Street-level rendering of revised Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. Blood Center: The Political Tide Turns The New York Blood Center lopped 116 feet off the new tower it is proposing to build on the East Side and that turned the... News 12 Nov 2021 | 11:49
Breaking ground for improvements in John Jay Park on Nov. 3. Photo: Ben Kallos, NYC Council Member, on Twitter A Season of Civic Action Shopping for charity - Pre-holiday’s a good time to scope out the various charity shops for gifts. And this week it’s Fashion... Voices 07 Nov 2021 | 03:20
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. City Planning Commission Approves Blood Center Project The controversial proposal to build a 340-foot life sciences laboratory and office tower on the current site of The New York... News 23 Sep 2021 | 03:30
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. A Late Push for the Blood Center Since the New York Blood Center first announced plans to build a 334-foot life sciences hub – dubbed Center East – at its... News 10 Sep 2021 | 06:12
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
NYS’s former Attorney General Robert Abrams writes of his Bronx childhood and rise in Democratic Party politics. Photo via Amazon.com Adams on Broadway Adams at the Actors Temple - With Bway coming back, our sure-to-be mayor Eric Adams made an appearance on Sunday evening... Voices 19 Jul 2021 | 07:34
Work crews excavate rubble from Upper East Side sinkhole Thursday afternoon. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Sinkhole on the Upper East Side Days after a sinkhole partially swallowed up two cars on the Upper West Side, a second crater opened up across town on East... News 16 Jul 2021 | 02:43
Mark Levine pulled ahead of Brad Hoylman after what had become a two-candidate race for Manhattan Borough President. Photo courtesy of Council Member Mark Levine’s campaign Manhattan Victories New York City will see a massive turnover in local leadership come 2022, and with the primary results released this week,... News 09 Jul 2021 | 07:05
New York Blood Center tower protest, Sunday, May 23, 2021, on the Upper East Side. Photo: Diane Bondareff ‘Stop the Tower’ Community Board 8 took action on Tuesday, May 25 against the New York Blood Center’s divisive plan to build a 334-foot life... News 28 May 2021 | 10:29
Deux Amis restaurant in Midtown was forced to close for months because DOT refused to move bike racks blocking access to table-friendly street space. Photo courtesy of Deux Amis Rewriting the Rules on Bike Racks Love ‘em or loathe, bikes and bike racks are here to stay. The first may be great for the environment and your body. The... News 14 May 2021 | 02:42
Scott Stringer campaigning in Harlem. Photo via Scott Stringer on Twitter Stringer Losing Support Amid Allegations Scott Stringer’s campaign for mayor is in a state of crisis after a former campaign worker claimed Stringer sexually assaulted... News 03 May 2021 | 11:31
Council Member Ben Kallos cuts the ribbon on a French Dual Language Program for Pre-K students. Photo by Jeff Reed via New York City Council Flickr Expanding 3K for All When Mayor Bill de Blasio launched his free universal pre-Kindergarten program in 2014, the Upper East Side was only allotted... News 26 Mar 2021 | 10:49
Image: Kohn Pedersen Fox / Urban Design Forum A Plan for Open Streets As NYC slowly recovers from the pandemic, a coalition of over 80 advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations recently laid... News 24 Mar 2021 | 10:37
Chris Sosa during petitioning last week. Photo courtesy of Sosa’s campaign Council Candidate Says NYPD Accosted Black Campaign Worker A candidate for City Council claimed last week that NYPD officers accosted a Black campaign staffer while he was petitioning... News 07 Mar 2021 | 09:58
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
