Tory Burch in 2009. An LLC connected to her is spearheading the suit. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) Pierre Residents Facing Eviction Sue Pierre Over Proposed Sale A group of residents of the Pierre, the upscale Fifth Ave. residential hotel, are suing the hotel’s board for pursuing a... News 07 Nov 2025 | 10:03
The clock at Grand Central Station. ( Photo: Wikicommons) The Battle of Daylight Saving Time Revisited Daylight Saving Time is a mixed blessing. Springing Forward gives us an extra hour of sunlight, but Falling Back takes it... News 07 Nov 2025 | 02:40
Julie Menin, who has been on the city council since 2021, is seen by some as the front runner to be elected speaker. She beat Republican Alina Bonsell by 48.2 percent in the CD5 race. ( Photo: JulieMenin campaign) Menin Wins Big in CD5, Seen as Front Runner for City Council Speaker There was little doubt that Julie Menin, the incumbent Democratic city council member in district 5 representing a big stretch... News 07 Nov 2025 | 06:12
Mark Levine will be the next NYC Comptroller, after pulling in 75 percent of the vote on Nov. 4. ( Photo: Mark Levine ) Mark Levine Wins NYC Comptroller Race Mark Levine is moving up the chain of municipal command, after winning the race for NYC Comptroller on Nov. 4. Levine, who... Home 06 Nov 2025 | 06:07
Kevin O’Keefe, the president of the St. Vartan Park Conservancy, was one of the first candidates to declare for the downtown Assembly seat that Harvey Epstein is vacating now that he is elected to the City Council. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Special Election Assembly Race Downtown Draws Big Field of Candidates The dust has not settled on the 2025 election and already at least eight candidates have declared or are on brink of declaring... News 07 Nov 2025 | 01:12
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg chats with a reporter at a watch party outside the Harlem Tavern on Election Night after being declared the projected winner in the race against two other challengers. ( Photo: Finn Hartnett) Manhattan Progressives Celebrate after Big Wins in DA and Boro Pres Races On a strong Tuesday night for national Democrats, Manhattan progressives won big as well. Brad Hoylman-Sigal was elected... News 05 Nov 2025 | 04:44
After surving a close contest in the Democratic primary in June, Virginia Maloney swept to a landslide win in the general election over Republican challenger Debra Schwartben, who did no active campaigning, and independent candidate Kyle Athayde. ( Photo: Virginia Maloney campaign) Virginia Maloney Wins Handily in District 4 Council Race Virginia Maloney will be the City Council Member for Manhattan’s District 4, a swath representing both parts of mid-Town... News 07 Nov 2025 | 12:01
Harvey Epstein (center) shortly after he was the projected winner of the CD2 race, with supporters at Linen Hall in the East Village on election night, Nov. 4. He pulled in nearly 80 percent of the vote. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Epstein Wins Big, Racks Up Nearly 80% of Vote in CD2 Race Harvey Epstein pulled nearly 80 percent of the vote against three challengers in city council district 2 which takes in the... News 05 Nov 2025 | 09:24
Taking it to the streets, fast runners in East Harlem. ( Photo: Brian Berger) NYC Marathon Sees 55,000 Runners, 2 Million Others Take to Streets More than 55,000 runners hoofed it 26.2 miles, from Staten Island to Central Park, at speeds ranging from a startling sprint... News 07 Nov 2025 | 02:31
Friends have started a GoFundMe for the family of Kimberly Olmos, an 18 year-old who was killed in the stairwell of a NYCHA housing project in Hell’s Kitchen on Nov. 2. Police are seeking a friend who ran off on potential homicide charges. ( Photo: GoFundMe) NYPD: Teenager Shot in Head at NYCHA Building, Friend Sought for Homicide A teenage girl died of a gunshot wound to the head at the Harborview Terrace NYCHA complex, located on 10th Ave. and W. 56th... News 07 Nov 2025 | 10:49
Miles Wu at the competition’s Public Day, where the projects were judged, and the general public could attend and have the projects presented to them. ( Photo: Lisa Fryklund) UES High School Student Wins National Science Prize Miles Wu of Hunter College High School, who combined origami (the Japanese art of paper folding) and physics to optimize... Home 07 Nov 2025 | 04:53
As evidence, the anonymous biker posted a map of his route, created using the exercise app Strava, which shows the 305-mile entirely in Manhattan journey over a five-day period. ( Photo: Reddit) Mystery Biker Covers 305 Miles Around Manhattan in 5 Days An reddit poster caused a social media stir after he reported biking 305 miles across Manhattan over the course of five days.... News 03 Nov 2025 | 04:48
Left: African National Burial Monument Closed! Right: Castle Clinton Open! Oct. 30, 2025. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Government Shutdown Closes Most Manhattan Monuments, Museums Six weeks into a government shutdown that few people understand, and almost no one can justify, effects on the numerous Manhattan... News 02 Nov 2025 | 11:15
Left: Wanted for forcible touching. Right: NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass ( Photos: NYPD) Woman Groped in Central Park; NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass Dies Given NYPD’s extensive network of surveillance camera, one doesn’t often see the work of police sketch artists anymore. While... News 03 Nov 2025 | 12:17
Christian Diaz, convicted in stabbing death of Yemeni deli worker Ahmed Almulaiki, Oct. 19, 2021. ( Photo: NYPD) Man Who Stabbed Deli Worker to Death Sentenced to 20 Years Slowly as the wheel of justice sometimes turns, it can be shocking when, from out of the mists of time and mourning, punishment... News 03 Nov 2025 | 02:19
