The Catholic Archdiocese of New York (here St. Patrick’s Cathedral) is trying to finalize a $800 million deal to pay off 1,300 past victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests and lay people. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Pastors Worry as Archdiocese Pushes $800 Million Sex Abuse Settlement New worries have hit Catholic parish pastors now that the Archdiocese of New York has laid an $800 million deal on the table... News 05 May 2026 | 12:28
Madison Square Garden is ready for the Knicks 2026 playoff campaign. The New York State Gaming Commission wants to make sure only the authorized user of sports betting sites uses it and is pushing to add a biometric date requirement. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Debate Heats up over Push to Require Biometric Data on Sports Bet Sites New York has the most successful regulated online sports betting market in the country. This industry now generates over... Voices 04 May 2026 | 09:39
Cardinal Timothy Dolan (left) sold off real estate and cut staff at the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York over the past two years of his 16 year reign, but it will remain for Archbishop Ronald Hicks (right) to finally bring to a close the sexual abuse scandal. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Archdiocese to Pastors: Raise Millions for Sexual Abuse Victims or Go Bankrupt The Archdiocese of New York may be going bankrupt. The shocking news stunned pastors who were summoned to a recent emergency,... News 25 Apr 2026 | 09:28
Locals have long enjoyed relaxing in the Elizabeth Street Garden and until recently thought they had achieved a last-minute reprieve to halt development plans. ( Photo: Marie Pohl) New Peril for Elizabeth Street Garden: Developers Sue the City The fate of the Elizabeth Street Garden, a community and sculpture garden in Little Italy, remains uncertain once again.... News 24 Nov 2025 | 05:36
Standing before a giant screen at the Association for a Better New York breakfast recently, Amtrak executive Andy Byford outlines some bold ideas to run trains from the Long Island Rail Road into New Jersey and vice versa. But it will be no simple fix, as all railroads have traditionally ended their runs at Penn Station. ( Photo: Michael Oreskes) Byford Plan: Figure Out How to Get LIRR to Run to New Jersey No one can accuse Andy Byford of thinking small. Byford presented to a breakfast of New York power brokers his game plan for... News 24 Nov 2025 | 05:34
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
Head cider maker Cooper Graney with a six pack of Doc’s pear cider. Sip New York’s original cider at the Black Dirt Beer Bash The best local brews and hard ciders join forces September 18th at Dirt magazine’s Black Dirt Beer Bash, a one day event... Food & Drink 17 Aug 2021 | 11:56
Perhaps the most famous headline of the 1970s, published on Oct. 30, 1975. ( Photo: Edward Stojakovic via flickr) Haunted by the '70s Perhaps it’s nostalgia through a darkened lens, like Brits remembering the Blitz. That was a bad time, but we made it through,... News 24 Feb 2020 | 03:48
DSNY tote bag. ( Photo courtesy of Assembly Member Richard Gottfried) Plastic Puzzler On Sunday, March 1, New York joins California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon, Vermont and a handful of cities... News 24 Feb 2020 | 10:44
Newbies of New York 277 people move out of New York’s metro area every day, according to Bloomberg News. "Katy Keene," a new series on The CW,... Voices 13 Feb 2020 | 02:18
Ju-eh in "The Living Dying Opera" at the Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side. ( Photo: Peichao Lin) Prototype Festival A Musical Wild Card Ju-eh is a true 21st century artist. As an operatic countertenor, composer and overall conceptual curator, he has written... News 22 Dec 2019 | 12:51
Il Fiorista on West 26th St., between Fifth and Sixth Aves. ( Photo: Deborah Fenker) Get Ready to Eat in Chelsea Chelsea lost a slew of its iconic eateries this year, like much of the city. We bid farewell to Rouge Tomate, Trestle on... News 11 Oct 2019 | 11:43
Greta Thunberg (left) with Naomi Klein at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. ( Photo: Becca Tucker) Greta Thunberg and 'Shop Stop' We saw Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist who has lit the climate resistance on fire, speak at... News 10 Oct 2019 | 11:02
A detail of the extraordinary, life-sized "St. Jerome" sculpture, executed in around 1465 probably by both Donatello and Bertoldo di Giovanni, is one of the highlights of the show. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) Echoes of the Past, Whispers of the Future The curators at the Frick Collection have a knack for uncovering geniuses of the past and starting them trending. Now it's... City Arts 23 Sep 2019 | 02:41
