News Fewer trees got the chop this year than last year, at Parks Department Mulchfest locations on the Upper West Side. But citywide, the number set a new record. Photo via the NYC Department of Sanitation’s Twitter Where’d All The Christmas Trees Go? 03 Feb 2023 | 01:58 Every year after Christmas, plenty of city dwellers inevitably leave their worn-out fir trees on the...
News Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine has unleashed a sweeping housing plan that could add 70,00 new units in Manhattan to help alleviate the affordable housing crisis. The report finds 171 vacant lots that could support new housing. Boro Pres Unveils Sweeping Housing Plan, Seeks to Add 70,000 New Units 02 Feb 2023 | 09:47 Manhattan borough president Mark Levine unveiled a plan to create thousands of new apartments in Manhattan,...
News When I tell my college class that I require a public speaking project as part of their grade, the reaction I get is usually akin to the fellow in The Scream. Painted 130 years ago this most famous work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that hangs in the National Museum of Oslo also precisely captures the feeling of dread or terror that most students today have for this assignment. Why I Require Public Speaking in My College Classroom 02 Feb 2023 | 12:10 My college students are obsessed about getting A’s in their classes. In this pursuit, they have all the...
News In the fall, P.S. 11 (pictured) welcomed an influx of new migrant students. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Are Public Schools Getting A Passing Grade? 01 Feb 2023 | 04:28 At P.S. 11, Camila, a third grade student, has been speaking Spanish during the school day—and not just...
News If you dine while the sun is still shining, your waist line will thank you in the morning. After 9 pm dining not good, the experts say because it throws off your circadian rhythm. Counting Calories? Eating Late Affects Your Weight and Your Circadian Rhythm 02 Feb 2023 | 10:44 Do you share you home with a cat or dog? Then you’re also likely to share your bed with them around 4...
News Tom Santopierto latest, The Way We Were/The Making of a Romantic Classic, is one of two books he has written about Barbra Streisand. The other is The Importance of Being Barbra. His latest is to mark the 50th anniversary of the film. Photo: Amazon Memories of the Way They Really Were as Classic Barbra/Redford Movie Turns 50 31 Jan 2023 | 04:34 “See ya, Hubbell,” she said. “See you, Katie,” he said. Okay, the lines are not “We’ll always have Paris”—but...
Image of embroidered art that artist Alison J. Stein is stitching into a book. Photo: Alison J. Stein Local Artist Alison J. Stein Prepares to Unveil New Works: Embroidery Books For those who love books as art–or books and art–a visual and tactile treat awaits as Greenwich Village-based artist Alison... News 01 Feb 2023 | 10:38
Artist Derrick Adams portrays NYC dwellers in the common spaces of parks, open to every resident. HIs art just began gracing the Rotunda in the upper level of Penn Station as part of railway company’s Art at Amtrak program. Photo: Ralph Spielman Towering Works at Amtrak Inspired by Three City Parks Artist Derrick Adams, an urban visionary artist with 20 years of public displays to his credit, says the city’s parks are... News 29 Jan 2023 | 08:13
Victor Navasky, noted author and liberal icon who headed The Nation for 27 years, passed away at the age of 90. His book, Naming Names about Hollywood’s black, list won the National Book Award for non fiction in 1982. Photo: Amazon Victor Navasky, Left Wing Literary Lion Dead at 90 Victor Navasky, a giant in book publishing, magazines, and at Columbia University School of Journalism died Jan. 23 at the... News 29 Jan 2023 | 08:21
Hundreds marched in NYC in protests after the release of the video showing five Memphis police officer viciously beating Tyre Nichols who later died from his injuries but there were few clashes with NYPD and only three arrests over the weekend. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Protests in NY Stay Largely Peaceful in Wake of Release of Tyre Nichols Video Hundreds of protestors massed in Union Square then marched to Times Square, growing in numbers as they made their way up... News 30 Jan 2023 | 11:37
46 Year Old Man Plunges to His Death from Hyatt Centric Hotel A man plunged to his death from Bar 54 atop the Hyatt Centric Hotel on West 45th St. on January 25th, in what is reportedly... News 27 Jan 2023 | 06:37
Sayfullo Saipov left behind notes that prosecutors said linked him to Islamic terrorism on day he drove a truck rented from Home Depot onto a West Side bike path killing eight people before he was shot by cops trying to flee. Photo: NYPD surveillance video via Fox News Guilty: Islamic Extremist Who Killed 8 on West Side Bike Path Could Face Death Penalty NEW YORK (AP) _ An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York... News 27 Jan 2023 | 06:03
Council Member Keith Powers referenced his father’s own experience running a small business in an acknowledgement of “how hard mom-and-pop stores work to keep their doors open.” Photo by Stephen Yang / NYPost, courtesy of Keith Powers’ office Council Member Keith Powers Backs Small Biz Break Small businesses were hurting badly during the pandemic — and the way Council Member Keith Powers sees it, they ought to... News 27 Jan 2023 | 07:26
A still image from one of the defendant’s online lectures, in which the defendant declares, “The way forward is not the ballot. The way forward is the bullet.” Photo and caption courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Jury Finds “Radical Cleric” From Jamaica Guilty In First NYS Terrorism Trial Jury deliberations came down swiftly on Thursday, Jan. 26 against Shaikh Faisal, 59, who beginning in 2016 attempted to lure... News 27 Jan 2023 | 12:46
The Empire State Building triggered hometown outrage when it decided to adorn its fabled crown in the Eagles’ green and white colors on Jan. 29 when the football team from Philly qualified for this year’s Super Bowl. But long before then, New York fans had learned to have hate in their hearts for all teams Philadelphia. Photo: Twitter @ESB Why NY Sports Fans Really Hate the City of Brotherly Love Philadelphia is sometimes called The Sixth Borough of New York City. The nickname is meant to be a gesture of kinship for... News 01 Feb 2023 | 05:49
