Julie Menin, who has been on the City Council since 2021, is seen by some as the front runner to be elected speaker. She beat Republican Alina Bonsell by 48.2 percent in the CD5 race. ( Photo: Julie Menin campaign) CD5 Winner Menin Is Seen as Front-Runner for City Council Speaker There was little doubt that Julie Menin, the incumbent Democratic City Council member in District 5, representing a big stretch... News 07 Nov 2025 | 06:12
Kevin O’Keefe, the president of the St. Vartan Park Conservancy, was one of the first candidates to declare for the downtown Assembly seat that Harvey Epstein is vacating now that he is elected to the City Council. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Special Election Assembly Race Downtown Draws Big Field of Candidates The dust has not settled on the 2025 election and already at least eight candidates have declared or are on brink of declaring... News 07 Nov 2025 | 01:12
Harvey Epstein (center) shortly after he was the projected winner of the CD2 race, with supporters at Linen Hall in the East Village on election night, Nov. 4. He pulled in nearly 80 percent of the vote. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Epstein Wins Big, Racks Up Nearly 80% of Vote in CD2 Race Harvey Epstein pulled nearly 80 percent of the vote against three challengers in city council district 2 which takes in the... News 05 Nov 2025 | 09:24
Kevin Mulligan, owner of The Laurels Cafe, huddles with building landlord Josef Yusuf Bildirici on Oct. 26 after a fire erupted in the basement of the restaurant,m at Second Avenue and East 14th Street. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Passerby Sees Smoke, Saves Beloved East Vllage Café It was the quick thinking of a woman waiting for a bus that saved The Laurels Cafe. She spotted smoke coming from the basement... News 02 Nov 2025 | 11:23
A man was not expected to survive after being struck by a northbound Q train on Halloween evening just after 5:30 p.m. at the 63rd and Lexington Avenue station. Police are handling it as an attempted suicide. ( Photo: Citizen) Halloween Horror: Man Critical After Being Struck by Subway on UES A suicidal man was pulled by first responders from under the Q northbound train at just after 5:30 p.m. in a Halloween horror... News 02 Nov 2025 | 12:50
Any voters who are still wavering when it comes time to cast their ballot, will have to hunt to find independent candidate Andrew Cuomo. He’s polling as the number two, but because he’s an independent on the Fight and Deliver line, he’s the eighth candidate in the line-up. Two candidates who said they dropped out, Jim Walden and Eric Adams are ahead of him in the lineup. ( Photo: Vote NYC) Cuomo Buried in 8th Slot on Ballot Line May Not Get Much Boost From Adams Endorse New Yorkers have begun to vote for a new mayor but the last minute endorsement by Eric Adams last week for Andrew Cuomo is... News 27 Oct 2025 | 07:05
Construction worker Jorge Sanchez died when he fell 60 feet into a tunnel at the Gateway Project at 30th Street and Eleventh Avenue on Oct. 23. His family says the hardworking family man always had a smile on his face. ( Photo: GoFundMe) Worker Killed in Fatal Fall at Gateway Tunnel Always Had Smile on Face, Says Family The heartbroken daughter of a 52-year-old construction worker who was killed when he plunged 60 feet into a tunnel at the... News 27 Oct 2025 | 05:45
Virginia Maloney ( Photo: Virginia Maloney campaign) CD 4 Race Pits Virginia Maloney (D) vs Indie Kyle Athayde News 24 Oct 2025 | 12:28
A U-Haul delivery van allegedly driven by an 86-year-old man came to a halt on East 57th St. on Oct. 21, but not before hitting two cars, driving onto the sidewalk and crushing three mail relay boxes, knocking over a LinkNYC wifi kiosk, and hitting a fire hydrant. Also, a female pedestrian was hit by the falling bus sign. ( Photo: Citizen) Elderly Driver Unleashes Chaos in E. 57th St. Crash, Injures 3 An 86-year-old driver of a U-Haul minivan unleashed a Rube Goldberg-ish afternoon of chaos when police said he rear-ended... News 24 Oct 2025 | 11:55
The Trump administration has forced DOT to pause its plans to convert 34th Street into a car-free busway by year end. ( Photo: NYC DOT) Trump Admin Forces DOT to Hit Pause on 34th St. Busway Plan The Trump administration has stepped up its offensive against New York City transportation projects and ordered the NYC Department... News 19 Oct 2025 | 06:36
Bikers frequently ignore traffic signals, including stop signs such as the one above, in Central Park. The NYPD has yet to reveal how it plans to enforce the new 15 mph speed limit on e-bikes, which goes into effect on Oct. 24. ( Photo: NYC E-Vehicle Safety Alliance) New 15 MPH Speed Limit for E-Bikes Starts on Oct. 24 The new 15 mph speed limit for e-bikes, e-scooters, and pedal-assist commercial bicycles officially becomes law on Oct. 24,... News 17 Oct 2025 | 01:49
Before the rains came, their was a memorial service and laying of wreath at Colombus Circle to remember fallen first responders. Among those in attendance (front row, from left) the Italian Consul General Fabrizio DiMichele, Margo Catsimatides, Joe Moglis (Grand Marshall) and Fabrizio Michelassi, MD and chief of surgery at NY Presbyterian. ( Photo: Columbus Citizen Foundation) Nor’easter KOs Columbus Day Parade But Plenty of Italian Heritage Celebrated Joe Moglia, a hard-charging one-time football coach at Fordham Prep turned Wall Street executive who became chairman and... News 14 Oct 2025 | 01:53
Supporters of the hostages gathered in Central Park on Oct. 12 anxiously awaiting news from Gaza. The last of the 20 surviving hostages were released on Oct. 13. ( Photo: CombatAntisemitism X) Politicos Join in Relief with Jewish Community here over Hostage Release The release of the 20 living hostages that had been held by Hamas sent a long awaited wave of relief through the Jewish community... News 13 Oct 2025 | 05:36
Ebba Morina, one of two teens killed in a subway surfing incident, lived on the UES. She and a friend, Zemfira Mukhtarov, 12, boarded a J train and were struck by a low-hanging beam as the train crossed the Williamsburg Bridge. ( Photo: Farenga Brothers Funeral Home) UES Teen Was One of Victims in Subway Surfing Death Two teens were killed in a subway-surfing incident after climbing atop a Brooklyn-bound J train on Oct. 4, and one of them... News 13 Oct 2025 | 01:09
Andrew Cuomo ( Photo: YouTube) New Poll Shows Cuomo Surging But Still Trails Mamdani Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo surged by 10 percentage points in the first major poll to be released since Eric Adams... News 11 Oct 2025 | 11:34
