From left to right: Rebecca Weintraub, mom Sarah Steiner, Grandpa Henry Steiner after voting together in 2018 election. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Weintraub A Mother Connection, a Pizza Correction The Mom connection - The next generation of UES political leaders in the Democratic Party is evident on the club level.... Voices 17 Jan 2021 | 06:23
Nick Krkuti, one of the owners of Uncle Paul’s Pizza. Photo courtesy of Uncle Paul’s Pizza New Year’s Resolutions Head to Uncle Paul’s Pizza on Vanderbilt Ave - Fortunately, Uncle Paul’s Pizza is alive and making pizza and a full menu... Voices 03 Jan 2021 | 08:12
Sammy Cohen Eckstein, for whom Brad Hoylman’s bill is named. Photo: Joan Dean Introducing ‘Sammy’s Law’ Sammy’s Law - On Dec. 8, which would have been the 20th birthday of Sammy Cohen Eckstein, a 12-year-old killed by a driver... Voices 18 Dec 2020 | 05:50
Sable’s Smoked Fish. Photo courtesy of Sable’s Smoked Fish. Desperately Seeking Sable’s It seemed like forever. And it was. Closed for three months, after 30 years at the same location, Sable’s the Upper Eeast... Voices 06 Dec 2020 | 02:36
Emma Savonije and Lily Leshanski. Photo: Lily and Emma Spreading the Wildlife Word Imagine learning about wildlife from two teenagers on a pandemic day on the third floor community terrace of an urban apartment... Voices 17 Nov 2020 | 03:47
Anita Gelato on Second Ave. Photo: Jeremy Berman Let’s Hear it for a Dairy Row Cat’s covered - No muss, no fuss. No worries about indoor or outdoor dining. Feline ferals in a nearby NY town get to dine... Voices 08 Nov 2020 | 03:52
Joe Mullen with Duke Reilly. Photo courtesy of Joe Mullen Playing Party Politics Voting the old-fashioned way - In these crazy days I’m sticking to the tried and true way of voting. At a polling place.... Voices 25 Oct 2020 | 04:03
Section of sample ballot for the State Assembly, courtesy of Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright’s office. Ballots and Buses Bottoms up - The court battles are over and Democrat Rebecca Seawright, after a tumultuous pre-election process, is on the... Voices 11 Oct 2020 | 09:43
Reading for readings on 18th Street. Photo: Hazel Feldman Looking to the Future Double bagging - Like it or not, there’s a 5-cent charge for paper bags these days which beats having to walk the streets... Home 12 Sep 2020 | 04:14
Rabbi Yisroel Stone and his son Menachem. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Yisroel Stone Taking to the Streets Have shofar, will travel - There it was, old time religion making claim to its place on NYC’s street. And why not, everything’s... Voices 30 Aug 2020 | 03:22
Chef Hakan Akbag (left) and Mirso of Tudor City Steakhouse. Photo courtesy of Tudor City Steakhouse The Best of all Worlds: Good Food, No Noise Noiseless in NY ... No noise, NY? - Sounds like an oxymoron. Where to eat/dine in Manhattan where there’s no noise from street... Voices 16 Aug 2020 | 06:29
Sidewalk tables at Tal Bagels on East 86th Street. (Photo: Nancy Ploeger) Redefining Street Food Mixed-up messaging - Kind of weird to see that Whole Foods’s rotisserie chicken comes wrapped in packaging that promotes... Voices 02 Aug 2020 | 06:12
Harmony Grits was rescued from under a warehouse. ( Photo: Monica Sinforosa, Crossed Paws Rescue) A City’s Travails, A Cat’s Tale Pandemania - No matter what you call the scourge (COVID, covid, CV, cv, pandemic), it’s here, we’ve got it. For how long?... Voices 19 Jul 2020 | 04:41
Esther Yang’s BBQ sauce and spareribs. ( Photo courtesy of Esther Yang ) New Food for Thought Into the future - It’s good to see that the pandemic hasn’t forever dampened the spirit of some restaurant owners and other... Voices 05 Jul 2020 | 06:32
Zoom meeting of BreakALeg Productions theater company. ( Photo courtesy of Susan Richard) In the Whirl of Zoomtown SLAM dunk - Play time is what’s needed more than ever these days - from sitting down in a restaurant indoors to seeing a... Voices 21 Jun 2020 | 06:09