Miles Wu at the competition’s Public Day, where the projects were judged, and the general public could attend and have the projects presented to them. ( Photo: Lisa Fryklund) UES High School Student Wins National Science Prize Miles Wu of Hunter College High School, who combined origami (the Japanese art of paper folding) and physics to optimize... Home 07 Nov 2025 | 04:53
Christian Diaz, convicted in stabbing death of Yemeni deli worker Ahmed Almulaiki, Oct. 19, 2021. ( Photo: NYPD) Man Who Stabbed Deli Worker to Death Sentenced to 20 Years Slowly as the wheel of justice sometimes turns, it can be shocking when, from out of the mists of time and mourning, punishment... News 03 Nov 2025 | 02:19
P.S. 77 Lower Lab School, on East 96th Street, has topped U.S. News & World Report’s latest list of the 10 best elementary or middle schools in New York State. ( Photo: Google Maps ) Two UES Schools Make NYS Top 10 List, With P.S. 77 At No. 1 Two Upper East Side public schools have made U.S. News & World Report’s latest list of the best elementary or middle schools... News 03 Nov 2025 | 10:38
Left: Wanted for robbery of car-share driver. Right: Wanted for elder assault. ( Photo: Brian Berger) East 93rd St. Robbery; Lexington Ave. Assault The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals in connection with a robbery that occurred... News 27 Oct 2025 | 06:24
Alina Bonsell, a first-time candidate and the Republican nominee, says that she will be a “strong voice” opposing both “socialism and antisemitism” if elected to City Hall. ( Photo: Alina Bonsell ) CD5 Race on UES Pits Julie Menin (D) vs. Alina Bonsell (R) With early voting set to begin on Oct. 25, and Election Day on Nov. 4, the race for the Upper East Side’s City Council District... News 21 Oct 2025 | 02:03
Antiquities repatriation ceremony, Oct 3. Left to right: Elena Vlachogianni, head, Department of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods; Hellenic Secretary General of Culture Georgios Didaskalou; Consul General of Greece in New York Iphigenia Kanara; chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit Matthew Bogdanos, and Vasiliki Papageorgiou. ( Photo: Consulate General of Greece in New York) D.A.’s Office Sees Antiquities Returned to Greece The Antiquities Trading Unit (ATU) of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said on Oct. 10 that it had effected the return... News 13 Oct 2025 | 08:04
Wanted for assaulting senior woman on M15 bus, Sept. 23, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) 92-year-old Woman Punched on Bus; Apartment Rental Scammer Indicted The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual wanted in connection with an elderly assault... News 06 Oct 2025 | 11:25
Steuben Day preview at Foley Square, Sep. 19 (inset); and the parade proper on Fifth Avenue the next day. ( Photos: Brian Berger) 1000s of Jolly Germans March Up 5th Avenue: Auf die Freundschaft! Fifth Avenue came alive to the sights and sounds of the annual German-American Steuben Day Parade on Saturday, Sept. 20,... News 29 Sep 2025 | 09:08
The brilliant but wanted Jian Wu on the Brooklyn Heights promenade (upper Left); Above: Headquarters of hedge fundTwo Sigma at 100 6th Ave in SoHo where Wu worked before apparently absconding. ( Photos: LinkedIn, Google Maps) UES Finance Executive, Now a Fugitive, Indicted for Massive Hedge Fund Fraud Jian Wu was a brilliant but apparently flawed Ivy league computer and mathematics genius, originally from China, who lived... News 24 Sep 2025 | 08:38
Crimestopper photo of man wanted for Forcible Touching (left). Right: 310 E. 113th St., in Jefferson Houses NYCHA scene of recent shooting in East Harlem. ( Photos: NYPD, Google Maps) Woman Forcibly Touched on Subway; East Harlem Man Shot in Head Disturbing Incidents of sexual assault in the subway system—most perpetrated against women by men—continue to be reported.... News 15 Sep 2025 | 03:48
Assault and robbery suspect near Third Avenue and East 92nd Street, Aug. 18, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) Mugger Attacks, Robs Woman on E. 92 St.; Escaped Prisoner Caught! The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual wanted in connection... News 25 Aug 2025 | 11:40
Victims of stolen car wheels ring: July 24, opposite 130 East End Ave.; Aug. 14, near 418 E. 88th St. ( Photos: LanaGet Next Door; Subtantial_Zebra_14 Reddit) Cops to UES: Crime Wave Targets Auto Wheels/Tires The stories have been circulating on the internet for a couple of months now: a gang or gangs of skilled thieves stealing... News 17 Aug 2025 | 03:22
Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, who lived on the UES, was said to be planning a trip home to her native Ireland before she died. The 33-year-old fashion designer was found unconscious on board a boat at the tony Montauk Yacht Club in the early-morning hours of Aug. 5 and could not be revived. ( Photo: Facebook) Fashion Designer Found Unconscious on Boat in Montauk Yacht Club Dies Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, a 33-year-old fashion entrepreneur from the Upper East Side, was found unconscious aboard a boat... News 11 Aug 2025 | 03:43
Left: Lewis D. Reynolds, arrested for elder assault. Right: Lamont “Tip Dawg” Thornton, allegedly murdered by his son. ( Photos: NYPD, GoFundMe) Maniac Who Punched Senior at UES Apple Store Arrested; Patricide in Rangel Houses Unhinged and unhoused, a man suspected of socking a 94-year-old senior citizen in the face at an Upper East Side Apple Store... News 11 Aug 2025 | 01:01
The bathroom crack that became a crevasse. ( Photos: ByCarolynD TikTok) UES Woman Bugs Out After Bathroom Ceiling Collapse Unleashes Cockroaches An Upper East Side woman recently bugged out of her studio apartment after the collapse of wet ceiling board in her bathroom... News 10 Aug 2025 | 05:17
