Rendering of the proposed pedestrian-friendly Fifth Avenue of the Future, which calls for 230 trees, doubling the size of sidewalks, and reducing traffic lanes from five to three. ( Photo: City Hall) Adams’s $115B Budget Proposal Contains Manhattan Surprises and Boosts for Police, Education Mayor Eric Adams released his final $115-billion record-setting budget proposal for next year on May 1 with some big surprises... News 03 May 2025 | 12:27
Council Member Sandy Nurse at a City Hall rally on April 10 for her new bathroom bill. ( Photo: @cmsandynurse Instagram ) Can You Hold It a Little Longer? Currently, New York City has one public restroom per 7,820 residents. That’s merely 1,100 public toilets for an urban population... News 16 Apr 2025 | 04:04
A devastated Joan Camprubi Montal, brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, prepares to toss flowers into the Hudson River near the site where his sister, her husband Agustin Escobar and their three children perished in a helicopter crash on April 10. The helicopter pilot was also killed in the crash. ( Photo: Justin Persaud/Mayoral Photography Office) Flowers on Hudson for Six Killed in Deadly Helicopter Crash Less than 20 minutes after boarding a sightseeing helicopter on April 10 at the Skyport in downtown Manhattan, six people,... News 15 Apr 2025 | 04:50
The DSNY began enforcing the city’s new composting mandate, and violators will now be charged a fine for disregarding the new regulations. For the first six months, the law was voluntary. Now it is mandatory. ( Photo: @nycsanitation Instagram) Over 2,400 Fines Handed out by Sanitation for Compost Violations; Some Council Members Object The city appears to be escalating its crackdown efforts against building owners who violate the new composting law even as... News 12 Apr 2025 | 01:08
The special brown compost bin where residents are now required to place their food scraps and lawn clippings. Mandatory fines for failing to separate food waste from other trash kick in as of April 1. ( Photo: NYC DSNY) Citywide Composting Kicks In April 1. So Do the Fines Curbside composting rules will be widely enforced citywide beginning on April 1, meaning that Department of Sanitation (DSNY)... News 31 Mar 2025 | 02:19
Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at Greek Independence Day Parade, March 30. ( Photo: Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) Greek Independence Day Parade Spreads Democracy up 5th Ave Zito I ellada! That’s the shared sound of elation: Long Live Greece!, transliterated and resounding along Fifth Avenue as... News 31 Mar 2025 | 12:35
City Council speaker Adrienne Adams, from Queens, became the 11th candidate to enter the Democratic race for mayor with less than four months to go before the June 24 primary. ( Photo: Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit) Wild Week as Adrienne Adams Enters Race and Eric Adams Gets Grilled–by ‘fellow’ Dems Even on its best days the campaign for mayor of New York is chaotic, and in recent days it grew even more tumultuous as City... News 10 Mar 2025 | 04:41
Two riders approach the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 38th Street in Midtown Manhattan. The wider, protected bike lanes are meant to make riding safer for the growing number of e-bikers. But some worry the faster, wider lanes will increase the danger to pedestrians since many bikers ignore all traffic laws. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) New Bike Lanes Debut in Village and Midtown; Riders Pleased but Many Ignore Rules of Road Up and down the avenues of Manhattan, brand-new wider bike lanes have been put in place by the Department of Transportation... News 10 Mar 2025 | 01:35
Comptroller Brad Lander, who racked up five endorsements from West Side Democratic clubs, took his campaign for mayor to Zabar’s on Broadway and West 80th Street on the first day of gathering petitions on Feb. 25. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Brad Lander Racks Up Endorsements from Five West Side Democratic Clubs Five of the West Side’s influential Democratic clubs have endorsed City Comptroller Brad Lander in his race to unseat Mayor... Voices 05 Mar 2025 | 10:43
Governor Cuomo holds a press conference about gun violence with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, back on July 14, 2021 a few months before Adams was elected mayor, the job Cuomo now wants to take from him. ( Credit: Kevin P. Coughlin/Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Office) Drummed-Out Ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo Jumps into Chaotic Mayor’s Race Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 following a report that found he had sexually harassed multiple... News 03 Mar 2025 | 01:55
Now former Acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon. ( Photo: DOJ Southern District of New York) 4 Deputy Mayors Step Down Only Days After US Attorney Made Explosive Claims About Adams Case and Resigned In a stunning twist, the top prosecutor in the Southern District of New York resigned three days after the Trump Justice... News 17 Feb 2025 | 09:12
Mayor Adams at a press conference on Jan. 7. In an address on Feb. 12 he said he never broke the law and never instructed staffers to do so. He took no questions after the Feb. 12 address. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Justice Dept. Orders Fed Prosecutors to Drop Corruption Case Against Mayor Adams The Trump Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to drop the five-count... News 13 Feb 2025 | 11:12
A group of migrant students waits for a bus across from the Stewart Hotel shelter in Midtown on the way to school, Jan. 24, 2025. ( Photo: Alex Krales/THE CITY) ‘Everyone Is Scared’: Deportation Fears Keep Immigrant Students Home from School Hallways at the Stewart Hotel, a midtown Manhattan shelter for migrant families, are typically bustling on weekday mornings... News 28 Jan 2025 | 12:02
The 97th Street Dorms on 3rd Ave., which used to house Hunter College students, is one of six Manhattan migrant shelters closing in the next two months as part of Eric Adams announced plan to close 25 city-wide. The shut down includes the two argest shelters on Randall’s Island and Floyd Benett Field in Brooklyn. ( Photo: Google Maps ) East Side Migrant Centers on Randall's Is. and E. 97th St. among 6 in Manhattan to Close The tents on Randall’s Island and a former converted college dorm on E. 97th St. will be among the emergency shelters on... News 12 Dec 2024 | 10:58
A glum faced Eric Adams, surrounded by equally glum faced aids such as the new first deputy commissioner Marie Torres-Springer (forefront to right of Adams in photo), at a press conference Nov. 6 to discuss the impact of the 2024 Presidential election on New York City. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) Adams Hammered With Questions on How to Protect Immigrants in Age of Trump A glum Mayor Eric Adams, for the first time in two months trotted out a full contingent of aids as he addressed the press... News 06 Nov 2024 | 08:39
Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions