NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (third from right) describes the clean-up operation at the site of the World Trade Center terrorist attack in lower Manhattan to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from left) on Nov. 14, 2001. Photo: Department of Defense photo by R. D. Ward, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Giuliani’s Fall from America’s Mayor to Trump Sycophant There came a moment when Michael Bromwich began to think this was not the Rudolph Giuliani he had worked with to prosecute... News 31 Dec 2022 | 05:01
Performing in “Songs in Flight” (left to right): Karen Slack, Reginald Mobley, Will Liverman, Howard Watkins, Rhiannon Giddens. Photo courtesy of The Met Museum ‘Songs in Flight’ Connects Past to Present In 2019 a team at Cornell University started compiling a database of ads posted by enslavers searching for runaway enslaved... City Arts 30 Dec 2022 | 01:00
NYPD Commissioner Kechant Sewell (at mic) at press conference after arrest of Manhattan slasher. Photo via NYPD News on Twitter Manhattan Slasher Nabbed by Cops A vicious Manhattan slasher allegedly responsible for two knife murders and another pub attack in which three people were... News 30 Dec 2022 | 02:23
Mayor Eric Adams (third from right) attends Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, December 24, 2022. Photo: Diane Bondareff/Mayoral Photography Office Wishing Prominent Noo Yawkers a Happy 2023! What do the upper crust of New York hope for in 2023? What are their dreams, secret fears and goals? You and I? We just hope... Voices 27 Dec 2022 | 10:32
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performing “Paquita.” Photo by Marcello Orselli. Dancers Dancing Many of us have learned over the past months that art is a form of self-care. Emotional and intellectual vistas are opened,... Home 04 Dec 2020 | 04:25
The Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street. Photo: Michael Oreskes Judge: Homeless to Remain at Lucerne, for Now The move of 230 men from a shelter at the Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side to the former Radisson in the Financial District... Home 04 Dec 2020 | 08:32
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a phased reopening plan for the city’s public schools at City Hall on Sunday, November 29, 2020. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. A Second Chance for Schools After a week of sharp criticism, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday announced a phased re-opening plan for the city’s public... News 30 Nov 2020 | 10:40
Kristina Libby with a floral heart in Bryant Park. Photo: Noel Calingasan Allowing Grief to Blossom While earning her master’s degree, Kristina Libby had studied incidents of mass trauma and how they impacted communities.... News 29 Nov 2020 | 10:16
Upper West Side Open Hearts Initiative rallied outside the Lucerne on Sunday, Nov. 29, demanding that the city halt the move. Advocates drew stick figures to represent the 5,500 New Yorkers still in congregate shelters. Photo: Upper West Side Open Hearts Lucerne Ruling: Residents to Move Out A judge freed the de Blasio administration last week to move 240 men from the Lucerne Hotel, where they sheltered from the... Home 25 Nov 2020 | 03:21
The world’s largest Hanukkah menorah is raised by a crane in New York City on Wednesday, December 18, 2019. Photo: Itzik Roytman / Chabad.org via Flickr Hanukkah’s Gift: Eight Nights That Make us One Hanukkah is early on this year’s Jewish calendar, but it can not come fast enough. At a time that Jews are dangerously divided,... Voices 25 Nov 2020 | 02:10
“Doors for Doris,” Sam Moyer, 2020, Bluestone, poured concrete, assorted marble, and steel. Presented by Public Art Fund at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, September 16, 2020—September 12, 2021. Courtesy Sam Moyer Studio and Sean Kelly, New York. Photo: Nicholas Knight, Courtesy Public Art Fund, NY Walk With Women Artists Last year, museums, galleries, universities and arts centers around the country announced that 2020 would be a year to celebrate... City Arts 20 Nov 2020 | 03:42
Dr. Ronald Tamler. Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Health System Telehealth: How to Get the Most Out of Your Virtual Doctor Visit Back in the spring, when physician offices were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual doctor visits took off.... Home 19 Nov 2020 | 12:01
View of the city. Photo: Noel Calingasan His Pictures are Worth Over a Hundred Thousand Followers When Noel Calingasan moved to New York from the Philippines, he wanted to share his experiences here with his family and... Home 05 Oct 2020 | 09:07
Ellen Cornfield (top row, second from left) on Zoom with dancers. Photo courtesy of Ellen Cornfield A Day in the Life of a NY Choreographer I recall interviewing Merce Cunningham when the legendary choreographer was in his very late years. He was mastering the... City Arts 16 Sep 2020 | 10:14
State Assembly Member Dick Gottfried (center) at the Lucerne on Sunday, Sept. 13 with Council Member Helen Rosenthal (right) and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (left of Gottfried). Photo: Richard Gottfried on Twitter A Freeze on Homeless Hotels Mayor de Blasio said Monday he was temporarily freezing the plan he had agreed to just last week to abandon use of the Lucerne... News 14 Sep 2020 | 09:12
