Melissa Etheridge uses her powerful voice to belt out hits during her one woman play “My View,” now in a limited run on Broadway’s Circle in the Square theater. Photo: Circle in the Square Melissa Etheridge Moves Her One Woman Play to the Great White Way Who is Melissa Etheridge in her own words? Etheridge: She’s a Midwestern girl, who had some big dreams who followed her dreams,... City Arts 28 Sep 2023 | 01:43
Donald Trump is appealing a Judges ruling in his New York Civil Trial which ordered him to place some his companies into receivership in New York due to what was ruled to be years of fraud. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons NY Judge Rules Trump Committed Fraud in Building Real Estate Empire (AP)–A judge ruled on Sept. 26 that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted... News 28 Sep 2023 | 12:04
A healthcare provider places a bandage over a patient’s flu vaccine injection site. ( CDC / Brandon Clifton) You Can Now Get the Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Everyone who is six months and older should receive the newest version of the COVID vaccine, recommends the Center for Disease... News 27 Sep 2023 | 05:20
Rupert Murdoch accepts an award from the Hudson Institute in 2015. Photo: Hudson Institute The Murdoch’s Can’t Afford to Shake Up Fox News Here we go again. When Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced he is stepping back and appointing his 52-year-old son, Lachlan Murdoch,... Voices 27 Sep 2023 | 04:09
The early plan from the Governor’s office to use tax revenue from new office towers around Penn Station was scuttled when Vornado Realty Trust said it was only going to complete two of the towers and halt the others due to the soft commercial office market. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Pressure Grows on Gov. Hochul for New Penn Station Plan A coalition of civic and community groups pressed Governor Kathy Hochul to get more directly involved in determining the... News 27 Sep 2023 | 04:59
Target’s East Harlem location is one of nine stores the retail chain is closing. The company blamed the closures on retail theft and violence against employees, although the NYPD says that shoplifting incidents in the precinct where the store sits are on the decline. ( Photo via Torresco Realty) Target Claims Theft Is Behind Harlem Store Closure, One of Nine Nationwide Citing retail theft and customer threats against employees, Target will be closing nine locations nationwide–including their... News 28 Sep 2023 | 10:29
Judge Peppers Trump Lawyers with Questions As They Try to Have Civil Suit by AG Tossed NEW YORK (AP)–A New York judge peppered Donald Trump`s lawyers with questions on Sept. 23, sometimes admonishing them– as... News 25 Sep 2023 | 06:35
A crazed man on the UES who had been spitting at women and knocking them to the ground while pushing a baby in a stroller, has been arrested after string of attacks stretching back a year. Photo: Crimestoppers, NYPD Attacker with Baby Stroller Who Harassed UES Women for a Yr Arrested, Charged with Assault A maniac who had been terrorizing women on the UES while pushing a baby in a stroller has been arrested. Mensah Sam, a 32... News 25 Sep 2023 | 05:24
From left to right: Zack Fink (the moderator), Stephanie Reckler, Andy Gaspar, Anna Marcum, Lois Uttley, Richard Scharf, and George Janes. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) UES Crowd Packs Local High School to Decry Lenox Hill’s Proposed $1.6B Expansion Plan As Northwell Health moves forward on a $1.6 billion Lenox Hill expansion that is estimated to take 11 years, community opposition... News 27 Sep 2023 | 06:29
Rebecca Seawright, the Chair of the People with Disabilities Committee in the New York State Assembly, pushed two bills mandating inclusive language for people with disabilities. ( Photo via Rebecca Seawright ) Disability Rights Bills Pushed by Seawright Are Signed Into Law Governor Kathy Hochul has signed two bills intended to foster further inclusivity for people with disabilities into law.... News 23 Sep 2023 | 03:47
Sally Wen Mao has released a new book of collected poem from Graywolf Press ( Jess X Snow) Poet Explores China’s Complex Relations with the West As she shows in her new collection, Sally Wen Mao is a poet of fierce intellect and even fiercer imagination. Like the greats,... News 22 Sep 2023 | 03:45
About 64 million Americans will suffer from at least three colds each season and it is obviously not rare, hence its name, the common cold. But nearly one in ten will suffer from a “rare” disease. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Nearly one in ten Americans will be hit with a “rare” disease Catch a cold? That’s common. Have a flesh-eating bacterial infection? That’s rare. Every year, 64,000,000 Americans catch... News 22 Sep 2023 | 06:37
A new bill passed by the City Council mandates that all public school second graders be given free swimming lessons. Photo: Wikimedia Commons SPLASH! Free Swimming Lessons to All Second Graders After Menin’s Bill Passes About 70,000 kids in second grade in public schools will be entitled to free swimming lessons and water safety instructions... News 25 Sep 2023 | 10:25
Ann Kirschner, the new president at Hunter College, meets with students at the start of the fall semester. The college with 24,000 students is one of the most diverse student bodies in the country, she says. Photo: Courtesy Hunter College Tech Entrepreneur Turned Educator Tackles New Job as Hunter College’s New Pres From the outside, Hunter College looks more like a Manhattan office tower than a university. But step inside and it is instantly... News 25 Sep 2023 | 12:34
