Arrest of an UES woman is one of the rare cases worldwide where cryptocurrency was used to provide aid to a terrorist organization, in this case for al-Queda linked groups in Syria. Photo: Wikipedia Commons ( Jorge Franganillo) UES Woman Charged with Using Cryptocurrency to Fund Syrian Terrorist Groups A 43 year old Upper East Side woman was indicted on charges of money laundering and using cryptocurrency and Google Play... News 01 Feb 2023 | 05:36
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 Do you share you home with a cat or dog? Then you’re also likely to share your bed with them around 4 a.m. when they nuzzle... News 02 Feb 2023 | 10:44
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
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 “See ya, Hubbell,” she said. “See you, Katie,” he said. Okay, the lines are not “We’ll always have Paris”—but those are words... News 31 Jan 2023 | 04:34
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
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
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
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
MSG Entertainment CEO James Dolan told Fox 5’s Good Day New York co-host Rosanna Scotto he is thinking of halting beer and alcohol sales at a NY Rangers game and post signs urging fans to contact the SLA CEO Sharif Kabir to complain. Photo: Fox 5 Good Day New York/You Tube MSG’s Dolan Threatens to Pull Beer from Rangers Game as Feud with Attorneys Escalates In a rare public interview, James Dolan, CEO of Madison Square Garden Entertainment said he is considering halting beer sales... News 27 Jan 2023 | 02:01
Governor Kathy Hochul steps off the Long Island Rail Road into the brand new Grand Central Madison Terminal after the inaugural, 17 minute ride on Jan. 25 from Jamaica. She called the new East Side Access terminal a “major milestone” for mass transit. Photo: Gov. Kathy Hochul Twitter. LIRR’S Much Delayed $11.2B East Side Terminal Finally Opens After years of delays, the first Long Island Railroad (LIRR) passenger trains connecting to the brand new Grand Central Madison... Home 27 Jan 2023 | 01:52
