Eric Adams speaking at an August 17 press conference on his tripartite plan to convert a wide swath of unused office space into affordable housing. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is to his left. ( Photo via NYC Mayor’s Office) Mayors Adams Proposes New Plans to Turn Vacant Midtown Offices Into Apartments As a grim housing shortage plaguing New York has shown no signs of abatement, Mayor Eric Adams held a Tuesday, August 17... News 20 Aug 2023 | 10:59
Mayor Eric Adams (at lectern) and UFT president Michael Mulgrew clasp hands after reaching a new tentative five year pact between the city and the teacher’s union. Photo: Mayors Photography Office City and UFT Reach Tentative Pact, but Many Teachers Want it Voted Down Mayor Eric Adams and the United Federation of Teachers reached a tentative contract agreement on June 13 that would begin... News 11 Jul 2023 | 11:23
The sun–as seen on West 75th St looking toward the Hudson River on the afternoon of June 7th–is nearly totally blocked by the smokey haze caused by over 100 raging forest fires that are still burning in Canada. Photo: Michael Oreskes Smokey Haze Blocks Sun on Wed, but Mayor Says Conditions Should Improve Thurs; Citizens Still Urged: Stay Indoors The Air Quality Index reached a reported 484 Wednesday June 7th which is deemed “hazardous” and an air quality warning remained... News 08 Jun 2023 | 11:14
There was one fatality when the parking garage on Ann Street in downtown Manhattan collapsed on April 18th but five other employees inside manage to escape as the building pancaked. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Victim in Garage Collapse in Downtown on 4/18 Pulled from Rubble Two Days Later The body of the general manager who was killed in a parking garage collapse in downtown Manhattan was removed on April 20th,... News 20 Apr 2023 | 08:04
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
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at an interfaith clergy event at the House of the Lord Pentecostal church in Brooklyn, on Friday, June 12, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Point and Counterpoint on Mayor’s Recent Rollout of Religion in Politics Eric Adams is mayor, not the city’s pastor-in-chief. That’s the job of Adams‘ buddy, Bishop Lamor Whitehead, the sketchy... News 17 Apr 2023 | 06:07
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at an interfaith clergy event at the House of the Lord Pentecostal church in Brooklyn, on Friday, June 12, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Point and Counterpoint on the Mayor’s Recent Rollout of Religion in Politics Representatives of liberal left New York, less worried about how many South Bronx residents might get shot on any day, had... News 17 Apr 2023 | 05:55
Mayor Eric Adams announces the appointment of Kathleen Corradi (at mic) as the city’s first-ever citywide director of rodent mitigation, also known as the ‘rat czar' during a press conference in St. Nicolas Park in Harlem on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Mayor Adams Taps Education Exec as City’s First Ever “Rat Czar” The city’s first ever “rat czar” has finally been revealed. At a ceremony at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, Mayor Eric Adams... News 12 Apr 2023 | 05:31
These five picked up their shamrock suits at the famed O’Carroll’s in Dublin and flew to New York for the parade, which they said is far larger than the parade in their home city. They are (from left): Stephen O’Brien, David O’Brien, Gillian Storey, Lauren Lambert and Peter Saltell. Photo: J. Patricia Walsh Nearly Two Million Line Fifth Ave for St. Patrick’s Day Parade A break in the nasty weather summoned nearly two million spectators to line Fifth Avenue for the annual St. Patrick’s Day... Home 20 Mar 2023 | 04:25
It’s been more than a decade since the 2012 Super Bowl winning NY Giants became the last NY area pro team to be honored with a parade down the Canyon of Heroes. Photo: Wikipedia Commons Which NY Pro Team Will Bring Next Champ Trophy to Gotham? To the dismay of New York sports fans, no local pro team has hoisted a championship trophy and been feted with a ticker tape... News 15 Jan 2023 | 10:49
Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan issue health guidance ahead of the holiday season. City Hall, Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Photo: Caroline Willis/Mayoral Photography Office Bypassing the Bivalent Booster If the Great City were granted one holiday wish it should probably be this: All we want for Christmas is for everyone to... News 28 Dec 2022 | 09:19
Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams at announcement for New New York panel’s action plan. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul ( Don Pollard) Penn Station and the New New York Governor Kathy Hochul was told by a key legislator that she must come up with a new plan for rebuilding Penn Station and... News 15 Dec 2022 | 03:33
Mayor Eric Adams announces a new pathway forward to address the ongoing crisis of individuals experiencing severe mental illnesses left untreated and unsheltered in NYC streets and subways. City Hall, November 29, 2022. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Action, Care and Compassion: My Administration’s Approach to Addressing Severe Mental Illness Our city is facing a crisis. New Yorkers with severe and untreated mental illness are living out in the open, on our streets... Voices 06 Dec 2022 | 03:25
Mayor Eric Adams (right) announces a new enforcement initiative spotlighting active outdoor dining sheds in the city’s Open Restaurants program and removing abandoned sheds that were part of restaurants that have shut down. West 32nd Street and Fifth Avenue, Thursday, August 18, 2022. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. The Mayor’s Sledgehammer Mayor Eric Adams took a sledgehammer to an abandoned dining shed last week, hoping to remove one of the obstacles to permanent... News 22 Aug 2022 | 12:02
Gov. Kathy Hochul provides an update on Monkeypox during a briefing on August 3, 2022. Photo: Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Misinformation and Monkeypox To start with, there is that name, Monkeypox. Just say the name and miscommunication has begun. “It got its name, monkey pox,... News 05 Aug 2022 | 02:38
