The World Trade Center “Tribute in Light” installation sent beams of hope heavenard from Ground Zero on 9/11/25, the 24th anniversary of the terror attack. ( Photo: Philip Maier) Terror Will Never Win: 1000s Gather at Ground Zero for 9/11 Memorial Born from the often unspeakable horrors that shocked the world on a bright, warm Tuesday morning 24 years ago, the solemn... News 15 Sep 2025 | 01:23
Governor Hochul, labor leaders, and other solons behind the banner at the NYC Labor Day Parade 2025. ( Photo: Susan Watts/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul) Labor Day Parade Shows Union Solidarity & Fractious Politics Many thousands of union members from over 200 different groups across many dozens of trades came to midtown Manhattan on... News 08 Sep 2025 | 12:31
Cover of “Plate and Switch: An Investigation of Vehicles Without New York State License Plates Across the Five Boroughs.” ( New York City Council) Ghosted! City Council Report Blasts Rampant License Plate Fraud A searing report published by the New York City Council in late August titled “Plate and Switch” is the most detailed look... News 05 Sep 2025 | 10:34
Grand Marshals Vijay Deverakonda (holding flag) and Rashmikka Mandanna flank Mayor Adams on the lead float at the India Day Parade, Aug. 17. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) 43rd Annual India Day Parade Amazes Many 1000s on Madison Avenue Among the most colorful, sensuous, diverse, and exuberant of all Manhattan parades, the India Day Parade on Aug. 17 served... News 25 Aug 2025 | 01:28
Manhattan Bridge Plaza crash memorial as of July 28. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Fatal Manhattan Bridge Crash Driver Indicted for Murder A week after a speeding car blasted off the Manhattan Bridge and killed two innocent bystanders, the wheels of justice have... News 29 Jul 2025 | 05:21
African Burian Ground National Monument is behind both the Ted Weiss Federal Building and 26 Federal Plaza: That’s a lot of feds! ( Photo: National Park Service, Straus News markup) African Burial Ground Reopens After Unexplained Month-Long Closure Nearly four weeks after it was closed without explanation, the African National Monument Burial Ground memorial at Duane... News 14 Jul 2025 | 10:29
At the press conference June 23 where the stunning news that after years of battling the city, the Elizabeth Street Garden was announced. (left to right): Norman Siegel, Steven Hyman, Joseph Reiver, Christopher Marte. ( Photos: Marie Weigl) Elizabeth Street Garden Saved! Mayor Adams & Christopher Marte Strike Historic Housing Deal On the sweltering morning of Monday June 23, as Council Member Christopher Marte led a rally to protect city retiree benefits,... News 23 Jun 2025 | 05:55
Young attendee wears the craft project she created at the Museum Mile Festival on Fifth Avenue. ( Photo: Christine Butler for MCNY) Fifth Avenue Transformed into a Cultural Playground for Museum Mile Festival Fifth Avenue shut down to cars but came alive with art, music, and crowds on the evening of June 10 as the 47th annual Museum... City Arts 16 Jun 2025 | 04:46
Left: Mayor Adams at AAPI Parade opening. Right: Digman Halo Halo float at Philippine Independence Day Parade. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Double Dose of Asian Parades Delights Midtown Crowds If you heard the sound of thousands of marching, dancing Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) feet in midtown on Sunday,... News 09 Jun 2025 | 01:55
Hundreds of bike protestors started a rally at Union Square on May 30 to protest the NYPD’s recent criminalization drive against bikers. ( Photo: Christian Spencer) Cyclists Protest NYPD Criminalization Push Against Bikers for Traffic Infractions Cyclists Demand ‘Hands Off Our Bikes!’ as They Flood Manhattan Streets Protesting NYPD Crackdown on Undocumented Delivery... News 03 Jun 2025 | 06:49
Left: Our Lady of Sorrows’ Mets Little League coach. Right: Woman shooting baskets next to the highway. ( Photos: Brian Berger) East River Park Reopens to High Praise & Some Concerns It’s real, it’s beautiful, mostly, and it’s LOUD, in parts, most definitely, if not deafeningly. Say what?! Hold on, let’s... News 02 Jun 2025 | 12:30
Senator Chuck Schumer (left), Mayor Eric Adams (with microphone), and hundreds of others at the Nepal Day opening ceremony. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Thousands Celebrate Nepal Day, Parade Down Madison Avenue Thousands of people enjoyed the wide-open space of Madison Avenue for the annual Nepal Day parade on Sunday, May 19. If that... News 22 May 2025 | 05:59
Give the drummers some: the women of Soh Daiko perform during the opening ceremony. ( Photo: Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller X) Japan Day Parade Delights Thousands Along Central Park West Central Park West was aglow with multi-sensual glee on Saturday May 10 as many thousands basked in the sights and sounds... News 11 May 2025 | 05:18
Sihk Day Parade (left) & Persian Day Parade (right), April 26 & 27, 2025. ( Photos: PhilNGo YouTube; Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) Sikhs & Persians Proudly Parade in Midtown It’s one thing to extol diversity from a distance—lots of people, especially politicians, do that. But it’s quite another... News 03 May 2025 | 03:37
An earthquake with a 4.8 magnitude that struck an epicenter in New Jersey, one mile from Tewksbury, NJ on April 5 at 10:23 a.m.also sent shock waves to Manhattan and up and down the East Coast. Outlined in red is the earthquake at its most intense point stretching along New Jersey. Photo Credit: earthquake.usgs.gov. A 4.8 Quake in NJ Rattles Manhattan; Around 30 Smaller Aftershocks Hit Over Weekend Dozens of small aftershocked continued over two days following an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale... News 08 Apr 2024 | 10:13
Tempers Flare at Hearing over E-Bikes in Central Park