A big question as three developers vie for the multi-billion-dollar contract overseeing the redevelopment of Penn Station is what happens to Madison Square Garden which has sat atop the station since the late 1960s. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Then There Were 3: Mystery Bidder Revealed; Will New Penn Plans Push to Move MSG? Three International developers–Australian, Italian and Canadian—have been selected by Amtrak as the finalists in its competition... News 21 Jan 2026 | 02:54
guggenheim via www.guggenheim.org ( David Heald) Upper West Side Neighborhood Event Calendar: Jan. 22-28 Thursday, Jan. 22 Thursday Favs: Come to the West Side Comedy Club to see lineups featuring comics from Netflix, Comedy Central,... News 21 Jan 2026 | 12:09
Senator Bernie Sanders (at mic) and Mayor Zohran Mamdani address nurses in bitter cold outside Mount Sinai West hospital on Tenth Ave. and W. 59th St. on Jan. 20 during the ninth day of the strike. ( Photo: Facebook) Bernie Sanders and Mayor Mamdani Join Picket Line as NYC Nurses’ Strike Drags On On a bitter cold morning, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined a rally at Mount Sinai West on Jan. 20 as the... News 20 Jan 2026 | 09:36
A Nov. 2025 protest at Park East Synagogue (pictured above) spurred one of the planks of Council Speaker Menin’s plan, a contentious “protest buffer zone” law outside houses of worship. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly ) Menin Introduces “Five-Point Plan to Combat Antisemitism” NY City Council Speaker Julie Menin has introduced a package of legislation that she’s deemed a “five-point plan to combat... News 21 Jan 2026 | 10:27
Shaun Abreu, who represents part of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights, has been appointed Democratic majority leader by Speaker Julie Menin. ( Photo: NY City Council ) Abreu Now Council Majority Leader, Brewer Heads Gov. Operations Shaun Abreu, who represents part of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights, was appointed Democratic Party majority... News 19 Jan 2026 | 04:47
Comptroller Mark Levine, seen her at the Jan. 1 inagurantion ceremony at City Hall, delivered some bad news to Mayor Zohran Mamdani two weeks later regarding a looming city budget deficit this fiscal year. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) City Facing a $2 Billion Budget Deficit in Fiscal ‘26 Says Comptroller Just two weeks into his new office, city Comptroller Mark Levine is warning that Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces a cumulative... News 19 Jan 2026 | 05:16
Bob Weir was a founding member of the Grateful Dead but managed to keep the band together the band even after its front man Jerry Garcia passed in 1995. Weir died Jan. 10 ( Photo: minds-eye/Wikimedia Commons) Bob Weir: The Grateful Dead’s Rock and Roll Heart Yes, the Grateful Dead was the quintessential San Francisco rock and roll band–but New York loved them–and surely respected... Voices 19 Jan 2026 | 03:24
Rev. Adrienne Thorne, senior minister of the Riverside Church, addresses the congregation at a day long event called MLK NOW 2026. She’s standing in the same pulpit where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “Beyond Vietnam” speech in 1968 a week before he was assassinated. ( Photo: Christian Spencer) Riverside Church Honors Martin Luther King, Some Speakers Use Occasion to Call Out ICE On the Sunday before Martin Luther King Day 2026, worshippers and community members gathered at the historic Riverside Church... News 19 Jan 2026 | 06:39
Crime Watch UWS Police Nab Violent Shoplifter, Seek Others A male employee of the Sephora store at 808 Columbus Ave., near West 100th Street,... News 19 Jan 2026 | 02:16
Manhattan Country School Alumni Keep MLK March Tradition Alive After School’s Closure The school may be gone but the spirit lives on for a former Manhattan school that prided itself on student activism. Despite... News 19 Jan 2026 | 05:40
A developer has bought the vacant lot separating two of the three surviving carriage stables in Manhattan, Central Park Carriage (lower left) and West Side Livery Stables (upper right). ( Photo: Bing Maps ) Developer Grabs Chelsea Lot Between Two Holdout Carriage Stables A developer has acquired a lot wedged between two of the three remaining carriage horse stables in Manhattan, leading to... News 19 Jan 2026 | 04:33
Photo rendered by developers, displaying DeWitt Clinton Park CB4 Committee Examines Rezoning of Far West Side Apt Towers Near Hudson River Park Two luxury towers proposed for Hell’s Kitchen’s Far West Side received a tentative nod from a community board committee—but... News 16 Jan 2026 | 07:10
The winner and still champion: the Mediterranean Diet ( Photo: G.steph.rocket/Wikimedia Commons) A Newcomer Rising but Mediterranean Diet Still #1! It’s the new year, so what better time to look at the ratings onUS News & World Report’s annual list of top diets, which... News 18 Jan 2026 | 06:46
Chez Nick, one of the glories of Restaurant Week on the Upper East Side. ( Photo: Chez Nick Instagram) Restaurant Week Takes Upper East & West Sides—for 23 Days! What’s big, brassy, beauteous, and a no-holds-barred invitation to strap on the ol’ feed bag? That’s right, gastronauts and... News 19 Jan 2026 | 02:38
Ex-Mayor Adams aide Tony Herbert outside Manhattan federal courthouse following his bribery indictment, ( Photos: Chrislejohnnyc Instagram) Ex-Mayor Adams Aide Anthony ‘Tony’ Herbert Indicted for Bribery Mayor Eric Adams’s former Citywide Public Housing Liaison Anthony “Tony” Hebert Herbert is facing trouble from a trifecta... News 19 Jan 2026 | 03:00
