Caffe Reggio in the snow. Photo: Lena Batyuk At Caffe Reggio, a Rich History is Poured into Every Cup The café that made the first cappuccino in the United States is — like its coffee — still going strong thanks to second-generation... News 17 Jan 2022 | 09:24
“Turning the corner”: Governor Kathy Hochul updates New Yorkers on progress combating COVID-19, January 14, 2022. Photo: Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul The Omicron Uncertainty In the face of Omicron uncertainty, the economy shuddered. Infections from the Omicron variant may be peaking, as the governor... News 16 Jan 2022 | 10:06
Council Member Julie Menin (second from right) with NYPD officials inspecting barricades around Carl Schurz Park and East End Avenue. Photo: Office of Council Member Julie Menin Down Come the Barricades Barricades on East End Avenue, as well as in and around Carl Schurz Park and Gracie Mansion, have long plagued Upper East... News 14 Jan 2022 | 06:44
Eryn Barnes, a New York-based dancer, posing for her headshot. Photo courtesy of Eryn Barnes Auditioning from Home When auditioning for a production, Kendall DuPre, a New York-based actress, starts by clearing out her living room so when... News 14 Jan 2022 | 09:22
Group hug after a DE-CRUIT public presentation. Photo: Ashley Garrett New Arts & Mental Health Grants from the Illumination Fund Philanthropist Laurie M. Tisch announced last week that 14 New York City-based organizations will receive grants in the Illumination... News 14 Jan 2022 | 09:24
Thomas Perry (right) with the Rt. Rev. Clifton Daniel III, Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Photo courtesy of Archives, Cathedral of St. John the Divine A Job with a Purpose to Help Those in Need “Every day, I come to work and say, ‘How do we make a difference to help someone?’” said Thomas Perry, director of Cathedral... News 10 Jan 2022 | 03:08
Photo: Office of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine Levine’s Pillars to a Comeback On his first full day as Manhattan borough president, Mark Levine issued a detailed, 16-point plan to confront a crisis he... News 09 Jan 2022 | 10:56
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio in early December. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office De Blasio’s Vaccine Mandate Leaves Some Part-Time Workers and Small Business Owners Confused By now, most New Yorkers are aware of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s employer vaccine mandate, which required that by December... News 07 Jan 2022 | 03:23
Menin Announces Participatory Budgeting Council Member Julie Menin announced an allocation of one million dollars to continue participatory budgeting for Council... News 07 Jan 2022 | 11:27
Thelma Kandel on West 83rd Street. Photo: Bethany Kandel My Mom the ‘Outside’ Artist My 89-year-old mother, Thelma Kandel, is a self-taught outsider artist who just became an “outside” artist. Last week, 29... News 06 Jan 2022 | 02:30
Brian Spellen (left) takes his shot, blindfolded. Photo courtesy of Brian Spellen Chelsea Resident Makes the Guinness Book of World Records The new year started off with a happy surprise for Brian Spellen, a resident of Chelsea. Spellen was thrilled to learn on... News 05 Jan 2022 | 03:59
Lynn Nottage. Photo: The Huntington, via Flickr She’s All Over New York Stages Right now, it’s hard to find a theater in New York that is not canceling performances due to COVID. It is also, by the way,... News 04 Jan 2022 | 02:30
Cecily Strong of “Saturday Night Live.” Photo: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC Cecily Strong is Off to a Busy New Year For close to a decade, Cecily Strong has illuminated the set of “Saturday Night Live” with her spot-on impersonations, so... News 03 Jan 2022 | 10:15
Mayor Eric Adams is sworn in as the 110th Mayor of New York City in Times Square minutes after midnight on Saturday, January 1, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office ‘We Are Ready for a Major Comeback’ New York is a great city to be rich in, it has been observed, and not the worst place to be poor, either. But the folks in... News 01 Jan 2022 | 06:01
Meeting the Morning After At the close of Pandemic Year II, December 31, 2021 was clearly an evening in need of champagne. Lots of champagne. Which... News 30 Dec 2021 | 03:19
