Peter Cincotti at the piano. ( Photo: Courtesy Cafe Carlyle) This NYC Native Always Comes Home to The Carlyle At just 3 years old, Peter Cincotti started tickling the keys of a toy piano, already giving audiences a glimpse into his... City Arts 15 Apr 2025 | 11:20
A resident captured a video that shows a raccoon atop scaffolding at 505 E. 79th St. and posted that the raccoon was “rabid,” prompting the NYPD to respond. ( Photo: Citizen) ‘Rabid’ (or not) Raccoon Riles Up UES Residents; Masked Critter Still at Large A raccoon was spotted walking across scaffolding on the Upper East Side on April 14, and when someone posted to the social... News 15 Apr 2025 | 12:06
Correction/Clarification The number of people who marched in the anti-Trump, anti-Elon Musk rally that marched from Bryant Park to Madison Square... News 14 Apr 2025 | 12:58
Judge Shahabuddeen “Shah” Ally (in bowtie) with supporter Ravi Batra at the judges’ kickoff reception held at Saar, a newly opened Indian bistro at 241 W. 51st St. ( Photo: Tony Hoffman) Three NY Supreme Court Judge Seats are Up for Grabs in November Election The race is on. Not for Mayor. Or Comptroller. Or City Council. But to fill the three open seats on NY County’s Supreme come... Voices 14 Apr 2025 | 12:46
Left: wanted for sexual assault and robbery, April 9; Right: wanted for attempted rape, April 7. ( Photos: NYPD) Necrophilia on the R Train; Attempted Rape of Woman at East Broadway Various people will tell you subway crime is down for various reasons. And, according to certain statistics, this might be... News 14 Apr 2025 | 12:36
Clifton Williams on the day he was charged in two assaults on May 8, 2024, one on actor Steve Buscemi and another on an Asian individual whose name was not released. He was sentenced on April 10 after pleading guilty. ( Photo: NYPD) Random Stabbing in Midtown; Steve Buscemi Attacker Sentenced Because it happened just two days after the horrific broken-bottle attack on costume designer Mae Berg in SoHo, another random... News 13 Apr 2025 | 11:21
Local advocates rallied at City Hall on April 8 to demand greater transparency around arts education funding. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Advocates Urge City to Spend More on Arts Ed. for Public Schools, as Cuts Loom Local arts advocates hosted educators and students at an April 8 rally on the steps of Manhattan’s City Hall, in order to... News 14 Apr 2025 | 01:08
The DSNY began enforcing the city’s new composting mandate, violators charged a fine ( Photo: @nycsanitation Instagram) Over 2,400 Fines Handed out by Sanitation for Compost Violations; Some Council Members Object The city appears to be escalating its crackdown efforts against building owners who violate the new composting law even as... News 11 Apr 2025 | 05:52
The building One57, at 157 W. 57th St., sits on what is known as Billionaires’ Row in midtown Manhattan. The writer calls it a $2.3 billion “ghost building” since the vast majority of owners, who fork over $6,200 per square foot for one of the 92 units inside, rarely use their apartment. ( Photo: Kidfly 182/Wikimedia Commons) As Billionaires Grow Wealthier, Where Does That Leave the Rest of Us? Every spring, Forbes takes great pleasure in a bit of billionaire porn, revealing the state of affairs for the rich of this... Voices 13 Apr 2025 | 02:46
Young Tom Klingenstein (shown above, with his grandfather Joseph Klingenstein in 1962) was taken to the majestic original Penn Station in 1963 by Grandpa Joe just before the rail hub faced the wrecker’s ball. Now 71, Tom is working with a group on a plan for a new Penn Station. And he says Donald Trump could help. ( Photo: Courtesy Tom Klingenstein) A New Classical Penn Station? This Backer’s Plan Inspired by Grand Original Joseph Klingenstein must have known the architectural masterpiece was doomed when he took his grandson to see it. Visiting... News 13 Apr 2025 | 02:39
Young Norman Mailer was not allowed by the publisher of his classic war novel “The Naked and the Dead” to use the “F” in the book. He substituted the word “fug” instead. ( Photo: Bernard Gotfryd/Wikimedia Commons) Explosive Language Could Help Keep You From Exploding, Experts Say Modern science says that peppering your speech with salty words is good for your body as well as your brain. For starters,... News 11 Apr 2025 | 03:52
A sign on the door tells the story: Beth Israel Hospital, which served the downtown community since 1889, was shut down by Mount Sinai on April 9. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Beth Israel Closes After Local Activists Lose Long Legal Fight Beth Israel Hospital has officially shuttered its doors, after Mount Sinai received a favorable appeals ruling in a protracted... Home 14 Apr 2025 | 10:51
Left: Broome Street at Wooster, where Mae Berg was attacked; Right: Berg, a costume designer, models a coat she altered, Brooklyn Bridge in background. ( Photos: Brian Berger (left) Mae Berg Design/ Instagram (right)) Horror in SoHo: Woman Stabbed by Broken-Bottle-Wielding Maniac Meagan “Mae” Berg, the 25-year-old costume designer stabbed in the neck by a broken-bottle-wielding maniac on April 7 is... News 13 Apr 2025 | 09:13
A devastated Joan Camprubi Montal, brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, prepares to toss flowers into the Hudson River near the site where his sister, her husband Agustin Escobar and their three children perished in a helicopter crash on April 10. The helicopter pilot was also killed in the crash. ( Photo: Justin Persaud/Mayoral Photography Office) Flowers on Hudson for Six Killed in Deadly Helicopter Crash Less than 20 minutes after boarding a sightseeing helicopter on April 10 at the Skyport in downtown Manhattan, six people,... News 15 Apr 2025 | 04:50
NYU placed barriers around their campus a day after the NYPD arrested pro-Palestinian student protesters, April 22, 2024. ( Photo: Alex Krales/THE CITY) NYU, Fordham Student Visas Yanked in Widening Federal Dragnet Students at Fordham University and New York University had their visas revoked in recent days under President Donald Trump’s... News 10 Apr 2025 | 01:26
A New Classical Penn Station? This Backer’s Plan Inspired by Grand Original