Guests view exhibit at Beyond the Bricks launch at Ryan’s Daughter on the Upper East Side. Photo: Karen Camela Watson Beyond the Bricks: An Art Collaboration The pub was full – the latest hotspot-on-a-Saturday-night kind of full. But this was Wednesday, and there was no dancing,... News 19 Nov 2022 | 04:26
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
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
Traffic on the West Side Highway near Hudson Yards. Photo: Abigail Gruskin The Crackdown On Loud Cars Is On A Roll Noise in New York City, like the vibrating drilling of construction or the booming sound of music coming from the apartment... News 30 Sep 2022 | 12:18
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
“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
The Spence School “Athletic and Educational Facility” on East 90th Street. Photo courtesy of Julie Menin’s office A Gym For Public Elementary School Kids — At Spence For kids at P.S. 151 and P.S. 527, the start of the new school year will come with a fun perk: gym access at The Spence School,... News 02 Sep 2022 | 02:07
A proposed map of newly drawn City Council districts was released on July 15. Map screenshot from the NYC Districting Commission ‘Preliminary’ City Council Redistricting Is Just That, Council Members Say City Council districts are the latest to get a major overhaul as part of a redistricting process on the heels of the latest... News 22 Jul 2022 | 02:20
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
At Sojourn Social (front, left to right): Kim Moscaritolo, Jeremy Berman, Gabe Panek and Alex Bores. Photo: Paul Newell Post-Primary Predictions Big night for Four Freedoms Dem Club – Their members and endorsed candidates in the 73rd and 76th AD Primary races – Alex... Voices 02 Jul 2022 | 08:26
At the vigil with family members: Council Member Julie Menin (left) and Mayor Eric Adams. Photo via Julie Menin on Twitter Vigil for a Young Mother At a vigil on Thursday evening organized by Council Member Julie Menin, community members and elected officials gathered... News 01 Jul 2022 | 11:53
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
New congressional districts. Photo: davesredistricting.org The Fur Flies in the 12th CD Is it East v. West or West v. East? – The fur’s begun to fly. West Siders are incensed at my assuming, in last week’s column,... Voices 05 Jun 2022 | 02:51
Council Member Julie Menin and her supporters gathered near City Hall on Thursday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Universal Child Care Is On New York’s Horizon With City Hall as her backdrop, and cheered on by a historic women-majority City Council, Upper East Side Council Member... News 03 Jun 2022 | 02:47
