The Elizabeth Street Garden in the summer of 2025. ( Photo: Marie Pohl) Elizabeth Street Garden Faces Death, Again: This Time by Mamdani In another break with his rivals, Zohran Mamdani said he intends to evict the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden from a city-owned... News 01 Nov 2025 | 10:57
Any voters who are still wavering when it comes time to cast their ballot, will have to hunt to find independent candidate Andrew Cuomo. He’s polling as the number two, but because he’s an independent on the Fight and Deliver line, he’s the eighth candidate in the line-up. Two candidates who said they dropped out, Jim Walden and Eric Adams are ahead of him in the lineup. ( Photo: Vote NYC) Cuomo Buried in 8th Slot on Ballot Line May Not Get Much Boost From Adams Endorse New Yorkers have begun to vote for a new mayor but the last minute endorsement by Eric Adams last week for Andrew Cuomo is... News 27 Oct 2025 | 07:05
Andrew Cuomo ( Photo: YouTube) New Poll Shows Cuomo Surging But Still Trails Mamdani Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo surged by 10 percentage points in the first major poll to be released since Eric Adams... News 11 Oct 2025 | 11:34
Sitting at the bottom of a staircase in Gracie Mansion with a portrait of his late mom next to him, Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he was ending his bid for re-election as an independent candidate in the mayoral race. ( Photo: Eric Adams campaign) What’s Next As Eric Adams Suspends Race for Mayor? Trailing badly in the polls and barred from obtaining matching funds, Mayor Eric Adams made the bombshell announcement he... News 29 Sep 2025 | 12:49
Zohran Mamdani has started to rack up endorsements beyond the progressive wing of the Democratic party as the latest mayoral campaign shows him with a 20-point advantage over his nearest challenger, former governor Andrew Cuomo. ( Photo: Bryan Berlin/Wikimedia Commons) Sliwa Levels Bribe Claim at Cuomo; Anti-Mamdani Super PACs Ready Attack Ads A bare-knuckle brawl is about to get a whole lot nastier in the New York mayoral race. The latest poll shows Democratic nominee... News 26 Sep 2025 | 05:38
Christopher Marte announcing a new dog run to be built at Captain Jacob Joseph Park on Rutgers Street, June 5, 2025. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Marte Launches Campaign for City Council Speaker Frustrated by what he sees as an unwieldy abuse of power by city council speakers in the past, Council Member Christopher... News 13 Sep 2025 | 08:28
Eric Adams called a press conference at Gracie Mansion on Sept. 5 to say he is staying in the race, as reports said Donald Trump was trying to lure him and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa to drop out in a bid to derail front runner Zohran Mamdani. ( Photo: @ericadamsfornyc X) Adams Vows to Stay in Race as Reports Swirled that Trump Dangled Ambassador Job Amid reports that President Donald Trump was dangling an ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia to lure him out of the race for mayor,... Home 06 Sep 2025 | 04:33
Families return to John F. Hylan PS 257 Magnet School of the Performing Arts on Sept. 5, 2024. ( Photo: Diana Cervantes/Chalkbeat NYC) Back to School: 6 Things to Watch as NYC Students Return to Class As the new school year begins, the nation’s largest school system stands at the center of major changes at the local, state,... News 05 Sep 2025 | 01:45
Going, going, gone! After just over two weeks, a controversial parking program that replaced free alternate-side-of-the-street parking with a new paid-parking app program with limited time is being rolled back by the city. The switch by the DOT earlier this month triggered a local uproar from angry drivers. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) Rollback of Controversial Paid Parking Program on UWS that Triggered Uproar A controversial parking change that killed long-standing alternate-side-of-the-street parking on 14 blocks on the Upper West... News 28 Aug 2025 | 11:35
Zohran Mamdani gives speech denouncing corruption in city government after an aide to Eric Adams was said to have given a potato chip bag stuffed with money to a reporter. ( Photo: @zohranmamdani X) Tony Simone, Thomas Duane, Latest Dems to Jump on Mamdani Bandwagon Two prominent Chelsea/Hell’s Kitchen politicians, State Assembly Member Tony Simone and former NYS Senator Thomas Duane,... News 28 Aug 2025 | 06:54
Driverless taxis are being tested in Manhattan and Brooklyn through the end of September by the Waymo subsidiary of Google. For testing, though, the “driverless” cars must have someone in the driver’s seat. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Self-Driving Taxis Being Tested by Google in Manhattan until End of Sept. The Waymo division of Google wants to automate your shared vehicle ride in Manhattan; and the company is coming a little... News 26 Aug 2025 | 12:32
Left: Idealistic vision of the Greater Greenways report cover; right: the reality of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, including Amazon cargo trucks. Could this be Manhattan’s future too? ( Photos: Greater Greenways; Brian Berger) New Greenways Report Wows With Vision of NYC Future but How Realistic Is It Today? There’s a new Greenways report in town! And if that seems like an odd thing to shout about, well, you should read it! It’s... News 23 Aug 2025 | 09:52
The former adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, is escorted into the courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday, Aug. 21. ( Photo: Olga Fedorova / AP) Lewis-Martin, Former Top Adviser to Adams, Faces New Corruption Charges Longtime Eric Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin was hit with a new round of charges under four new indictments unsealed by prosecutors... News 22 Aug 2025 | 05:57
Winnie Greco, at the time a City Hall Asian Affairs adviser, speaks with Mayor Eric Adams at a community event in Flushing, May 31, 2023. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) Adams Adviser Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips A former top City Hall adviser and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter... News 21 Aug 2025 | 04:25
The dashed red line represents AccuWeather meteorologists’ forecast path for the eye of the hurricane. The gray shaded areas on either side of the forecast path represent alternative paths the hurricane could take based on changing steering conditions. Tropical storm and hurricane conditions will extend well beyond the track of the eye. ( Photo: AccuWeather) Rip Tides from Hurricane Erin Means No Ocean Swimming at City Beaches Aug. 20-21 New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa said that swimming will be prohibited at all... News 20 Aug 2025 | 11:47
