Peter Costiglio (third from left) and wife of more than 50 years, Barbara, to his right with their nine grandchildren at a family gathering in a restaurant in White Plains, NY, following a high school graduation ceremony in June, 2023. ( Photo: Courtesy Paul Costiglio) Farewell to Peter Costiglio, PR Giant and True Gentleman The news came with a jolt. Peter Costiglio, veteran PR maven that I had dealt with for 40 years covering the media industry... News 24 Mar 2025 | 12:33
Flagbearer waves to crowd at 264th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Ave. on March 17. ( Photo: Heather Stein) Wet Weather Does Not Dampen Spirits at St. Patrick’s Day Parade There was a little bit of everything surrounding the 264th St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 17. It kicked off with an early-morning... News 22 Mar 2025 | 11:42
Elizabeth Stack was recruited from an Albany Irish organization to try to turn around the embattled American Irish Historical Society just over a year ago. But now she is out, her position eliminated, and at least three board members have resigned in protest. ( Photo: LinkedIn) New Turmoil at American Irish Historical Society A new uproar is gripping the American Irish Historical Society, which sits in a stately Gilded Age townhouse on the Upper... News 22 Mar 2025 | 01:39
A woman on a Citibike was struck by a rider on another bike and knocked unconscious on the path near Cleopatra’s Needle on the east side of Central Park. She was transported to Weill Cornell. Her condition is unknown. ( Photo: Pinterest) Woman Bicyclist Slams Head when hit by E-Biker in Central Park A woman on a Citibike was struck by another motorized e-bike near Cleopatra’s Needle on the east side of Central Park on... News 17 Mar 2025 | 01:50
Protesters descended on Gracie Mansion on March 12 after Mayor Adams refused to take a stand on the arrest by ICE agents of Mahmoud Khalil, a spokesperson at last summer’s pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. P ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Protests Continue Across City in the Wake of the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil A week of protests was capped by the arrest of 98 people inside Trump Tower on March 13 over the continuing detention of... News 16 Mar 2025 | 05:39
Camera-shy fan Ma Yeonju and her boyfriend, Maceo Hembert, in line to get into the Genesis House pop-up store to get flowers and immersive photo ops celebrating release of the “Sweet Dreams” single by j-hope of the popular K-pop band BTS. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) New Single from j-hope of K-Pop Band BTS Triggers Run on Flowers at Downtown Pop-up Sometimes there can be too much of a good thing. When news went viral of a two-day pop-up event celebrating the release of... News 13 Mar 2025 | 08:16
This crew from Ireland had special shamrock suits made in Dublin’s famous Spencer’s department store before flying over for the 2024 parade in New York. ( Photo: Patricia Walsh) Here’s Where to Celebrate the St. Patrick’s Day ‘Season’ There is, of course, the big parade, always on March 17 (except when the date falls on a Sunday), which is 14 years older... News 13 Mar 2025 | 02:49
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
Cops had retreated outside the building at 384 Madison St. on Feb. 18 after a suspect allegedly opened fire on them as they tried to execute a search warrant. After a tense three-hour standoff, a detective and the suspect were both wounded and rushed to Bellevue Hospital. ( Photo: Brain Berger) D.A. Indicts Ex-Con Accused of Wounding NYPD Officer in Downtown Shootout A 34-year-old man who wounded a detective and fired on several other police officers as they tried to execute a search warrant... News 10 Mar 2025 | 01:36
The protest came with musical accompaniment as one rally-goer set up a snare drum to set a beat for the anti-Elon Musk chants. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Cops Detain Six at Anti-Musk Rally at Tesla Showroom A crowd that grew to about 350 people gathered outside the Tesla showroom in the Meatpacking District on March 8, protesting... Home 08 Mar 2025 | 06:26
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
British tourists are confronted by e-biker on E. 69th St. after an altercation in the intersection on Third Ave. which the couple was crossing in order to meet friends at a restaurant. The biker drove his unregistered vehicle onto the sidewalk, threatened the couple then bashed the man in the face, giving him a bloody nose. ( Photo: r/uppereastside) E-Biker Bashes British Tourist on Upper East Side A couple from Britain were heading toward a restaurant on the Upper East Side, just steps from the Fairfax apartment building,... News 05 Mar 2025 | 05:18
The building at One Penn Plaza, which is the tallest in the Penn Plaza complex adjoining Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, was the scene of a death on Feb. 24 around 3 p.m. when a 26-year-old man fell to his death. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Man Dies in Fall From Vornado’s Tallest Building in Penn Plaza A man fell to his death mid-afternoon on Feb. 24 from a Vornado-owned tower that adjoins Penn Station and Madison Square... News 03 Mar 2025 | 07:27
The seventh-floor offices where the Church World Service housed its NYC HQ sit empty after a fund freeze by the Trump administration forced the refugee relief organization to lay off over 150 staffers in the city. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Immigrant Aid Group Forced to Lay Off over 150 Workers in NYC Church World Service, a not-for-profit that assists refugees and asylum seekers and provides international disaster relief,... News 28 Feb 2025 | 04:56
Mayor Eric Adams (center) and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) at Bellevue to provide an update on an NYPD detective Terry Avent who was shot while trying to execute a search warrant in a NYCH Project on the Lower East Side. The suspect, who was wounded in a shootout, was arrested. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Shot Cop, Suspect out of Hospital. Cop Went Home, Suspect Went to Rikers A detective who was part of team attempting to execute a search warrant in a pre-dawn raid at a Lower East Side public housing... News 26 Feb 2025 | 12:15
