Rush hour at NJ Transit concourse at Penn Station. Photo: Agha Haider Raza ‘The Pit’ at Penn Station Cramped for space inside the scrum during evening rush hour, scores of commuters wistfully stare at a screen, either at a... News 10 Dec 2021 | 11:36
Governor Kathy Hochul unveils commuter-first vision for Penn Station and surrounding neighborhood on Nov. 3, 2021. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul ( Don Pollard) Hochul: ‘It’s Time for a New Penn Station’ Governor Kathy Hochul didn’t so much scale down Andrew Cuomo’s plan for redeveloping Penn Station and its neighborhood as... News 07 Nov 2021 | 12:29
The September 11 Commemoration Ceremony in 2020. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. The Forever Epicenter History constantly recalibrates our threshold of the unfathomable. What we thought was unbearable turns out to have been... Home 08 Sep 2021 | 01:45
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul with Mayor Bill de Blasio on August 17, 2021. Photo: Kathy Hochul on Twitter NYC’s Hopes for Hochul When Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul takes over as New York’s next governor, she will be stepping into a tense and tumultuous... News 19 Aug 2021 | 11:24
Last summer 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 What Andrew Cuomo Teaches Us – Especially the Politicians We can learn a new lesson from the case of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who announced his resignation in a stunning historical moment... Voices 13 Aug 2021 | 09:19
Governor Andrew Cuomo on August. 2. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo ( Don Pollard) Cuomo Resigning Over Sexual Harassment Charges Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace... News 10 Aug 2021 | 01:56
“That is just not who I am”: Screenshot of Cuomo in pre-taped remarks addressing the New York State attorney general’s report Navigating the Cuomo Crisis In the days following the publication of a report from the New York State attorney general concluding Gov. Andrew Cuomo has... News 09 Aug 2021 | 01:47
Mayor Bill de Blasio at a briefing at City Hall on Monday, August 2, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Vaccines, Masks and Mandates When in doubt, wear a mask, even if you are vaccinated. But under no conditions, let the need to wear a mask distract you... News 03 Aug 2021 | 01:06
Rep. Jerry Nadler speaks at rally celebrating the state halting plans to build a monument honoring essential workers next to the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park City. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Essential Workers Monument on Ice Neighborhood advocates and politicians joined in an impromptu celebration at the Irish Hunger Memorial Monday afternoon after... News 14 Jul 2021 | 10:43
Patsy’s recently reopened after a pandemic hiatus. Photo courtesy of Patsy’s Italian Restaurant The Old Normal “I know that there is pain, but you hold on for one more day and you break free from the chains.” As a child of the ‘90s,... Voices 30 Jun 2021 | 10:46
Screenshot of GMA on Broadway reopening. Broadway’s Bet: If We Build It, They Will Come “Broadway is Back!” blared the TV announcement. But is it? Before the pandemic shutdown over a year ago, “Hamilton,” “The... City Arts 15 May 2021 | 08:41
In a still from the ad, Dan Quart appears with Leah Herbert, a founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group. Quart on Sexual Harassment: ‘It is Critical that Our Leaders in Power be Held Accountable’ In his first television ad, Assembly Member Dan Quart is showcasing the work he’s done to reform sexual harassment laws in... News 06 May 2021 | 01:27
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo gives a briefing on the Fiscal Year 2022 New York State Budget on April 7. Photo: Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo COVID Year 2: A Rocky Start The change was palpable. Governor Andrew Cuomo, Emmy award- winning communicator of the pandemic, seemed frustrated, or at... News 16 Apr 2021 | 11:52
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
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
