A Mayor for All Post-Seasons: Paying tribute to both of the city’s playoff teams, Eric Adams wore a startling dual-logo Mets / Yankees baseball cap at the Columbus Day Parade, October 14, 2024. ( Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) Many NYers Want Eric Adams to Resign; He Would Prefer Not To... On Sunday, September 29, speaking from the pulpit of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Reformed Church in the Bronx, Mayor Eric Adams... Voices 21 Oct 2024 | 03:43
Manhattan Bridge morning, October 18, 2024. NYPD crowd barriers keeping the vagrants out. ( Brian Berger) DOT & Cops Reclaim Manhattan Bridge Plaza for the People—No More a Shantytown Shout it loud and proud New Yorkers: the Manhattan Bridge is back! Not that it went anywhere geographically but the should-be-stunning... News 21 Oct 2024 | 10:42
A typical Times Square tourist, October 2024. Their face has been blurred to preserve their anonymity. ( Obtained by Straus News) Migrant Youth Gang Los Diablos de la 42 Terrorizes Times Square, Repeat Arrests Mean Little The devil is in the details. Though this phrase can apply to many aspects of New York City’s response to the ongoing migrant... News 21 Oct 2024 | 10:12
Mayor Adams at the New York City Police Memorial, October 15, 2024. ( Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Forty-Two Names Added to New York City Police Memorial Hundreds of cops, friends, family, Mayor Adams and others came to The New York City Police Memorial in Battery Park City... News 17 Oct 2024 | 03:41
Attorney General Letitia James, Governor Kathy Hochul and others at the Columbus Day Parade, October 14, 2024. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Tens of Thousands Flock to 5th Ave for Festive Columbus Day Parade The streets of midtown were an explosion of sounds and colors—the red, white and green of the Italian flag above all—as tens... News 14 Oct 2024 | 03:20
There’s a camel in the nave! October 6, 2024 ( Photo: @CathedralSaintJohn) There’s a Camel in the Nave! Blessing of the Animals Brings Beasts & Brethren to Mass Thousands of parishioners, curiosity seekers, pet lovers and their animals—including a camel—flocked to the Cathedral of... News 07 Oct 2024 | 03:03
The grave of Eliakum Zunser, and his wife Fannie (Feigel), Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn. The elevated F train to and from Coney Island is in the near distance behind it. ( Photo: Brian Berger) The Resurrection of Eliakum Zunser, “the Father of Yiddish Poetry” What if I told you one of the most famous and beloved Russian Jews of the 19th century—”the father of Yiddish poetry” no... Voices 30 Sep 2024 | 11:07
Council Member Sandy Nurse and public bathroom advocates, including BP Mark Levine, rally at City Hall, September 19, 2024. ( Photo: Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit.) Yes We Can Can? Council Renews Push for More Public Restrooms but Success May Prove E-loo-sive These are the days that try men’s prostates. They are also the days that try the bladders of women (especially pregnant women),... News 30 Sep 2024 | 10:49
Schools Chancellor David C. Banks, Deputy Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and Mayor Adams, September 26, 2024. ( Photo: NYC Mayors Office Instagram) Dep. Ed Chancellor Aviles-Ramos Named to Replace Banks, Day Before Hizzoner Indicted “Ring out the old, ring in the new” go the lyrics of the wonderful 1974 George Harrison song, “Ding Dong, Dong Dong.” If... News 30 Sep 2024 | 03:37
Schools Chancellor David C. Banks at the podium, September 17, 2024. ( Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office YouTube) Ed. Chancellor David Banks Delivers State of Schools Address, Pays Tribute to Tony Bennett, “AI” & Power of Poetry Embattled New York City Schools Chancellor David C. Banks, 62, delivered his second annual State of our Schools address on... Voices 24 Sep 2024 | 10:24
Sam’s Smoke Shop at 1777 1st Avenue gets the padlock treatment. ( X @NYPD19Pct) Four More Illegal UES Weed Shops Padlocked – Public & Pols Alike Rejoice Better late than never. That’s the sentiment of many Upper East Siders upon hearing the news that four more illegal weed... Home 23 Sep 2024 | 03:06
44 Market Street, looking northwest from near Monroe Street. Unseen from this angle, the Manhattan Bridge is immediately behind the building. Note scaffolding to right. ( Brian Berger) Murder on Market St. Update: 1 Teen Arrested, 2 Suspects Still At Large Police have arrested a 16-year-old for the shocking September 9 robbery slaying of 57-year-old Ying Zhu Liu in her 44 Market... News 23 Sep 2024 | 12:18
44 Market Street, looking northwest from near Monroe Street. Unseen from this angle, the Manhattan Bridge is immediately behind the building. ( Brian Berger) Murder on Market St.: Masked Bandits Shoot Chinese Mom Dead While Trying to Rob Husband Two “sheisty masked” bandits shot and killed a 57-year-old Chinese woman Ying Zhu Liu inside the 8th floor hallway of her... News 17 Sep 2024 | 05:19
The start of the Hoban Run, with 5 Mile and 5K participants going off at the same time. ( Photo: @JustinBrannan X) Hoban Memorial Run Celebrates Life of Police Officer Killed by UWS Drug Dealers in 1988 Thousands of friends, family, cops, runners, students and kids came to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Sunday Sept. 15 to race—5... News 17 Sep 2024 | 05:12
Delancey Street Bridge looking southeast towards Brooklyn. ( Photo: Brian Berger) New Delancey Street Bridge Opens, Along with Two New Ballfields in East River Park There’s a new ballfield in town! Two of them actually and a new Delancey Street Pedestrian Bridge to take you there. This... News 16 Sep 2024 | 02:21