Working to help pass New York state's same-sex marriage legislation in 2011 was an early high point in Erik Bottcher's career. ( Photo: Courtesy of Friends of Erik Bottcher) It's All About the Details In Erik Bottcher’s ideal political world, policy problems would be resolved by gathering stakeholders around a table to hash... News 18 Feb 2020 | 11:30
Olive Freud (left), president of the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at Monday's press conference. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) 'Off With the Floors!' Olive Freud had reason to celebrate on Monday morning. After spearheading a years-long neighborhood campaign against the... News 17 Feb 2020 | 03:34
A wintertime photo of the Harlem Meer in Central Park, looking south and east, with the twin ovals that comprise the existing Lasker skating rink. ( Photo: Courtesy Central Park Conservancy) Petition Pushback on Lasker Pool and Rink Plan The Central Park Conservancy has a plan to replace the pool and ice rinks at the northeast corner of Central Park, but thousands... News 17 Feb 2020 | 01:04
Gift box from Nuts Factory ( Photo: Jennifer Doherty) Nuts for New York Nuts Factory opened its first U.S. location at 1030 Third Ave. with a drive to create a sensory experience for its shoppers.... News 17 Feb 2020 | 11:25
An architect's rendering shows the hospital tower, left, and the residential tower, right, that were part of the original proposal for the redevelopment of Lenox Hill Hospital. A new, alternative proposal does not include the residential tower. ( Rendering: Courtesy of Lenox Hill Hospital / Northwell Health) New Lenox Hill Task Force Gets Results “Everybody was upset about everything,” Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer said, describing the months of turmoil that... News 17 Feb 2020 | 11:35
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (at podium) at a press conference on Monday before the passage of H.R. 1980, the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act, with (left to right) Jane Abraham, Chair of the Congressional Commission; Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton; and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. ( Photo: Phi Nguyen) Americans Deserve a Women's History Museum There are not many things that Democrats and Republicans agree on these days. But there is this: “America needs and deserves... News 14 Feb 2020 | 04:22
Anthony Piglowski and Hayley Nejman at Rockefeller Center. ( Photo: Jennifer Doherty) A Valentine's Day Proposal on Ice Hayley Nejman took to the ice at Rockefeller Center on Friday morning with extreme caution, holding onto her boyfriend, Anthony... News 14 Feb 2020 | 12:55
A rendering of the future home of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in the former Christian Science church on Central Park West on 96th Street. It shows a new roof atop the landmark, complete with a walkway and performance space, as well as new transparent windows that would replace the 120-year-old stained-glass windows. ( Rendering: Courtesy of CMOM / FXCollaborative) Raise High the Roof Beam, CMOM Upper West Siders rolled out the welcome mat in early 2018 when it was revealed that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan had... News 11 Feb 2020 | 11:05
Owner Nancy Bass Wyden, seen here with her father, Fred Bass, is excited about expanding to the UWS. ( Photo: Courtesy of Strand Book Store) Here Comes The Strand The Strand Book Store, an iconic institution in Greenwich Village for nearly a century, opens a new chapter next month when... News 10 Feb 2020 | 10:58
MIchael Bloomberg, seen here in his Super Bowl ad, is spending millions and targeting the Super Tuesday primaries. ( Photo: Courtesy Mike Bloomberg 2020 via YouTube) The Bloomberg Method I have to smile as I watch America trying to make sense of Michael Bloomberg’s insurgent presidential run. Journalists and... News 07 Feb 2020 | 12:15
Khar struggled with addiction for 15 years. ( Photo: Sylvie Rosokoff) Resilience and Hope Erin Khar is known for writing on addiction, recovery, mental health, relationships, parenting, infertility and self-care.... News 06 Feb 2020 | 01:51
Deputy Inspector Timothy Malin at the 2019 Straus News Westy Awards. ( Photo: Steven Strasser) Malin Leaving 20th Precinct After two years as the commander of the NYPD’s 20th precinct, Deputy Inspector Timothy Malin is retiring from his Upper West... News 03 Feb 2020 | 04:33
Students talked about programs they would like to see the community put into place. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Coming Together After Tragedy Residents of Upper Manhattan came together last week to discuss how the community can move forward following the December... News 03 Feb 2020 | 11:39
Governor Cuomo tours L Train tunnel and shows improvements made ahead of schedule and on budget on September 29, 2019. ( Photo: Darren McGee / Office of Governor Cuomo) Who Runs the Transit System? Once upon a time in the Great City, Hugh L. Carey, one of New York’s best modern governors, and certainly its most underrated,... News 31 Jan 2020 | 01:46
