In his first Tin Cup Day in Albany on Feb. 10, Mayor Zohran Mamdani pleads with state legislatures to help close a two year budget deficit of $7 billion. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/ Mayor’s Photography Office) Mamdani Asks State to Help Close $7 Billion Budget Deficit Mayor Zohran Mamdani journeyed to Albany on Tuesay Feb. 10, to plead with lawmakers to send the city more money even as he... News 13 Feb 2026 | 02:37
The strike began Jan. 12 and nurses walked the picket lines in four hour shifts. ( Photo: NYSNA/Facebook) Nurses at Mount Sinai and Montefiore Ratify Pacts; Strike Still on Against NY-Presbyterian The longest nurses’ strike in New York City is over for three Mount Sinai hospitals in Manhattan and Montefiore in the Bronx... News 12 Feb 2026 | 12:22
More than 90 bishops and cardinals greeted Archbishop Hicks inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Feb. 6 ( Photo: Archdiocese of New York/YouTube) City Catholics Hail Archbishop Hicks—But Challenges Await New Leader The pomp and circumstance of the Roman Catholic Church were on full display on Feb. 6 as Archbishop Ronald Hicks was installed... News 09 Feb 2026 | 05:45
NYPD, working with the US Marshalls apprehended the man accused of raping a 14 -year-old girl in a building in the Stuyvesant Town complex on the East Side near First Ave. and the First Ave. Loop Rd. ( Photo: NYPD) Stuy Town Rapist Caught! Some Fault Management Response to Vicious Crime Germaine Parham, a 33-year-old former convict accused of viciously raping a 14-year-old girl in the stairwell of a Stuyvestant... News 07 Feb 2026 | 02:08
Police said they are looking for 33 year old Germaine Pharman who was identified as the suspect in a sexual assualt of a 14 year-old girl inside a building in Stuyvesant Town near 18th St. and First Ave. on Jan. 29. ( Photo: NYPD Crime Stoppers) Police Hunting Suspect in Rape of Teen in Stuyvesant Town Stairwell Police are looking for 33-year-old male for sexually assaulting and violently raping 14-year-old girl in the lobby and elevator... News 05 Feb 2026 | 11:57
Manuel Boitel, a veteran doorman on the Upper East Side, was killed on Jan. 22 when his car was struck by a vehicle driven by an off duty NYPD cop who was driving the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway. ( Photo: GoFundMe) UES Doorman Killed by Off Duty NYPD Sgt. Driving Wrong Way Manuel Boitel, a beloved Upper East Side doorman who was heading to his home in Peekskill, N.Y. was killed when his car was... News 26 Jan 2026 | 09:36
The Hudson Park Trust on the far west side of Manhattan has been renting parking spaces to ICE vehicles for decades. The contract is now coming under fire and the Trust has said it won’t renew when the current five year contract expires in June. ( Photo: spothero) Thirteen State and Local Electeds Call on Hudson River Park to End ICE Parking Now Parking is going to get a whole lot tougher for ICE agents in New York City. The Hudson River Park Trust said it won’t renew... News 26 Jan 2026 | 09:25
The building at 2 Elwood St. in the Fort George section of Washington Heights has a staggering 415 open HPD violations. The executive in charge Donald Hastings, who runs 36 buildings for A&E Real Estate Holdings, has been dubbed the second worst landlord in the city. His colleague, Margaret Brunn who was #1. ( Photo: Google Streetviews) Real Estate Giant Once Praised by City Now Has 2 Execs at top of Worst Landlords List A financially struggling mid-town Manhattan real estate giant, which once drew praise for preserving affordable housing in... News 23 Jan 2026 | 08:09
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
Gov. Hochul said her budget will allocate money to install 85 more saftery barriers on platforms in the NYC subway system. The above shows safety barriers at the Eighth Ave. and 14th St. subway station in Manhattan. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Hochul: More Cops in Subways, Extend Q Line, Childcare, Affordability and Blasts Trump Despite the drop in crime on the New York City subways in 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul in her State of the State address said... News 20 Jan 2026 | 03:43
The truck, with Rhode Island license plates, was involved in the accident in which a woman on a bicycle was struck as the truck attempted to make a turn. The vehicle has a history of infractions, totaling nine since 2017. ( Photo: Henry Beebe-Center/Streetsblog) East Side Bike Horrors: One Man Dead, One Woman Critical A 46-year-old woman cyclist sustained serious leg injuries after she was run over by a truck on the Upper East Side on Second... News 19 Jan 2026 | 02:14
An estimated 15,000 nurses went on strike at several hospitals owned by the Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian hospital systems in Manhattan and Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. ( Photo: Facebook/NYSNA) Nurses Strike! 15,000 Walkout at Mount Sinai, NY-Presbyterian & Montefiore Hospitals One of the largest nurses strikes in city history began on Monday Jan. 12 when round-the-clock negotiations failed to reach... News 14 Jan 2026 | 11:42
Buses traveling along the 19-block stretch of Madison Ave. below 42nd St. move 92,000 passengers a day but should be moving faster once the DOT completes the project to paint lanes dedicated solely to busess. Currently buses crawl at four to five MPH on the avenue. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Mamdani Admin Unveils Plan to Extend Bus Only Lanes on Madison Ave. Below 42nd St. The Madison Ave. corridor, which moves 92,000 people a day by bus on one of the slowest moving avenues in the city, should... News 12 Jan 2026 | 03:33
Erik Bottcher (center) at the swearing-in ceremony of Julie Menin as speaker of the City Council on Jan. 8. He was given the Democratic line in the special election for the West Side New York State Senate seat recently vacated when Brad Hoylman-Sigal became borough president. ( Photo: NYC City Council Media Unit) Dem Clubs Tap Erik Bottcher for NYS Senate Special Election on Feb. 3 To nobody’s great surprise, City Council Member Erik Bottcher secured the Democratic line in the special election on Feb.... News 12 Jan 2026 | 12:46
Nina Schwalbe, a healthcare scientist who is a sixth-generation New Yorker, is the latest to enter the race to succeed Jerry Nadler in New York’s 12th Congressional District in Manhattan. ( Photo: Nina Schwalbe campaign) Exclusive: Health Activist Nina Schwalbe Enters Race to Replace Congressman Nadler Health expert and community activist Nina Schwalbe is the latest candidate to toss her hat into the crowded race to succeed... News 11 Jan 2026 | 10:38
