Left to right: Contributor Michael Oreskes, Honoree Dr. Dave Chokshi, Editor in Chief Alexis Gelber, President and Publisher Jeanne Straus, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Honoree Laurie M. Tisch, Honoree Julie Menin. Photo: Steven Strasser Back in Person: The 2022 OTTY Awards For more than 20 years Our Town has proudly hosted the OTTYS – the Our Town Thanks You Awards – as a way to honor remarkable... News 13 May 2022 | 10:57
A positive home test. Photo: Michael Oreskes The Case of the COVID Chronicler It had to happen eventually, right? I tell myself that, in any case. After more than two years of chronicling COVID-19 in... News 15 Apr 2022 | 02:59
‘He Will Be Cartooning in Heaven’ Peter Pereira, an artist, illustrator, photographer and cartoonist whose work brought wit and whimsy to Straus News Manhattan’s... News 19 Nov 2021 | 02:04
The Open Streets plan includes West End Avenue from 87th to 96th Street. Photo: Alexis Gelber 5 Positive Pandemic Changes 1. Clean Subways: For the first time in its history, NYC’s subway system shut down at night for cleaning and disinfecting,... The Way Forward 04 Sep 2020 | 11:52
