Regis High School. Photo: Emily Mason Regis President to be Fired After Investigation of Sexual Misconduct Regis High School – a prestigious all-boys Catholic school on the Upper East Side – announced plans last week to fire its... News 16 Apr 2021 | 01:59
Rana Abdelhamid. Photo courtesy of Abedelhamid’s campaign A New Challenge to Maloney Come 2022, longtime Upper East Side Rep. Carolyn Maloney will once again face a primary challenge from the progressive left... News 14 Apr 2021 | 07:03
Rachel Bennett (right) actor Rich Orlow. Photo courtesy of Rachel Bennett A ‘Hurlyburly’ Dream Who knows why a certain play, many years later, may resonate in new ways? And who knows what creative ideas may emerge in... News 14 Apr 2021 | 06:22
With fears of COVID, the precautions taken by the Graceland Museum in Memphis are quick to answer pandemic questions for every visitor. Photo: Ralph Spielman Beyond the Northeast: A Pandemic Car Trip to Tennessee For New Yorkers, the pandemic had made traveling outside the Northeast virtually impossible. Different comfort levels have... News 14 Apr 2021 | 09:20
Judge Paul Feinman of the New York Court of Appeals and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in June 2017 at a Pride Month breakfast reception hosted by the congresswoman. Photo courtesy of Maloney’s office Remembering Paul Feinman New York lost one of its best and brightest this month with the passing of NY Court of Appeals Judge Paul Feinman. There... News 13 Apr 2021 | 11:10
Stories in Our Town by Emily Higginbotham and Michael Oreskes won first place for coverage of Election and Politics. Our Town and West Side Spirit Win NYPA Awards Our Town and its sister publications were recognized for excellence in reporting and design at the New York Press Association... News 13 Apr 2021 | 11:31
DA candidate Liz Crotty. Photo: Aiden Grant As DA, Crotty Will Bring ‘Full View’ of the Courtroom After working both as a criminal defense attorney and as a prosecutor, Liz Crotty believes she has the right experience and... News 12 Apr 2021 | 12:45
District 5 Candidates from top left: Chris Sosa, Tricia Shimamura, Kim Moscaritolo (photo: Martin Bentsen). From bottom left: Rebecca Lamorte, Julie Menin, Billy Freeland (photo: Eldar Shuminov). Photos courtesy of respective campaigns Progressive Group Backs Freeland and Lamorte UES Progressives, a chapter of New York Progressive Action Network and an affiliate of the Bernie Sanders founded Our Revolution,... News 12 Apr 2021 | 09:02
Catie Savage (with cart) and the core group of “Litter Legion” volunteers. Photo: Deborah Gaffaney The ‘Trash Queen’ of Hell’s Kitchen If you’re on West 51st Street and stumble upon a laundry cart labeled “Trash Queen of Hell’s Kitchen,” Catie Savage will... News 11 Apr 2021 | 10:59
Sarah Butler, who just just turned 108 years old, receives the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the FDNY’s homebound vaccination program at her home in Harlem on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office A Tangled Vaccine Web Gale Brewer distributed a remarkable list last Friday. It was not your typical shopping list or to-do list. This was a list... News 10 Apr 2021 | 05:10
On April 6 at the Javits Center, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the start of the statewide “Vaccinate NY” ad campaign to encourage all New Yorkers to get vaccinated. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Passing on Passports Red, Blue, left, right, and center, most Americans have one thing in common: They do not like to be told what to do, especially... News 10 Apr 2021 | 03:33
Class time at the Corlears School in Chelsea. Photo: Brian Billings A Year Later, How Are Independent Schools Doing? As New York City officials went into crisis mode at the beginning of the pandemic last spring, independent schools quietly... News 08 Apr 2021 | 06:52
“Offerings & Red Coral” by Joseph Laurro is one of many new paintings showcased in the West Village gallery walk - by over 30 emerging artists - on the theme of awakening. Photo courtesy of Art on the Ave. Live the Village Brings Art on the Ave to Greenwich Village After COVID-19 put strict limits on travel and scared locals into staying mostly inside, The Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber... News 08 Apr 2021 | 12:53
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
