Tiffany Collings and Oscar Hernandez, two of the three co-owners of Wayne & Sons. say they’ll be forced to move the popular taco place if the city forces them to tear down the small enclosed outdoor dining shed in the East Village. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Restaurant Owners Say They’re Under Fire As New Outdoor Dining Rules Take Hold When it was first unveiled by Mayor Eric Adams, it was hailed as a compromise that kept outdoor dining sheds intact for eight... News 18 Apr 2025 | 10:36
Fewer Easter eggs may be getting dyed this year as shortages and high prices still plague stores across Manhattan. ( Photo: Wikimedia commons) Egg Shortages and High Prices in Peak Season Around Easter At a Target store in the East Village an employee was filling the shelves with cartons of eggs on Palm Sunday [April 13]... News 18 Apr 2025 | 04:10
Police and Fire divers were in the water within ten minutes of the crash but none of the six victims could be saved. Salvage operations took place over the next four days following the April 10 crash. ( Photo: NYPD) FAA Grounds Helicopter Company at Center of Hudson River Crash That Killed 6 People The Federal Aviation Authority has issued an emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Charter Inc., the sightseeing... News 16 Apr 2025 | 06:23
A devastated Joan Camprubi Montal, brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, prepares to toss flowers into the Hudson River near the site where his sister, her husband Agustin Escobar and their three children perished in a helicopter crash on April 10. The helicopter pilot was also killed in the crash. ( Photo: Justin Persaud/Mayoral Photography Office) Flowers on Hudson for Six Killed in Deadly Helicopter Crash Less than 20 minutes after boarding a sightseeing helicopter on April 10 at the Skyport in downtown Manhattan, six people,... News 15 Apr 2025 | 04:50
At a press conference after a federal judge reluctantly dismissed the federal corruption charges against him, Mayor Eric Adams urged all New Yorkers to read the book Government Gangsters, by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump. A day later, Adams said he was ditching the Dem primary to run as an independent. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) Adams Ditches Dems, Plans to Run as an Independent The race for mayor is growing more convoluted by the day. On the deadline day to submit petitions to get on the ballot to... News 07 Apr 2025 | 11:48
Tee ballers, barely bigger than the banner, get ready to step off at the start of the Opening Day parade for the Peter Stuyvesant Little League. There are still Tee ball openings for players living in the district between East 12th Street and East 72nd Street. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) 3 NY Mets Champs Help Little League Kick Off Its 75th Season Play ball! The Peter Stuyvesant Little League, whose catchment district stretches from East 12th Street to East 72nd Street... News 02 Apr 2025 | 02:58
A mom named Michelle (right) accompanied by her daughter Lulu and her husband were among the fans who climbed on board the Yankee Express nostalgia train. “It’s amazing,” she said of the special train. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Fans Climb Aboard Nostalgia Train for Yankee Stadium Run on Opening Day Last year, when the NYC Transit Authority ran its vintage nostalgia subway car to Yankee Stadium on opening day, there was... News 31 Mar 2025 | 06:00
Rosa Mexicano has a “no coins” policy when doling out change to customers. One customer objected when a waitress wanted to pocket an extra 50 cents the customer was owed. When the customer complained on social media, it triggered a local uproar. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Mexican Restaurant Tells Customer ‘We Don’t Do Coins,’ Triggers Social Media Uproar A waitress at Rosa Mexicano restaurant on the Upper East Side only gave a customer $1 in change on an $18.50 tab. When the... News 31 Mar 2025 | 04:12
Flagbearer waves to crowd at 264th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Ave. on March 17. ( Photo: Heather Stein) Wet Weather Does Not Dampen Spirits at St. Patrick’s Day Parade There was a little bit of everything surrounding the 264th St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 17. It kicked off with an early-morning... News 24 Mar 2025 | 10:35
Peter Costiglio (third from left) and wife of 54 years, Barbara, to his right with their nine grandchildren at a family gathering in a restaurant in White Plains, NY, following a high school graduation ceremony for one of his grandchidren in June, 2023. ( Photo: Courtesy Paul Costiglio) Farewell to Peter Costiglio, PR Giant and True Gentleman The news came with a jolt. Peter Costiglio, veteran PR maven that I had dealt with for 40 years covering the media industry... News 24 Mar 2025 | 02:31
Elizabeth Stack was recruited from an Albany Irish organization to try to turn around the embattled American Irish Historical Society just over a year ago. But now she is out, her position eliminated, and at least three board members have resigned in protest. ( Photo: LinkedIn) New Turmoil at American Irish Historical Society A new uproar is gripping the American Irish Historical Society, which sits in a stately Gilded Age townhouse on the Upper... News 22 Mar 2025 | 01:39
Camera-shy fan Ma Yeonju and her boyfriend, Maceo Hembert, in line to get into the Genesis House pop-up store to get flowers and immersive photo ops celebrating release of the “Sweet Dreams” single by j-hope of the popular K-pop band BTS. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) New Single from j-hope of K-Pop Band BTS Triggers Run on Flowers at Downtown Pop-up Sometimes there can be too much of a good thing. When news went viral of a two-day pop-up event celebrating the release of... News 17 Mar 2025 | 01:48
A woman on a Citibike was struck by a rider on another bike and knocked unconscious on the path near Cleopatra’s Needle on the east side of Central Park. She was transported to Weill Cornell. Her condition is unknown. ( Photo: Pinterest) Woman Bicyclist Slams Head when hit by E-Biker in Central Park A woman on a Citibike was struck by another motorized e-bike near Cleopatra’s Needle on the east side of Central Park on... News 17 Mar 2025 | 01:50
Protesters descended on Gracie Mansion on March 12 after Mayor Adams refused to take a stand on the arrest by ICE agents of Mahmoud Khalil, a spokesperson at last summer’s pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. P ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Protests Continue Across City in the Wake of the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil A week of protests was capped by the arrest of 98 people inside Trump Tower on March 13 over the continuing detention of... News 16 Mar 2025 | 05:39
This crew from Ireland had special shamrock suits made in Dublin’s famous Spencer’s department store before flying over for the 2024 parade in New York. ( Photo: Patricia Walsh) Here’s Where to Celebrate the St. Patrick’s Day ‘Season’ There is, of course, the big parade, always on March 17 (except when the date falls on a Sunday), which is 14 years older... News 13 Mar 2025 | 02:49
