Greta Thunberg (left) with Naomi Klein at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. ( Photo: Becca Tucker) Greta Thunberg and "Shop Stop" We saw Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist who has lit the climate resistance on fire, speak at... News Oct 10 2019 | 11:02 AM
After the Slaughter Manhattanites don’t shock easily. They’re well aware that big-city life is often punctuated with trauma and peril and pain.... News Oct 08 2019 | 01:37 PM
Mayor Bill de Blasio with NYC Census Director Julie Menin on September 25, 2019. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) 'We're Going to Get Counted' Although the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration in June from adding a question asking the citizenship status... News Oct 07 2019 | 02:14 PM
Joseph M. Murphy, Country Bank Chairman and CEO (left) with the Murphy family. Photo courtesy of Country Bank Country Bank to Merge Country Bank to Merge Country Bank Holding Company, Inc. the parent company of Country Bank, recently announced a merger with... News Oct 07 2019 | 01:05 PM
Turning Down the Heat of Inflammation Stub your toe, snag a splinter on your thumb, bump your head, and your body goes on high alert. “Mediator hormones” rush... News Oct 07 2019 | 10:24 AM
Community Board 7 member Katie Rosman called the DHS plan "inhumane" and "cruel." ( Photo: Jason Cohen) UWS Shelter Battle Escalates Community Board 7 and neighborhood activists are not backing down from a fight. The women’s shelter at 237 West 107th Street... News Oct 04 2019 | 04:00 PM
Caroline Zhang (left) demonstrates hand-stitching repair at Mending Lab. ( Photo: Leslie Gersing) An Upper West Side Mending Lab Ripped jeans, tattered T-shirts, a moth-eaten sweater, even beloved stuffed animals – all found their way to a one-day pop-up... News Oct 04 2019 | 02:38 PM
Shortlist for Social Justice Book Prize Goddard Riverside announced that six titles have been shortlisted for its Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. The... News Oct 02 2019 | 11:08 AM
After the clean sweep of the onetime boy cave. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) A Family Search and Destroy Mission Here’s your little league hat, what’s your hurry? When my 24-year-old son Luke returned recently to NYC for a visit, I welcomed... News Oct 01 2019 | 09:52 AM
Comptroller Scott Stringer, with Deputy Comptroller for Audit Marjorie Landa, announcing the results of his investigation into the city's handling of lead inspections. ( Photo: Susan Watts, Office of the NYC Comptroller) Lead Report Slams City Agency The city failed to conduct lead inspections in private buildings where a government agency knew thousands of children who... Newsletter Sep 30 2019 | 12:00 PM
Kurt Pohmer, who opposes the men's shelter, spoke at the committee meeting. ( Photo: Jason Cohen) UWS Residents Want Women’s Shelter to Stay If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That is the sentiment that more than 60 UWS residents expressed about turning a women’s... News Sep 27 2019 | 04:22 PM
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer with mural artists ( Photos courtesy of the Office of Gale A. Brewer) The Art of Resiliency Last Thursday Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer unveiled the winning murals - and the artists who created them -... News Sep 27 2019 | 02:41 PM
When the Miracle Mets Taught a Lesson “Do the Mets have a chance?” I anxiously asked Mom. “I don’t think so,” she answered, deflating my hopes. It was late August... News Sep 27 2019 | 01:53 PM
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz sounds the shofar on loan from the Museum of Jewish Heritage's exhibition, "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away." ( Photo courtesy of the Museum of Jewish Heritage) The Sound of a Shofar from Auschwitz A shofar that was secretly blown in Auschwitz during Rosh Hashanah 75 years ago and clandestinely passed from one Jewish... News Sep 27 2019 | 01:32 PM
