Wagner Park on the tip of Manhattan is slated for flood resiliency work under the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project but a neighborhood association is opposes the plan. Photo: Samantha Maldonado, The CITY One Battery Park City Flood Protection Project Moves Ahead, After Court Denies Request for Pause An attempt to pause a plan to raze and then raise Battery Park City’s Wagner Park for flood protection has been thwarted,... News 14 Feb 2023 | 03:57
West Side Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (right) and Queens State Senator Michael Gianaris advocated for a new bill banning the sale of animals in pet stores. Photo via Linda B. Rosenthal on Twitter Quart Takes the Bench ... No More Dogs for Sale ... NY Reads Taking up the gavel – UES Assembly Member Dan Quart is moving on. While still a resident of the 73rd AD, which he’s represented... Voices 19 Dec 2022 | 07:58
Dim sum at Shun Lee Cafe Dim Sum and Then Some EAST SIDE OBSERVER Checking Out a New Shun Lee – City life’s making a comeback. Despite the fears and edginess about COVID,... Voices 18 Aug 2022 | 10:09
New York State Supreme Courthouse at 60 Centre Street. Photo: Beyond My Ken, via Wikimedia Commons Meeting, Greeting and Eating with the Judges Judging by food – It’s not exactly a food fight and hopefully there won’t be a floor fight, but those elected as Judicial... Voices 03 Aug 2022 | 03:00
Julie Menin (right) with PoliticsNY’s Skye Ostreicher. Photo courtesy of Cameron Koffman Festive Dems at Dorrian’s Time for nice nice - Dorrian’s on the UES was the place to be this past week for the Lexington Democratic Club’s annual summer... Voices 16 Aug 2021 | 09:23
At Lamia’s Fish Market, head busboy Samy at the raw bar. Photo: Arlene Kayatt On the Dining Beat Judging from restaurants - This year’s Judicial Convention for Manhattan Judicial Delegates is on Aug 5 at its usual venue... Voices 01 Aug 2021 | 09:53
