Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, the new health commissioner, speaking to the @nycHealthy team on August 6, 2020. (Photo via @NYCHealthCommr on Twitter) A Blunt Change of Command She said she wore her “kickin boots” for her last day as health commissioner. Dr. Oxiris Barbot quit last week with a protest... News 09 Aug 2020 | 10:15
Rendering of the Farley building, courtesy of Vornado. Facebook Acquires New Space on West Side As Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled last week by Congress and businesses are being forced to close due... News 06 Aug 2020 | 03:53
Brita Filter, Rosé and Lagoona Bloo onstage at Therapy. Photo: Therapy Lounge NYC on Instagram Therapy at Therapy When I read recently that Manhattan gay bar and lounge Therapy might be unable to recover from the losses caused by the COVID... News 03 Aug 2020 | 05:52
Patient Kayla with Professor. (Photo: Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital) Providing Some Fun in a Child’s Hospital Stay For the kids at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, having to undergo medical treatment can have a bright side because... News 03 Aug 2020 | 09:55
Council Member Keith Powers (left) and Assembly Member Dan Quart (right) on the East Side on July 29, 2020. (Photo: Assembly Member Dan Quart on Twitter, @AMDanQuart) Powers Pushes to Help Small Businesses As New Yorkers continue to struggle to get by during the pandemic and businesses are barely surviving, one elected official... News 02 Aug 2020 | 02:18
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo created a poster to depict the “mountain” of New York’s COVID experience. (Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Andrew M. Cuomo) New York’s State of Anxiety Megadoses of anxiety have always been essential to the New York state of mind. But this really does feel different. Existential... News 01 Aug 2020 | 02:55
Rep. Carolyn Maloney. ( Photo: U.S. House Office of Photography) Maloney’s ‘Decisive Winning Margin’ The count is finally over. Congressmember Carolyn Maloney is ahead of insurgent candidate Suraj Patel in the Democratic primary... News 30 Jul 2020 | 02:53
Letters to the Editor The Unseen Electorate In the midst of a renewed civil rights movement and a devastating pandemic, one of the best actions... News 28 Jul 2020 | 12:14
J.J. Pinckney’s “2511 Atlantic Ave” (mix medium on wood). (Photo courtesy of J.J. Pinckney) An Artistic Reckoning in Chelsea As race and inequity are brought to the fore in every aspect of the American social fabric — major league sports, media institutions,... News 28 Jul 2020 | 11:05
Peggy Rey and Wilfredo Salaman. (Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Pandemic Roommates Peggy Rey says not many people understand her friendship with Wilfredo Salaman. Rey is a 76-year-old former childcare provider.... News 27 Jul 2020 | 12:56
Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright. (Photo: Andre Beckles) Seawright Attempts Independent Run After getting booted from the Democratic Party line due to a filing error, Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright has been collecting... News 27 Jul 2020 | 10:05
Commissioner Anne del Castillo at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019. (Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment) After NYC Went into Culture Shock, She Had to Pick Up Its Pieces Before COVID hit, there were 80 TV shows and 300 films being made in the city annually. That is just one of many staggering... News 27 Jul 2020 | 09:28
Assembly Member Dan Quart with his son Sam. (Photo courtesy of Dan Quart.) Quart Proclaims Victory After months of political sparring, Assembly Member Dan Quart proclaimed victory in the Democratic primary race to represent... News 24 Jul 2020 | 11:36
