Madison Square Garden will be rocking this playoff season with both Knicks and Rangers in the hunt for a championship. Photo: Wikimedia Commons As Rangers and Knicks Start Post Season Journey, Can Either Win a Championship? New York sports fans haven’t experienced this kind of rapture from their hockey and basketball teams since 1994. That year,... Voices 19 Apr 2024 | 01:27
Call for Action for New York Legislators to Address Growing Plastics Waste Problem Nothing tastes better in plastic. I’ll take my champagne in a glass flute, give me a can for my beer, a glass bottle for... Voices 12 Apr 2024 | 04:11
Students have only recovered about one third of what they lost during the pandemic, according to the latest studies. Source: The Educational Opportunity Project, Stanford University and the Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University As Pandemic Deficits Persist Should Kids Hit Summer School Instead of Summer Camp? “Zoom school.” The sound of it still sends chills up the spine of some parents and, more unfortunately, some students are... Voices 11 Apr 2024 | 11:57
Evette Zayas (right), founder of Cake Burgers in East Harlem, with a regular customer named Ray who won cupcakes in a raffle at the neighborhood store. Photo: Cake Burgers Small Biz Owners are Resilient, but Need More Resources to Thrive In November 2019, after a long career in public service, I took a leap towards a dream job: running my own eatery. The thought... Voices 10 Apr 2024 | 04:17
Golfing fan Tim McCann, an all County golfer in high school, recalls how 25 years ago this April, he managed to sneak onto the Augusta National Golf Course just as The Masters had wrapped up. And here’s the proof as he’s seen here teeing off on the storied 12th hole. Photo: Courtesy Tim McCann How An Avid Amateur Golfer Infiltrated Augusta National Course on Masters Weekend What is it about Augusta National that inspires awe whenever the golf course is mentioned to anybody remotely familiar with... Voices 04 Apr 2024 | 12:18
Lighthouse Guild volunteer Thomas LaCalla (right) assists client Derek Suarez (left) with 2024 tax preparation. Photo: Lighthouse Guild Help Available for Visually Impaired to Navigate Tax Season Tax day is April 15. This time of the year can be stressful for anyone, but for individuals who are blind or visually impaired,... Voices 08 Apr 2024 | 10:08
Letters to the Editor 04.04.24 Dear Letters Editor: Dear Letters Editor: You can judge the moral character of a person by the company they keep. Former... Voices 01 Apr 2024 | 01:19
Synagogue on West End Ave and W. 100th St. that was site of an anti-Semitic attack against two orthodox Jewish men on March 9 was the scene of a rally on March 24 calling for tougher penalties for hate crimes. Photo: Google Street views Columnist Calls for Tougher Hate Crime Laws There are more Jews in New York City than anywhere outside Israel. As long as we’ve all lived here, the Upper West Side has... News 01 Apr 2024 | 12:51
Open Hearts volunteers named Alina and Marilyn at a drive on the Upper West Side to gather supplies for babies of asylum seekers. The Open Hearts donation drive now nearing its final days on the East Side,. Photo: Courtesy Open Hearts. Helping Our Youngest New Neighbors Having lived in New York for 35 years, I have always believed that my city is a generous and welcoming place, one ultimately... Voices 01 Apr 2024 | 04:07
The outside of popular Jewish owned, Effy’s Cafe, located at 104 W 96th street in the Upper West Side, vandalized by fake blood over the restaurant shed and anti-semitic hate crime written on the concrete with black graffiti paint saying “Form line here to support genocide” on March 18. Photo Credit: Twitter of Mark Svensson, attorney. Brewer Decries Spate of Hate Crimes on UWS After 3 Incidents in 24 Hr Period Sunday morning, [March 17] the NYPD 24th Police Precinct alerted me to anti-Israel graffiti painted on cement bollards in... Voices 25 Mar 2024 | 04:29
Pete Alonso, who has hit 192 home runs in his first five seasons with the New York Mets, is in the last year of his contract and could be come a free agent at the end of the season. Photo: D. Benjamin Miller/Wikimedia Commons Mets and Yankees In Race...Towards the Bottom Diehard New York baseball fans are looking forward to seeing their beloved teams compete in pennant races in 2024. Unfortunately,... Voices 20 Mar 2024 | 04:13
In the good old days, doctors and nurses would be your primary care physicians for life. Now an increasing number are opting to join concierge services and charging big bucks if you want to stay with them. Photo: From an album that belonged to Sister Ester Cyrus/Wikimedia Commons What’s Up Doc? Columnist Blasts New Concierge Service That Doctors are Setting Up The membership development coordinator from Concierge Choice Physicians called one recent evening to inform me that, come... Voices 18 Mar 2024 | 11:23
The Statue of Liberty seen from the Circle Line ferry, Manhattan, New York ( William Warby/Wikemedia Commons.) Living in New York Is Like Dating A Movie Star The nation may have turned its collective eyes to Tinsel Town on March 10 to watch the Academy Awards, but we New Yorkers... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 03:06
Polar bear at the Central Park Zoo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Are Zoos Doing Enough for the Animals They Are Meant to Protect? Dear Letters Editor: When I saw the polar bears prior to their cage renovation [in the Central Park Zoo] they were happy and... Voices 18 Mar 2024 | 11:09
Some demonstrators customized their rain gear with protest demands. The watermelon, which bears the black, green, and red colors of the Palestinian flag, has become a familiar symbol at Palestinian protests. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand a Gaza Cease-Fire Thousands of protestors gathered in Washington Square Park and under heavy rain on March 2 and marched to mid-town calling... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 02:19