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
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
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
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
