Governor Kathy Hochul with Rep. Carolyn Maloney (right) on the Upper East Side on Election Day. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Manhattan’s Blue Tsunami Early in the morning on Election Day, Governor Kathy Hochul addressed what was shaping up to be a competitive race between... News 10 Nov 2022 | 04:17
Rendering of a redesigned Penn Station. Photo: Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Stopping Penn Redevelopment Opponents of Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to redevelop the Penn Station neighborhood sued the state alleging that the plan... News 27 Oct 2022 | 05:59
Donald Trump in late 1985 with model of “Television City,” a development proposal for the former West Side rail yards, now Riverside South. Photo: Bernard Gotfryd, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Made in NYC One of the great ironies of the Trump era is how utterly many New Yorkers would love to disown him even though he is very... News 19 Oct 2022 | 06:37
Madison Square Garden. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr Relocating Madison Square Garden? The Manhattan Borough President and key Manhattan legislators have coalesced around a call to relocate Madison Square Garden... Home 17 Jul 2022 | 01:59
Governor Kathy Hochul announces that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT, is requesting proposals to guide the Penn Station reconstruction effort outlined in the fall in the Penn Station Master Plan study. Photo: Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Battle Lines Over Penn Station Once upon a rather different time, the Pennsylvania Railroad, then the nation’s second largest corporation, decided it could... News 18 Jun 2022 | 04:55
Schilling Bar & Restaurant in FiDi. Photo: schillingnyc.com Bars Are Not Excited About the Potential for Permanent To-Go Alcohol Governor Kathy Hochul’s push to make to-go alcohol a permanent staple in New York still has a lot of unanswered questions;... News 28 Jan 2022 | 03:21
Rush hour at NJ Transit concourse at Penn Station. Photo: Agha Haider Raza ‘The Pit’ at Penn Station Cramped for space inside the scrum during evening rush hour, scores of commuters wistfully stare at a screen, either at a... News 10 Dec 2021 | 11:36
Governor Kathy Hochul unveils commuter-first vision for Penn Station and surrounding neighborhood on Nov. 3, 2021. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul ( Don Pollard) Hochul: ‘It’s Time for a New Penn Station’ Governor Kathy Hochul didn’t so much scale down Andrew Cuomo’s plan for redeveloping Penn Station and its neighborhood as... News 07 Nov 2021 | 12:29
The September 11 Commemoration Ceremony in 2020. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. The Forever Epicenter History constantly recalibrates our threshold of the unfathomable. What we thought was unbearable turns out to have been... Home 08 Sep 2021 | 01:45
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul with Mayor Bill de Blasio on August 17, 2021. Photo: Kathy Hochul on Twitter NYC’s Hopes for Hochul When Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul takes over as New York’s next governor, she will be stepping into a tense and tumultuous... News 19 Aug 2021 | 11:24
Last summer Governor Andrew M. Cuomo created a poster to depict the “mountain” of New York’s COVID experience. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Andrew M. Cuomo What Andrew Cuomo Teaches Us – Especially the Politicians We can learn a new lesson from the case of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who announced his resignation in a stunning historical moment... Voices 13 Aug 2021 | 09:19
Governor Andrew Cuomo on August. 2. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo ( Don Pollard) Cuomo Resigning Over Sexual Harassment Charges Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace... News 10 Aug 2021 | 01:56
“That is just not who I am”: Screenshot of Cuomo in pre-taped remarks addressing the New York State attorney general’s report Navigating the Cuomo Crisis In the days following the publication of a report from the New York State attorney general concluding Gov. Andrew Cuomo has... News 09 Aug 2021 | 01:47
Mayor Bill de Blasio at a briefing at City Hall on Monday, August 2, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Vaccines, Masks and Mandates When in doubt, wear a mask, even if you are vaccinated. But under no conditions, let the need to wear a mask distract you... News 03 Aug 2021 | 01:06
Rep. Jerry Nadler speaks at rally celebrating the state halting plans to build a monument honoring essential workers next to the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park City. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Essential Workers Monument on Ice Neighborhood advocates and politicians joined in an impromptu celebration at the Irish Hunger Memorial Monday afternoon after... News 14 Jul 2021 | 10:43
