Pete Alonso, who has hit 192 home runs in his first five seasons with the New York Mets, is in the last year of his contract and could be come a free agent at the end of the season. Photo: D. Benjamin Miller/Wikimedia Commons Mets and Yankees In Race...Towards the Bottom Diehard New York baseball fans are looking forward to seeing their beloved teams compete in pennant races in 2024. Unfortunately,... Voices 20 Mar 2024 | 04:13
Acting Supreme Court Justice Jim Clynes (front with neck tie) was feted as the Judicial Honoree by the Brehon Law Society at its recent St. Patrick’s Day dinner at Connolly’s Pub and Restaurant on E. 47th St. Photo: David Finlay Brehon Law Society Honors Supreme Court Justice Clynes Top o’ the week- Longtime Upper East Side resident, Manhattan Acting Supreme Court Justice Jim Clynes, received the Judicial... Voices 15 Mar 2024 | 02:44
In the good old days, doctors and nurses would be your primary care physicians for life. Now an increasing number are opting to join concierge services and charging big bucks if you want to stay with them. Photo: From an album that belonged to Sister Ester Cyrus/Wikimedia Commons What’s Up Doc? Columnist Blasts New Concierge Service That Doctors are Setting Up The membership development coordinator from Concierge Choice Physicians called one recent evening to inform me that, come... Voices 18 Mar 2024 | 11:23
The Statue of Liberty seen from the Circle Line ferry, Manhattan, New York ( William Warby/Wikemedia Commons.) Living in New York Is Like Dating A Movie Star The nation may have turned its collective eyes to Tinsel Town on March 10 to watch the Academy Awards, but we New Yorkers... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 03:06
Polar bear at the Central Park Zoo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Are Zoos Doing Enough for the Animals They Are Meant to Protect? Dear Letters Editor: When I saw the polar bears prior to their cage renovation [in the Central Park Zoo] they were happy and... Voices 18 Mar 2024 | 11:09
Some demonstrators customized their rain gear with protest demands. The watermelon, which bears the black, green, and red colors of the Palestinian flag, has become a familiar symbol at Palestinian protests. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand a Gaza Cease-Fire Thousands of protestors gathered in Washington Square Park and under heavy rain on March 2 and marched to mid-town calling... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 02:19
Chef Julian Medina, note for his Mexican restaurants, has opened a hot new Italian restaurant, Amarena, in a townhouse on E. 82nd St. Photo: Marconi Gonzalez Chef Medina Opens New UES Place, His 1st Italian Restaurant Medina Goes Italian–Mention chef Julian Medina and thoughts of his myriad Mexican restaurants come to mind. Now he’s ventured... Voices 04 Mar 2024 | 12:20
Letters to the Editor 03.07.24 Dear Letters Editor: I have been a birder for decades and on VENT [Victor Emanuel Nature Tours] tours in the U.S. Audubon will... Voices 29 Feb 2024 | 12:54
Checking a blood sample. Photo: National Eye Institute The Next Health Crisis Is Already Here: We’re Unprepared to Fight It America’s leaders aren’t doing enough to confront one of the greatest public health menaces in modern history. Increasingly,... Voices 03 Mar 2024 | 05:29
Vice Media, once a high flying digital news company, last year declared bankruptcy and on Feb. 22 its CEO told staffers that hundreds of its remaining 900 staffers will be laid off. Photo Credit: Vice Media/Flickr. Vice Media Crashes, Set to Lay off Hundreds of Workers Vice announced on Feb. 22 that they will lay off hundreds of its 900 staffers and will stop publishing content on their Vice.com... Voices 23 Feb 2024 | 05:17
A Donald Trump impersonator seems much less rattled by the $350 million penalty level against the former president’s business empire in the business fraud trial that wrapped up Feb. 16. than the real life Trump. The impersonator was seen gesturing to reporters (above), and giving thumbs up and high fives to tourists two days after the verdict was handed down. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Trump Avoids “Corporate Death Penalty” in Civil Fraud Case, But His Business Will Be Slammed NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has spared Donald Trump a “corporate death penalty” ruling, but his business did get hit... News 19 Feb 2024 | 11:42
When Eric Adams rolled out the $12,500 robot cop in September, he said it represented the future of hi-tech policing. The experiment was quietly scrapped. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Photography Office and NYPD Robot Cop in Times Square, a Fiasco from the Start, Quietly Gets Scrapped by NYPD When, this September, Mayor Eric Adams, flanked by police captains, unveiled the new police robot patrolling the Times-Square... Voices 09 Feb 2024 | 02:37
When the Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, that attracted 73 million viewers, at the time the largest tv audience in history. ( Photo: Bernard Gotfryd/Library of Congress: P&P) Feb. 9, 1964: When The Beatles Changed NYC Forever You can pretty much divide the hipness history of New York into two parts: before and after Feb. 9, 1964. That Sunday night,... Voices 06 Feb 2024 | 06:46
Allison Greenfield, who has been in the news after drawing attacks from former president Donald Trump, could be headed toward a civil court judgeship. She is currently the principal law clerk for Judge Arthur Engoron who is overseeing the civil fraud trial of Trump brought by Attorney General Letittia James. Photo: Cody Cutter Clerk Who Trump Targeted Takes Big Step Toward Becoming Civil Court Judge This week we dive into law, legislation--and linguini. First, the law: Allison Greenfield, the principal law clerk for NY... Home 04 Feb 2024 | 04:31
They were friends in their native Michigan in the 60s and reconnected when they both landed in NYC in the 70s. Now in their 90s, both are published authors and philanthropists and are keeping things hoping as neighbors in the same assisted living home. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Two Women, Pals for Over 50 Years, Reflect on Husbands, Careers and Life in Their 90s Forget pop culture’s version of the female friendship with its BFF hashtags, girls’ trips, and constant comparisons to SATC... Voices 02 Feb 2024 | 10:36