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
Last summer Governor Andrew M. Cuomo created a poster to depict the “mountain” of New York’s COVID experience. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Andrew M. Cuomo What Andrew Cuomo Teaches Us – Especially the Politicians We can learn a new lesson from the case of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who announced his resignation in a stunning historical moment... Voices 13 Aug 2021 | 09:19
Liam Elkind. Photo courtesy of Invisible Hands A College Student’s Helping Hands Brought Essentials and Kindness to Our City During COVID In March 2020, Liam Elkind had returned to his parents’ Morningside Heights home for spring break from Yale University. As... News 07 Jun 2021 | 08:43
Alexandra O’Neill of Markarian, who designed Dr. Jill Biden’s Inauguration Day outfit. Photo: BFA-Matteo Prandoni Sewing the Country Back Together Although Bernie Sanders’ mitten manufacturer seemed to garner the most sartorial accolades on Inauguration Day, there was... News 14 Feb 2021 | 06:24
Amanda Gorman steps to the podium to recite her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” during the 59th Presidential Inauguration ceremony in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II, via Office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Flickr ( MC1 / Carlos M. Vazquez II; OCJCS) Publishing: Interest Grows in Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Within hours of Amanda Gorman’s reading of the inaugural poem, bookstores were hearing from their customers. “Hopefully this... City Arts 29 Jan 2021 | 12:49
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg in NYC on June 28, 2019. ( Photo: Chuck Kennedy / Pete for America, via flickr) The Manhattan Money Game In the 2020 Democratic primary race, Manhattan residents are putting their money on the moderate mayor of a city one-sixteenth... News 24 Feb 2020 | 05:20
A shot from the SNL cold open after the New Hampshire Primary. ( Photo: Saturday Night Live via YouTube) The Democrats' Gift to SNL The Democratic presidential candidates debated one another last week in Las Vegas and often acted so boorish, childish and... Voices 20 Feb 2020 | 12:30
