The ban on cars left the intersection of 14th St. and Eighth Ave. looking eerily empty last week. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Busway Transforms 14th Street The buses have been liberated — at least on 14th Street. Long, blue buses cruised easily down this typically congested artery... News Oct 13 2019 | 08:03 AM
Greta Thunberg (left) with Naomi Klein at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. ( Photo: Becca Tucker) Greta Thunberg and "Shop Stop" We saw Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist who has lit the climate resistance on fire, speak at... News Oct 10 2019 | 11:02 AM
After the Slaughter Manhattanites don’t shock easily. They’re well aware that big-city life is often punctuated with trauma and peril and pain.... News Oct 08 2019 | 01:37 PM
Jeff Goodman addresses one of his walking tour groups. ( Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Goodman) He Loves New York Jeff Goodman is a native New Yorker and a real estate agent. He once crossed paths with a tour guide and, recognizing the... News Oct 07 2019 | 05:02 PM
Mayor Bill de Blasio with NYC Census Director Julie Menin on September 25, 2019. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) 'We're Going to Get Counted' Although the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration in June from adding a question asking the citizenship status... News Oct 07 2019 | 02:14 PM
From left to right: Jennifer HarropWillson, Billy Mitchel (aka Mr. Apollo), Deborah Smith, David Miree, Kamela Irving, Matt Garvey, Ryan Dang Hong, Brittany Morrisey + (Jazz Trio from the Manhattan School of Music). All are WF team members except Mr. Apollo and the band. ( Photos courtesy of Wells Fargo) An Opening in Harlem A new branch of Wells Fargo opened on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Lenox Ave. and 125th Street with an allday open house. The... News Oct 07 2019 | 01:22 PM
Turning Down the Heat of Inflammation Stub your toe, snag a splinter on your thumb, bump your head, and your body goes on high alert. “Mediator hormones” rush... News Oct 07 2019 | 10:24 AM
Community Board 7 member Katie Rosman called the DHS plan "inhumane" and "cruel." ( Photo: Jason Cohen) UWS Shelter Battle Escalates Community Board 7 and neighborhood activists are not backing down from a fight. The women’s shelter at 237 West 107th Street... News Oct 04 2019 | 04:00 PM
Caroline Zhang (left) demonstrates hand-stitching repair at Mending Lab. ( Photo: Leslie Gersing) An Upper West Side Mending Lab Ripped jeans, tattered T-shirts, a moth-eaten sweater, even beloved stuffed animals – all found their way to a one-day pop-up... News Oct 04 2019 | 02:38 PM
Shortlist for Social Justice Book Prize Goddard Riverside announced that six titles have been shortlisted for its Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. The... News Oct 02 2019 | 11:08 AM
Comptroller Scott Stringer, with Deputy Comptroller for Audit Marjorie Landa, announcing the results of his investigation into the city's handling of lead inspections. ( Photo: Susan Watts, Office of the NYC Comptroller) Lead Report Slams City Agency The city failed to conduct lead inspections in private buildings where a government agency knew thousands of children who... News Sep 30 2019 | 12:00 PM
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer with mural artists ( Photos courtesy of the Office of Gale A. Brewer) The Art of Resiliency Last Thursday Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer unveiled the winning murals - and the artists who created them -... News Sep 27 2019 | 02:41 PM
When the Miracle Mets Taught a Lesson “Do the Mets have a chance?” I anxiously asked Mom. “I don’t think so,” she answered, deflating my hopes. It was late August... News Sep 27 2019 | 01:53 PM
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz sounds the shofar on loan from the Museum of Jewish Heritage's exhibition, "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away." ( Photo courtesy of the Museum of Jewish Heritage) The Sound of a Shofar from Auschwitz A shofar that was secretly blown in Auschwitz during Rosh Hashanah 75 years ago and clandestinely passed from one Jewish... News Sep 27 2019 | 01:32 PM
