’re Unprepared to Fight It America’s leaders aren’t doing enough to confront one of the greatest public health menaces in modern history. Increasingly,... Voices 03 Mar 2024 | 05:29
Vice Media, once a high flying digital news company, last year declared bankruptcy and on Feb. 22 its CEO told staffers that hundreds of its remaining 900 staffers will be laid off. Photo Credit: Vice Media/Flickr. Vice Media Crashes, Set to Lay off Hundreds of Workers Vice announced on Feb. 22 that they will lay off hundreds of its 900 staffers and will stop publishing content on their Vice.com... Voices 23 Feb 2024 | 05:17
When Eric Adams rolled out the $12,500 robot cop in September, he said it represented the future of hi-tech policing. The experiment was quietly scrapped. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Photography Office and NYPD Robot Cop in Times Square, a Fiasco from the Start, Quietly Gets Scrapped by NYPD When, this September, Mayor Eric Adams, flanked by police captains, unveiled the new police robot patrolling the Times-Square... Voices 09 Feb 2024 | 02:37
When the Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, that attracted 73 million viewers, at the time the largest tv audience in history. ( Photo: Bernard Gotfryd/Library of Congress: P&P) Feb. 9, 1964: When The Beatles Changed NYC Forever You can pretty much divide the hipness history of New York into two parts: before and after Feb. 9, 1964. That Sunday night,... Voices 06 Feb 2024 | 06:46
Allison Greenfield, who has been in the news after drawing attacks from former president Donald Trump, could be headed toward a civil court judgeship. She is currently the principal law clerk for Judge Arthur Engoron who is overseeing the civil fraud trial of Trump brought by Attorney General Letittia James. Photo: Cody Cutter Clerk Who Trump Targeted Takes Big Step Toward Becoming Civil Court Judge This week we dive into law, legislation--and linguini. First, the law: Allison Greenfield, the principal law clerk for NY... Home 04 Feb 2024 | 04:31
They were friends in their native Michigan in the 60s and reconnected when they both landed in NYC in the 70s. Now in their 90s, both are published authors and philanthropists and are keeping things hoping as neighbors in the same assisted living home. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Two Women, Pals for Over 50 Years, Reflect on Husbands, Careers and Life in Their 90s Forget pop culture’s version of the female friendship with its BFF hashtags, girls’ trips, and constant comparisons to SATC... Voices 02 Feb 2024 | 10:36
The asylum seekers check-in center at the former St. Brigid School on E. 7th St. is the only reticketing center in the five boroughs. Several council members are urging Mayor Adams to alleviate the crunch and open up new centers. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Rivera, 2 Others, Urge City to Open New Migrant Reticket Centers The following letter was sent to the Commissioner of Emergency Management Zach Iscol and copied to Mayor Eric Adams: We write... Voices 26 Jan 2024 | 07:22
Mount Sinai has been told the Department of Health to halt shut down of services at Beth Israel, which the hospital chain wants to shut down by mid-year, pending a full review of its closure plans by the DOH. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Concern Grows Over Mount Sinai Closure Plans for Both Beth Israel and Eye & Ear Institute In late October, 2023 the Mount Sinai Health system, owner and operator of the Beth Israel Medical Center (BI) - and New... Voices 29 Jan 2024 | 03:51
Super model Gigi Hadid, who lives in New York City, is a past Victoria’s Secret Angel–a designation that a recent survey counted as one factor in determining the state with the most beautiful people. But the survey said New York only had enough beautiful people for a fifth place finish nationally, raising the cackles of one writer. Photo: Daniel Jackson/LOVE magazine/Wikimedia Commons Whadda ya Mean New Yorkers Aren’t the Most Beautiful People in the USA? Let’s demand a recount. Fifth place? That’s where New York landed in a survey of states with the most beautiful people. Are... Voices 29 Jan 2024 | 11:07
Bob Dylan in concert. Photo: Xavier Badosa/Wikimedia Commons Dylan’s Return to a Live Concert in NYC Came 50 Years Ago This Week New York has hosted its share of memorable rock and roll concerts over the years. Remember The Concert for Bangladesh in... Voices 22 Jan 2024 | 05:24