Photo: Bilao Dining & Drinks San Matteo 1559 2nd Ave (212) 861-2434 San Matteo serves up authentic Southern Italian food, with many of the staff coming from... Evergreen 19 May 2023 | 12:36
Lucy Wallace Eustice (left) and Monica Zwirner co-founded handbag company MZ Wallace to create a stylish bag that serves the needs of busy, active New Yorkers. Photo: MZ Wallace. WESTY 2023 Honorees: MZ Wallace founders design bags for busy New Yorkers Lucy Wallace Eustice and Monica Zwirner don’t design handbags for any particular ‘type’ of person—they design them for a... People 05 May 2023 | 01:48
Director/CEO Jason Busch attends the Material Witness: Folk and Self-Taught Artists at Work exhibition opening at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, NY on March 16, 2023. Photo: Stephen Smith for AFAM ( Stephen Smith / Stephen Smith for AFAM) WESTY 2023 Honoree: Jason Busch curates a priceless experience at the Folk Art Museum The first time Jason T. Busch walked into a New York City museum, it was December of 1996 and he was a graduate student... People 05 May 2023 | 01:33
Photo: Stephanie Garry. WESTY 2023 Honoree: Stephanie Garry Brings Compassion in Tough Times at Plaza Jewish Chapel “When someone dies, I believe it can be one of the most pivotal moments in our life,” says Stephanie Garry, Executive Vice... People 05 May 2023 | 01:29
Dr. Brendan Carr’s illustrious career has taken him from the Department of Health and Human Services in DC to the Mount Sinai hospital system, where he treated COVID patients during the worst of the pandemic and supervises over 6,600 physicians. Photo: Courtesy Dr. Brendan Carr. WESTY 2023 Honoree: Dr. Brendan Carr Led Mount Sinai’s Patients Through the Worst of COVID-19 Dr. Brendan Carr came to New York’s Upper West Side to begin work in the Mt. Sinai hospital system in February 2020. Scarcely... People 05 May 2023 | 01:18
Governor Kathy Hochul wants to increase the number of charter schools in New York City by reissuing news licenses to charter schools that have shut down. Ascend is a network of charter schools currently operating in the city. Photo: Flickr. Hochul Compromises On Charter Schools, But Still Pushes For Reissuance of Zombie Charters Governor Kathy Hochul has indicated that she may negotiate a compromise when it comes to charter schools, allowing for the... News 28 Apr 2023 | 02:23
The MTA Twitter account will no longer share real-time service alerts. Photo: Twitter. MTA Service Alerts No Longer Available On Twitter The MTA service alerts that told straphangers about current delays are no more, the transit agency announced on Thursday,... News 28 Apr 2023 | 12:23
The subway station where the assault occurred. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. MTA supervisor assaulted in 96th Street subway station An MTA supervisor was attacked on a subway platform and pushed towards the tracks on Tuesday, April 18th. Saim Montakim, 49,... News 26 Apr 2023 | 04:29
Lenox Hill Hospital was named one of the state’s best medical facilities for cardiac surgery. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Lenox Hill’s Cardiac Program Ranked among New York State’s Best Two newly released reports from the Department of Health rank Lenox Hill Hospital, which is part of the Northwell Health... News 26 Apr 2023 | 01:30
Anthony Burges, an alleged con man who also used the name Anthony Sasso, pled guilty to a series of cons, defrauding small businesses that were struggling due to Covid-19. Photo: Dreamstime Con Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Small Businesses During Pandemic out of $1.4M Con man Anthony Burges, 54, has pled guilty to defrauding small businesses across the country out of nearly $1.4 million.... News 24 Apr 2023 | 12:31
The FDNY employed its new Dalmatian robo dog for the first time in a building collapse at the parking garage on Ann Street on April 18th to initially search for possible survivors and then and then on the morning of April 20 to locate and help extract the lone fatality in the collapse of the four story garage. Photo: FDNY twitter FDNY Used Dalmatian Robo Dog, Drones to Gather Info On Parking Garage Collapse The FDNY utilized cutting-edge technology in the form of a robotic dog to run recon after the collapse of the parking garage... News 21 Apr 2023 | 06:12
Ecudorian immigrant Luis Morocho Vasquez was attacked by a manical woman while he worked in a juice shop on Third Ave. and E. 61st. St. Photo: United Bodegas of America. Woman Arrested For Brutal Stabbing of Juice Shop Employee The woman who stabbed an employee inside an Upper East Side juice shop has been arrested, according to NYPD. Chala Jamison,... News 20 Apr 2023 | 04:18
Gale Brewer announced five initiatives which are going to be splitting $1 million through her upper west side district’s participatory budgeting. Photo: District 6. 5 winners to split $1 million in Brewer’s UWS district following participatory budget vote Participatory budgeting results are in for Gale Brewer’s Upper West Side’s District 6 with five different projects carving... News 20 Apr 2023 | 12:02
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell (left) Mayor Eric Adams (at mic) and Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg speak at a press conference providing an update on a case in which members of the LBGTQ community and others were targeted by a theft ring, that also resulted in two murders. Photo: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Twitter. Five Defendants Now Charged In String of Robberies, Murders in Hell’s Kitchen A fifth defendant, believed to be the mastermind of last year’s string of robberies and murders in the Hell’s Kitchen area... News 19 Apr 2023 | 05:30
Delays of up to a year in granting new liquor licenses by the State Liquor Authority have hindered the ability of many restaurant and bar owners trying to bounce back after the pandemic. Photo: Flickr. Lawmakers Decry Long Delays at State Liquor Authority in granting new liquor licenses For those in the restaurant business, a liquor license can be a deciding factor in whether or not customers choose to visit... News 19 Apr 2023 | 04:36
Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions