In the Armory basement. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Storming The Armory After school let out on Tuesday, a group of kids and parents trickled into the Park Avenue Armory. They entered through the... News 26 May 2022 | 02:03
Left to right: Contributor Michael Oreskes, Honoree Dr. Dave Chokshi, Editor in Chief Alexis Gelber, President and Publisher Jeanne Straus, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Honoree Laurie M. Tisch, Honoree Julie Menin. Photo: Steven Strasser Back in Person: The 2022 OTTY Awards For more than 20 years Our Town has proudly hosted the OTTYS – the Our Town Thanks You Awards – as a way to honor remarkable... News 13 May 2022 | 10:57
A CB8 meeting to discuss the future of the Knickerbocker Greys attracted a record number of attendees. Photo: Abigail Gruskin UES Rallies Behind The Knickerbocker Greys A fiery Community Board 8 Youth, Education and Libraries Committee meeting shattered attendance records of recent memory... News 29 Apr 2022 | 05:10
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
Prototype of the mobile museum. Photo courtesy of the Office of Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Seawright Announces Mobile Museum of Tolerance As incidents of hate crimes continue to mount, a mobile museum is coming to teach tolerance and combat antisemitism and... News 11 Mar 2022 | 11:57
NYS Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright in the Assembly Chamber presenting a proclamation to Sarah Weddington in 2019. Photo: Haley Hershenson Seawright: A Tribute to Sarah Weddington Sarah Weddington, the attorney who argued and won the Roe v. Wade case before the Supreme Court, died at her home in Austin,... News 27 Dec 2021 | 03:36
Center left to right: Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Howard Teich at a ceremony on Nov. 9, 2021 honoring Women’s Veterans Day at the Women’s Flagstaff and Grove in Central Park. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of the Governor Honoring Women of Service Ahead of Veterans Day, New York State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright presented the “Exceptional Women in Service Award”... News 10 Nov 2021 | 01:49
From left to right: Rebecca Seawright, Gale Brewer and Barbara Chocky. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Seawright The Conscience of a Community Leading lady leaves the stage - Since the early days of Our Town, Barbara Chocky has been an active and vital part of the... Voices 24 Oct 2021 | 10:01
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (center) with Council Member-elect Lincoln Restler and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez. Photo courtesy of Maloney’s campaign Maloney Kicks Off Campaign New York politicians came out in full force for Rep. Carolyn Maloney at her campaign kickoff at the Williamsburg Hotel in... News 19 Oct 2021 | 03:02
Civic activist Helene Goldfarb receiving a shot. Photo courtesy of Office of Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright New Dates for Free Booster and Third Shots at Seawright’s Office Longtime civic activist and retired Hunter College High School science teacher Helene Goldfarb recently celebrated her 92nd... News 12 Oct 2021 | 02:57
At sunrise commemoration on Saturday, the presentation of the colors, presented by David Menegon and the Knickerbocker Greys. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Bringing New Yorkers Together on 9/11 Under a clear blue sky reminiscent of the morning on the same date 20 years ago, Upper East Side residents gathered together... News 13 Sep 2021 | 11:30
City Council candidate Julie Menin speaking at rally at Carl Schurz Park. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Menin Kicks off General Election Campaign City Council candidate Julie Menin kicked off her general election campaign efforts with a rally that featured a long list... News 13 Sep 2021 | 09:38
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul with Mayor Bill de Blasio on August 17, 2021. Photo: Kathy Hochul on Twitter NYC’s Hopes for Hochul When Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul takes over as New York’s next governor, she will be stepping into a tense and tumultuous... News 19 Aug 2021 | 11:24
Sen. Chuck Schumer (right) with Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright at the Lenox Hill Nieghborhood House last week for a special district meeting. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Schumer Hears from UES Leaders Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stopped by the Upper East Side last week to deliver a dispatch from Congress on the... News 26 Jul 2021 | 11:30
NYS’s former Attorney General Robert Abrams writes of his Bronx childhood and rise in Democratic Party politics. Photo via Amazon.com Adams on Broadway Adams at the Actors Temple - With Bway coming back, our sure-to-be mayor Eric Adams made an appearance on Sunday evening... Voices 19 Jul 2021 | 07:34
