Sarah D. Roosevelt Park entrance, Canal and Chrystie Streets, October 28, 2024. ( Brian Berger) Anarchy in Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Where Anything, It Often Appears, Goes So much for victory laps! Scarcely a week after the city again cleared out the notorious Manhattan Bridge Plaza shanty town—this... News 28 Oct 2024 | 01:49
The state of the East River Esplanade Address at John John Park, E. 78th Street and Cherokee Place. ( Photo: Brian Berger) East River Greenway of the Mind: The City Dreamed It, But Dead Ends Riddle Waterfront Trail Talk about arterial blockage! That’s been the news from the East River waterfront for years now and, following a recent traversal... News 28 Oct 2024 | 11:18
Father Michael Eguino with Buczek and Hoban family members, cops and others. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Slain NYPD Officers Buczek & Hoban Honored in 36th Annual Memorial Mass The eighteenth day of October is many things to many people. Writer A.J. Liebling, jazz singer Anita O’Day and actor George... News 25 Oct 2024 | 02:34
Eric Adams with religious leaders at Gracie Mansion press conference following the unsealing of the five count federal corruption indictment that was unsealed on Sept. 26. ( Photo: Associated Press) Many NYers Want Eric Adams to Resign; He Would Prefer Not To... On Sunday, September 29, speaking from the pulpit of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Reformed Church in the Bronx, Mayor Eric Adams... Voices 23 Oct 2024 | 02:34
Manhattan Bridge morning, October 18, 2024. NYPD crowd barriers keeping the vagrants out. ( Brian Berger) DOT & Cops Reclaim Manhattan Bridge Plaza for the People—No More a Shantytown Shout it loud and proud New Yorkers: the Manhattan Bridge is back! Not that it went anywhere geographically but the should-be-stunning... News 21 Oct 2024 | 10:42
A typical Times Square tourist, October 2024. Their face has been blurred to preserve their anonymity. ( Obtained by Straus News) Migrant Youth Gang Los Diablos de la 42 Terrorizes Times Square, Repeat Arrests Mean Little The devil is in the details. Though this phrase can apply to many aspects of New York City’s response to the ongoing migrant... News 21 Oct 2024 | 10:12
Mayor Adams at the New York City Police Memorial, October 15, 2024. ( Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Forty-Two Names Added to New York City Police Memorial Hundreds of cops, friends, family, Mayor Adams and others came to The New York City Police Memorial in Battery Park City... News 17 Oct 2024 | 03:41
Attorney General Letitia James, Governor Kathy Hochul and others at the Columbus Day Parade, October 14, 2024. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Tens of Thousands Flock to 5th Ave for Festive Columbus Day Parade The streets of midtown were an explosion of sounds and colors—the red, white and green of the Italian flag above all—as tens... News 14 Oct 2024 | 03:20
Church Street / 6th Avenue bike lane currently ends here, at Lispenard St. October 10, 2024. ( Photo: Brian Berger) New Protected Bike Lane Will Link Tribeca to West Village & Beyond Call it the missing link at Lispenard Street. After years of anticipation, the New York City Department of Transportation... News 14 Oct 2024 | 01:20
There’s a camel in the nave! October 6, 2024 ( Photo: @CathedralSaintJohn) There’s a Camel in the Nave! Blessing of the Animals Brings Beasts & Brethren to Mass Thousands of parishioners, curiosity seekers, pet lovers and their animals—including a camel—flocked to the Cathedral of... News 07 Oct 2024 | 03:03
The grave of Eliakum Zunser, and his wife Fannie (Feigel), Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn. The elevated F train to and from Coney Island is in the near distance behind it. ( Photo: Brian Berger) The Resurrection of Eliakum Zunser, “the Father of Yiddish Poetry” What if I told you one of the most famous and beloved Russian Jews of the 19th century—”the father of Yiddish poetry” no... Voices 30 Sep 2024 | 11:07
Council Member Sandy Nurse and public bathroom advocates, including BP Mark Levine, rally at City Hall, September 19, 2024. ( Photo: Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit.) Yes We Can Can? Council Renews Push for More Public Restrooms but Success May Prove E-loo-sive These are the days that try men’s prostates. They are also the days that try the bladders of women (especially pregnant women),... News 30 Sep 2024 | 10:49
Schools Chancellor David C. Banks, Deputy Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and Mayor Adams, September 26, 2024. ( Photo: NYC Mayors Office Instagram) Dep. Ed Chancellor Aviles-Ramos Named to Replace Banks, Day Before Hizzoner Indicted “Ring out the old, ring in the new” go the lyrics of the wonderful 1974 George Harrison song, “Ding Dong, Dong Dong.” If... News 30 Sep 2024 | 03:37
Schools Chancellor David C. Banks at the podium, September 17, 2024. ( Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office YouTube) Ed. Chancellor David Banks Delivers State of Schools Address, Pays Tribute to Tony Bennett, “AI” & Power of Poetry Embattled New York City Schools Chancellor David C. Banks, 62, delivered his second annual State of our Schools address on... Voices 24 Sep 2024 | 10:24
Sam’s Smoke Shop at 1777 1st Avenue gets the padlock treatment. ( X @NYPD19Pct) Four More Illegal UES Weed Shops Padlocked – Public & Pols Alike Rejoice Better late than never. That’s the sentiment of many Upper East Siders upon hearing the news that four more illegal weed... News 23 Sep 2024 | 03:06