Mahl Hamdan, 2, has been staying at the Millennium Downtown Hotel with his father. Photo: Ben Fraactenberg, THE CITY 70 Families Displaced by Hurricane Ida Now Getting Boot From Downtown Hotel Displaced for a year and a half by Hurricane Ida, 70 families are set to be thrown out of their Lower Manhattan hotel at... News 14 Feb 2023 | 08:42
The playground at P.S. 11. Photo: Abigail Gruskin An Influx Of Asylum-Seeking Students — and a Community’s Response When Mario’s two children started school on Friday, October 14, they hadn’t attended a class since March — and that was in... News 04 Nov 2022 | 04:43
A line of parents waiting to drop off their children on the first day of school wrapped around the block at P.S. 87, on West 77th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Is This What Normal Feels Like? On paper, little about the upcoming school year felt settled in the weeks — and even days — leading up to September 8, the... Education Guide 21 Sep 2022 | 12:10
Mayor Eric Adams makes a pandemic-related announcement in Times Square on Friday, March 4, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office ‘It’s Time to Open Our City’ For a moment in his State of the Union Address, Joe Biden seemed to be speaking directly to Manhattan. “It’s time for Americans... News 05 Mar 2022 | 01:22
Empty storefronts on Madison Avenue. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Adjusting to 2022 NYC Sometimes I don’t know what to do with myself, something that someone from New York City is not supposed to feel. This is... Voices 01 Feb 2022 | 01:05
Activist Rana Abdelhamid is running for New York’s 12th Congressional District. Photo courtesy of Rana Abdelhamid Rivera Endorses Abdelhamid New York State Sen. Gustavo Rivera announced Tuesday that he is backing Queens activist Rana Abdelhamid in her bid to unseat... News 05 Oct 2021 | 10:35
At his briefing on Thursday, July 22, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio warned New Yorkers and tourists to be in NYC this summer or face “FOMO,” fear of missing out. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Will Delta Spoil the Summer of NYC? Bill de Blasio does not seem to remember his own public health training. You know, from last year, when vaccines were a distant... News 26 Jul 2021 | 11:55
Rana Abdelhamid. Photo courtesy of Abdelhamid’s campaign Nixon Endorses Abdelhamid Former gubernatorial candidate and New York icon Cynthia Nixon announced Tuesday that she is backing Queens activist Rana... News 29 Jun 2021 | 03:16
Scott Stringer is leading among Manhattan clubs with the most endorsements for mayor. Photo courtesy of Scott Stringer for Mayor campaign Who the Democratic Clubs Are Endorsing As February comes to a close, the 2021 New York City elections are in full swing – and with such crowded fields in most Manhattan... News 23 Feb 2021 | 11:03
