Mayor Bill de Blasio reads to a first grade class in Ozone Park, Queens, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. COVID September Kids went back to school, but could they stay there? Delegates returned to the United Nations, some of them, anyway. Riders... News 26 Sep 2021 | 09:56
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. City Planning Commission Approves Blood Center Project The controversial proposal to build a 340-foot life sciences laboratory and office tower on the current site of The New York... News 23 Sep 2021 | 03:30
Janice M. Horowitz, author of “Health Your Self: What’s Really Driving Your Care and How to Take Charge.” Photo courtesy of Janice Horowitz Down the Medical Rabbit Hole It’s hard to believe that laughing could send me deep into a medical maze. But so it did about a year ago one night in March.... News 22 Sep 2021 | 11:53
Mike and Dan Friedman with a display of Tall Order Socks. Photo courtesy of the Friedman family Twins Tower Above 9/11 Loss On September 10, 2001, the Friedman family was engrossed in Monday Night Football. 11-year-old twins Dan and Mike were camped... News 20 Sep 2021 | 09:33
Poster for the ESPN docuseries. Photo courtesy of ESPN Films Recreating the Magic of the ’86 Mets When asked to describe the atmosphere of Shea Stadium in the 1980s, Nick Davis simply said, “you can’t.” However, for as... News 21 Sep 2021 | 10:40
Shop offers an assortment of Italian goods and desserts for the feast. Photo: Gaby Messino The San Gennaro Festival Returns Little Italy is a neighborhood of old timers. People who grew up on Mulberry Street and got cannolis from Ferrara Bakery... News 20 Sep 2021 | 08:35
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, flanked by Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin, progressive advocates and state Democratic leaders on Friday, signed The Less Is More Act, which will end the practice of sending people to jail as they await hearings over alleged technical parole violations. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of the Governor Hochul and de Blasio Issue New Rules on Rikers Crisis In response to the deepening crisis at Rikers Island, Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday signed a new law aimed at releasing... News 20 Sep 2021 | 10:36
Dr. Ashutosh K. Tewari, chair of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Conversation is the Strongest Medicine Against Prostate Cancer One of the serious “side effects” of the pandemic is disruption of other medical care, including screening for prostate,... News 18 Sep 2021 | 10:49
Rep. Jerry Nadler(left) and Grace Lee (right), one of the founders of Children First, at the rally in front of Peck Slip School on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Children First Parents Push for Delay on Toxic Cleanup Before there was a controversial plan to build a 324-foot residential tower in place of a parking lot in the South Street... News 17 Sep 2021 | 01:34
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer welcomes students back to school. Photo: Office of the Borough President Brewer: Offer Families a Remote Learning Option Fully reopening our schools is critical for our city to heal from the collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although... News 13 Sep 2021 | 03:35
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
From “Rebuilding Hope: The Children of 9/11,” now streaming on discovery +. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Network The Children of 9/11 Have Their Own Story to Tell On September 11, 2001, Liz McNeil was on her way to work at People magazine when she witnessed the first plane hit the North... News 13 Sep 2021 | 09:31
Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press briefing on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. A Patchwork Pandemic Economy The Delta wave of COVID-19 may, just possibly, have crested in New York, but its economic disruption will be with us for... News 11 Sep 2021 | 03:06
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. A Late Push for the Blood Center Since the New York Blood Center first announced plans to build a 334-foot life sciences hub – dubbed Center East – at its... News 10 Sep 2021 | 06:12
David Byrne and the American Utopia band strike a pose while performing in the Hudson Theatre during their first stay on Broadway. Photo: Mattew Murphy David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ Returns to Broadway As we return to a new normal, over a year after the start of the pandemic, Broadway is seeing a revival of its own — and... News 10 Sep 2021 | 03:43
