Olive Freud battled Lincoln Center and Donald Trump over West Side development plans. The longtime community activist passed away recently at age 97. ( Photo: Lemich Awards) Longtime Community Activist Once Beat Donald Trump New York has lost a civic giant. Olive Freud, who passed away recently at the age of 97, is someone whom 99 percent of New... Voices 14 Jul 2025 | 05:01
Walden’s Unity Poll Idea: More Symbolic Than Impactful Even As Cuomo Vows Active Indie Bid Long-shot mayoral candidate Jim Walden has recently proposed a so-called “unity poll,” in the five-candidate race in order... Voices 14 Jul 2025 | 04:20
Zohran Mamdani Speaking at a Democratic Socialists of America meeting at the Church of the Village in NYC in November 2024. ( Photo: Bingjiefu He/Wikimedia Commons) Opinion: Zohran Mamdani Being Unfairly Branded For those who’ve been on a media blackout, New York City’s Democrats last week overwhelmingly nominated a candidate who just... Voices 30 Jun 2025 | 01:19
Zohran Mamdani speaking at a Resist Fascism rally in Bryant Park on Oct. 27, 2024. ( Photo: Bingjiefu He/Wikimedia Commons) Opinion: The Threat of Zohran Mamdani Thoughts on the staggering out-of-nowhere victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral primary—I say “out of nowhere”... Voices 30 Jun 2025 | 01:52
Daily News reporter Christopher Sommerfeldt, at the 115th Pct in Jackson Heights where Mayor Eric Adams held his off-topic press briefing on June 24. Adams let Sommerfeldt take a seat at the weekly press briefing after threatening to bar him a weekly earlier for speaking out of turn. But Adams still refused to call on him. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Adams Continues His Absurd Feud with Daily News Reporter Mayor Eric Adams continued his feud with Daily News reporter Christopher Sommerfeldt at his weekly off-the-record press briefings... Voices 30 Jun 2025 | 10:17
The Soloviev Group is teaming up with the Mohegan Sun casino in a bid to land a license on the East River, just south of the United Nations, calling its project “Freedom Plaza” and proposing a public park and a museum. ( Photo: Courtesy Bucharest Studios) Three Developers Rolling the Dice to Land a Manhattan Casino License Manhattan, says Michael Hershman, is “the Holy Grail” when it comes to building one of the new downstate casinos authorized... Voices 21 Jun 2025 | 09:17
Credit: VoteNYC ( Pictured above is an incorrect sample ballot. Participants cannot vote for the same candidate more than once.) Ranked-Choice Voting: What New Yorkers Need To Know In 2021, New Yorkers faced a novel kind of ballot: Instead of picking one candidate, they were asked to rank five. Four years... Voices 09 Jun 2025 | 03:49
Virginia Maloney (left) who is running for City Council in District 4, with her mom, former Congress woman Carolyn Maloney, who held an upper East Side council seat for ten years before starting her 30-year career in Congress. They lunched recently with our East Side Observer columnist. ( Photo: Courtesy Virginia Maloney campaign) Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane in Primary Season Memory lane—City Council District 4 is personal to me. While I now live in CD 5, the streets, the blocks, the avenues are... Voices 09 Jun 2025 | 05:41
Knicks G.M Leon Rose fired Tom Thibodeau after he lead the team to the Eastern Conference finals before losing to the Pacers. Oddly, the Knicks team instagram account posts “Thank You” to the man they just axed. ( Photo: New York Knicks Instagram) The Knicks Did Not Give Tom Thibodeau a Raw Deal Let me get this out of the way: The Knicks, who sparked a public outcry this week by firing head coach Tom Thibodeau, did... Voices 09 Jun 2025 | 06:12
Legendary investigative journalist Tom Robbins worked at the Daily News, where he was a union leader in the strike in the early 1990s, and at the Village Voice, where he was a top investigative reporter. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) Remembering Tom Robbins, Journalist Who Crusaded for New Yorkers in Need Journalist Tom Robbins died at home in Brooklyn Heights on Tuesday, May 27. He was 76 and left behind a powerful legacy as... Voices 02 Jun 2025 | 05:15
Barbra Streisand and Paul McCartney sing a duet, “My Valentine,“ on Streisand’s latest album of duets with legendary artists. Their song was released on May 16. The full album hits streaming platforms on June 27. ( Photo: reddit) Her Name Is Still Barbra One of the big stories in the musical world is that Barbra Streisand’s third album of duets, The Secret of Life: Partners,... Voices 02 Jun 2025 | 04:21
Patis Bakery, a popular French-American pâtisserie chain, shut several of its stores following a bankruptcy in 2024 but reopened two East Side locations. Now one on Lexington Ave. between 88th and 89th is closed as is another near Grand Central. It still has about a dozen scattered around downtown, Chelsea, and the UWS. ( Photo: Patis.com) Campaign Board Flyers Contain Errors; UES Senior Residences Thrive; Bakery Opening/Closing On May 22 I opened my apartment building mailbox to find the 2025 Primary Election Voter Guide sent by the New York City... Voices 07 Jun 2025 | 09:14
USN Rear Admiral Alexis “Lex” T. Walker and Council Member Gale Brewer, Soldiers & Sailors Monument, May 26, 2025. ( Photo: Gale Brewer Facebook) Gale Brewer’s Memorial Day Address 2025 May 26, 2025 I thank Peter Galasinao and Neil Berson of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Association as well as John Herrold... Voices 28 May 2025 | 11:30
Sandra Newser Waldman (1932-2025) was one of only a handful of women in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1955. Early in her career she worked with Walter Cronkite on the CBS Radio network. ( Photo: Courtesy Steven Waldman ) Veteran Journalist Recalls His Trailblazing Mom Sandra Newser Waldman (born 1932, died this week)–When mom woke up from surgery for lung cancer a decade ago, she opened... Voices 28 May 2025 | 12:08
People enter and leave Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, May 22, 2025. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) House Budget Bill Deals Big Blows to New York This story was originally published by THE CITY. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning.... Voices 23 May 2025 | 02:06
