Dozens of protesters turned out at 250 Broadway, where City Council offices are located. Photo: Abigail Gruskin ‘The Yuck Mobile’ A mock dining shed on wheels stalled briefly in front of City Council members’ offices downtown, at 250 Broadway, in the... News 18 Nov 2022 | 10:52
The playground at P.S. 11. Photo: Abigail Gruskin An Influx Of Asylum-Seeking Students — and a Community’s Response When Mario’s two children started school on Friday, October 14, they hadn’t attended a class since March — and that was in... News 04 Nov 2022 | 04:43
Council Member Julie Menin (right) gained unanimous and near-unanimous support for all five of her child care bills. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Five Steps Closer To Universal Child Care On Wednesday, the City Council made strides toward actualizing universal child care, by passing five bills brought forward... News 13 Oct 2022 | 04:38
A line of parents waiting to drop off their children on the first day of school wrapped around the block at P.S. 87, on West 77th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Is This What Normal Feels Like? On paper, little about the upcoming school year felt settled in the weeks — and even days — leading up to September 8, the... Education Guide 21 Sep 2022 | 12:10
Ferry stop on the Lower East Side. Photo: Kay Bontempo An Increase in Ferry Fares Ferry rides across the NYC system jumped Monday, increasing from 2.75 to 4 dollars per ride. The change came as part of an... News 16 Sep 2022 | 08:56
“Owners of restaurants play such a significant role of bringing people together,” Mayor Eric Adams said during the Wednesday evening street naming ceremony. Photo: Abigail Gruskin New York Politicians Name East Side Intersection ‘Jimmy Neary Way,’ After Late Restaurateur On the East Side outside of Neary’s on Wednesday night, a who’s who of New York politicians turned out for a street naming... News 15 Sep 2022 | 03:44
Panel members (clockwise from top left): Paul Krikler, Senator Liz Krueger, Sen. Liz Krueger, Ed Pincar and Sergeant Palaguachi. Photo: Sofia Cipriano UES Town Hall on Street Safety As several panel members acknowledged during State Senator Liz Krueger’s July 21 town hall entitled “Sharing our Streets:... News 25 Jul 2022 | 09:41
Governor Kathy Hochul of New York at Moynihan Train Hall on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022 to announce the solicitation of proposals to renovate Penn Station. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA Hochul Pushes Ahead on Penn Station Plan The Hochul administration pressed forward against continued community resistance with its plan to renovate Penn Station and... News 22 Jul 2022 | 04:29
Dr. Ashwin Vasan, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene commissioner, presented on monkeypox at a City Council town hall on Monday, July 18. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Monkeypox Is Here Hundreds in New York City have now likely come down with a fever and body aches not caused by COVID-19. They may have suffered... News 21 Jul 2022 | 04:14
The daytime vigil has continued since Monday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Vigil Continues for UES Cyclist Killed In Crash In a tree box next to a bustling bike lane on Second Avenue, candles were lit on Thursday as part of a days-long vigil for... News 15 Jul 2022 | 03:03
Community members attended a town hall on the UES a week after the fatal shooting of Azsia Johnson. Photo: Abigail Gruskin What’s Being Done About Guns? An Upper East Side town hall grew rowdy on Wednesday night at P.S. 77 when locals implored a panel of elected officials and... News 08 Jul 2022 | 04:36
Sign at a May protest in Foley Square after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade. Photo: Abigail Gruskin New York Politicians on the End of Roe v. Wade Americans across the country now face a very different world, following a Supreme Court decision on Friday morning that ends... News 24 Jun 2022 | 05:15
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter City Council Passes Record-High $101.1 Billion Budget Following a City Council vote that wrapped up late Monday evening — and a handshake agreement with Mayor Eric Adams only... News 16 Jun 2022 | 04:19
Council Member Julie Menin (at podium) announcing the launch of the broadband initiative. Photo courtesy of Menin’s office Bringing Broadband to NYCHA’s Isaacs Houses and Holmes Towers On Wednesday, Council Member Julie Menin announced the launch of a new initiative to bring affordable broadband to the New... News 27 Apr 2022 | 04:12
Mayor Eric Adams announced his FY 2023 preliminary budget in mid-February. Photo via the Mayor’s Office YouTube ‘Homelessness Solutions,’ Mental Health Care in Council Budget Process Budgeting the city’s spending is no small task — and it’s not one left solely to the mayor’s discretion, either. That’s why,... News 07 Apr 2022 | 02:56
