UWS City Council member Gale Brewer (at mic) was invited by Governor Kathy Hochul (far right) to join NYC Mayor Eric Adams (left) and NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda (rear) and other officials announcing new law designed to curb illegal weed shops. Photo: Office of City Council member Gale Brewer State to Pull Lotto, Liquor Licenses From Bogus Weed Shops as City Given Padlock Power New York City will have more power to crack down on illegal cannabis shops, the governor announced Friday, in a deal that... News 25 Apr 2024 | 04:55
In one of the alleged punch attacks, suspect Daquan Armstead was said to have struck an assistant NYU professor on a street at the rear of Washington Square Park. The attack was being investigated as a hate crime. Photo: Slippy Hollow/Wikimedia Commons Serial-Puncher Arrested for 8 Random Attacks on Women is Remanded on $20,000 Bail A 30-year-old Bronx man was arrested on April 23 and charged with eight random punching attacks on women in Tribeca, the... News 24 Apr 2024 | 06:06
Samir Lavingia ended up as the unlikely interim chairman of CB 5 in March, but is facing a contested election when board members vote on a new chair in June. Photo: courtesy Samir Lavingia. CB5 Chairman Heads Toward Contested Election Contested elections are rare at the city’s community boards. But Samir Lavingia, interim chair of Community Board Five, appears... News 25 Apr 2024 | 04:19
Pro-Palestine NYU students and faculty on April 22 protest and demand NYU divest from holdings in Israel. ( (Photo: Tehsin Pala)) Claims and Counter Claims Fly as “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” Gets Crushed at New York University Tensions remain high at New York University.after hundreds of students who had set up a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in Gould... News 24 Apr 2024 | 08:03
Wollman Rink’s Pickle Courts Will Now Be A Summer Staple The fourteen courts that replaced the Central Park ice-skating facilities at the Wollman Rink last summer–which made them... Home 24 Apr 2024 | 05:21
The progression of 319-321 W. 38th St, which will now be a Best Western hotel. The former residential space has been cited as as improperly demolished building in a Special Zoning District, a practice which a new City Council bill hopes to crack down on. ( Photo via Google St. View, Community Board 4, Gene Kaufman Architect) As CB4 Fears Loss Of Affordable Housing On West Side, Bill Would Tighten DOB Oversight Of Demolitions Two City Council Members representing Manhattan’s West Side, Erik Bottcher and Gale Brewer, have introduced legislation to... News 03 Mar 2024 | 08:28
Protestors gather outside the gates of Columbia. (Photo: Andrew McDonald). As Campus Is Roiled by Protests, Arrests and Threats, Columbia Makes All Classes Remote Columbia University moved to make all classes remote on April 22 after the Ivy League campus was roiled by clashes tied to... Home 24 Apr 2024 | 02:25
The cover of ”The Lincoln Zoo.” Co-author Larry Belling died before completing the book, prompting lifelong friend and co-author Art Twain to finish on his own. The book hit on Feb. 29. Photo: Vargoice He Turns His Innate Appreciation for Animals into a Children’s Book As a teen in Oakland, California, Art Twain had over 25 animals in his garage zoo, and always stopped to save creatures that... Features 22 Apr 2024 | 06:39
Joseph Abramov in front of his cannabis dispensary, Urban Leaf, at 977 2nd Ave. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) One Yr After License Was Granted, New UES Cannabis Shop Can Finally Open Its Doors When Joseph Abramov was 19, he saw a business opportunity in the up-and-coming weed delivery scene, albeit one that was still... News 22 Apr 2024 | 04:31
Madison Square Garden will be rocking this playoff season with both Knicks and Rangers in the hunt for a championship. Photo: Wikimedia Commons As Rangers and Knicks Start Post Season Journey, Can Either Win a Championship? New York sports fans haven’t experienced this kind of rapture from their hockey and basketball teams since 1994. That year,... Voices 19 Apr 2024 | 01:27
It’s all in the shorthand. Just as a baseball player would used RBI instead of “run batted in” after a hit enabled a runner on his team to cross home plate, nutritionists also have a language all their own. Photo: Wikimedia Commons How to Make a Nutritionist’s Word Salad a Little More Digestible Every profession has its own verbal shorthand. Cops abbreviate unknown suspects to “perps” short for “perpetrators.” Sportswriters... News 19 Apr 2024 | 01:15
Kensly Alston (left) and Halley Tejada (right), 18 and 19, have been charged with murder in connection with the March death of Nadia Vitels. They were allegedly squatting in her apartment at the time. ( Photo via X.com (Twitter)) D.A. Indicts Two Teens For Allegedly Murdering Nadia Vitels In Kips Bay Two teenagers have been indicted for the March 12 homicide of Nadia Vitels in Kips Bay, Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg announced... News 19 Apr 2024 | 12:18
The exterior of the beleaguered Papaya King, an iconic hot dog restaraunt that stood for decades on the corner of E. 86th St. & 3rd Ave. ZD Realty, the developer which now owns the plot, has filed permits to build a 17-story luxury condo building on the site. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) 17-Story Luxury Condo Building To Replace Papaya King, Iconic Hot Dog Joint, On E. 86th The owner of the plot that houses the now-gutted Papaya King restaurant, on E. 86th St. & Third Ave., plans to erect a 17-story... News Alert 19 Apr 2024 | 04:27
There is a fine art to building a campfire as campers at the Nature Place Camp in Chestnut Ridge in Rockland County discover. This camp here will not find competitive sports, loudspeakers, or screens. Instead, campers get outside, explore, create, cooperate, play, and wonder. Photo: The Nature Place The Best Way To Prepare Your Kids for Summer Camp With just a few months to go until the school year ends and summer vacation starts, you want to make sure that you and your... News 19 Apr 2024 | 12:20