The Broadway Flea Market will take place on September 22, with online bidding already underway. ( Photo via BroadwayCares.org) Bid on Exclusive Broadway Memorabilia at the Upcoming Broadway Flea Market The 2024 Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22, giving fans the chance to own one-of-a-kind... News Alert 06 Sep 2024 | 05:15
The cast of “The Outsiders” performed on a Thursday afternoon at Broadway in Bryant Park a month before the show would begin weekly Thursday matinee shows. ( Photo: Gillian Blum) ‘The Outsiders’ Adds a Thursday Matinee; Only Show on Broadway With 4 Matinee Shows/Week The 2024 Best Musical Tony winner “The Outsiders” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre announced that the show will be replacing... News 06 Sep 2024 | 02:55
Salt with a shaker. ( Kadri Damla/Wikimedia Commons) A Salty Story Like its crystals, salt is multifaceted. It’s a seasoning, a time-honored home remedy, and for some of us, a potential medical... News 06 Sep 2024 | 01:46
Sen. Ted Cruz is linking a bill regarding a national safety regulation law for lithium ion batteries to another bill that he supports limiting gas stove regulations. ( Photo: Voice of America/Wikimedia Commons) Ted Cruz Is Holding Up Bipartisan Action to Make E-Bike Batteries Safe A federal bill the FDNY contends would help douse the dangerous trend of e-bike battery fires that has killed 31 New Yorkers... Voices 06 Sep 2024 | 01:25
Director Igor Golyak will have two plays running back-to-back at the Off Broadway theater Classic Stage Company. “Our Class” debuts Sept. 12 to November 3 and it will be followed by his own take on Shakespeare’s classic “The Merchant of Venice” starting on November 22. ( Photo: Courtesy of Arlekin Players Theatre ) Off-Broadway Double Header of Plays Directed by Igor Golyak at the Classic Stage Co. “Our Class” was such a success at the Brooklyn Academy of Music earlier this year that it’s moving Off-Broadway to Classic... City Arts 06 Sep 2024 | 01:17
NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban at a press conference earlier this year. His cell phone was seized during a raid on his home and other top aides to Eric Adams on Sept. 5. ( Photo: flickr.com) Feds Raid Homes of NYPD Commissioner and Several Top Mayoral Aides The FBI reportedly conducted raids on the home of police commissioner Edward Caban and two top aides to Mayor Eric Adams... News 06 Sep 2024 | 11:30
Fifty years ago, Bob Dylan began recording his iconic “Blood on the Tracks” in New York City. ( Xavier Badosa/Wikimedia Commons) “Blood on the Tracks,” Dylan’s Most NY Centric Album Was Recorded Here 50 Years Ago This Month Fifty years ago, in September 1974, Bob Dylan started recording the New York sessions for his masterpiece, “Blood on the... News 05 Sep 2024 | 06:05
Parks Dept workers painting the lines around a new track that has appeared for the first time inside what was long known as the skateboard park that also housed a baseball diamond and basketball courts in the northern end of Tompkins Sq. Park. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Skateboarders Fear They Will be Sidelined as Iconic Tompkins Sq. Park Space Gets Makeover At one point, the NYC Parks Dept said they wanted to turn the run down asphalt playground in the northern end of Tompkins... News 04 Sep 2024 | 06:34
DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, center, speaking at a September 3 press conference about intersection “daylighting” improvements. The city is on track to daylight 1,000 NYC intersections by the end of 2024, he said. ( Photo: DOT) DOT: Safety Improvements Added to 36 Manhattan Intersections This Yr. NYC’s Department of Transportation is mounting a massive bid to reduce pedestrian fatalities on the city’s roads, by seeking... News 04 Sep 2024 | 06:26
DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez using a pilot e-bike battery charging station, as part of Eric Adams’s “Charge Safe, Ride Safe” campaign. The agency claims that after five months, the pilot has massively boosted safe battery swaps. ( Photo: DOT ) DOT: E-Bike Charge Pilot, Meant to Combat Unregulated Battery Fires, Is Raging Success Since March, NYC’s Department of Transportation has been running a pilot e-bike charging program for deliveristas, and the... News 04 Sep 2024 | 04:07
NYS has already spent $500 million installing the congestion pricing cameras such as these installed in 2023 on Ninth Ave. to record vehicles entering lower Manhattan below 60th St. But toll readers have not gone live following Gov. Hochul’s pause of congestion pricing in June. Now it appears she may be moving forward with the plan afterall. ( Photo: Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons) Hochul Drops Broad Hints that Congestion Pricing Could Make Comeback Later this Year Congestion pricing lives. Governor Hochul announced an “indefinite pause” last June, blindsiding the MTA as it was about to... Home 04 Sep 2024 | 12:17
Hon. Adam Silvera, who has been a civil court judge on the New York County bench since 2014 adds new responsibilities to his role when he gets promoted to deputy chief administrative judge. ( Photo: New York County Civil Court) Adam Silvera Moves Up to Dep. Chief Admin Judge Next Week One of our town’s premiere members of the New York judiciary, Hon. Adam Silvera, will become Deputy Chief Administrative... Voices 04 Sep 2024 | 11:00
Several locations throughout Manhattan were sprayed with pesticides on Aug. 26. (map is approximate) ( Photo: New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene) Central Park and Other Areas in Boro Sprayed in Fight Against West Nile Virus In an effort to lessen the spread of West Nile Virus, which is transmitted via mosquitos, the New York City Department of... News 30 Aug 2024 | 07:06
Three teens, aged 14 to 17, who are being sought by the NYPD after an August 11 robbery in Central Park. ( Photo: NYPD ) Three Teens Rob Woman in Latest Incident During Central Park Crime Surge Three teenagers are being sought in connection with an August 11 robbery that occurred in Central Park, the NYPD said on... News 30 Aug 2024 | 04:57
An escape from an otherwise chaotic place - Elizabeth Street Garden acts as a perfect small retreat from a noisy New York City. Unfortunately, the garden faces eviction on September 10, as the city has sold the land to developers who plan to build 123 affordable housing units for seniors. ( Photo credits: Marie Pohl) Elizabeth Street Garden Is Going, Going...But Not Gone Yet as Locals Fight Development “Madness” Sitting on a bench at the entrance of Elizabeth Street Garden, Patricia leaned forward and said, “You can’t go into a battle... News 30 Aug 2024 | 04:53