She’s Leaving Town, Bye Bye: Yoko Ono is the latest New Yorker to exit for greener environs. Photo: Ed McGehee Wikimedia Commons Can NY Rebound? Yoko Leaving the Dakota, Latest City Dweller to Exit for the Leafy Burbs Another one bites the dust. Yoko Ono is leaving NYC—The Dakota, in particular after 50 years–for her 600 acre farm in upstate... News 03 Mar 2023 | 09:53
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
Outreach effort in Times Square. Photo: Center for Court Innovation Navigating ‘Quality of Life’ Crimes in Times Square In the depths of our winter of COVID-19, Lauren A. Curatolo and her colleagues ventured into a disturbingly derelict Times... News 24 Oct 2021 | 11:39
Pop-up vaccination site at Grand Central Terminal. (Don Pollard / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) Almost Normal Warren Buffett flew in for the opening. Dick Ravitch was there, as were Robert Caro, Paula Zahn, Ray Kelly, Carl Bernstein... News 26 May 2021 | 11:40
Mayor Bill de Blasio at the exhibition opening of “Blindness” at the Daryl Roth Theatre in Manhattan on April 2, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Could Vaccine Tourism Spark NYC’s Recovery? The phrase “vaccine tourism” rings ethical alarms, conjuring visions of wealthy entrepreneurs decamping to Gulf emirates... News 02 Apr 2021 | 03:43
Mayor Bill de Blasio tours and deliver remarks to celebrate the opening of a vaccination site in Co-Op City in the Bronx on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The City’s Long Haul If the varied versions of medical recovery from COVID-19 were used to describe economic recovery, then New York City would... News 07 Mar 2021 | 01:24
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo discussed his “New York Arts Revival” at the 2021 State of the State Address on January 12, 2021. Photo: Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo What About Broadway? How do we bring back the arts and culture sector that’s been devastated by COVID-19? The Empire State can’t come back without... News 15 Jan 2021 | 02:29
Musicians (left to right) Elio Villafranca (piano), Peter Slavov (acoustic bass), Roxy Coss (tenor sax) and Francisco Mela (drums) at Friday’s pop-up event in Chelsea. Photo: Azita Panahpour A Moment of Joy in Chelsea On Friday, September 25, #NYCNext, a group of committed New Yorkers from all sectors, hosted its first live pop-up event... News 26 Sep 2020 | 10:31
A deserted Times Square, March 2020. Photo: Thomas Hengge How Do We Come Back from This? Broadway’s Next Season - Oren Jacoby “Alas, poor country, Almost afraid to know itself. It cannot Be called our mother, but... The Way Forward 10 Sep 2020 | 04:51
Sarah Feinberg, interim president of NYC Transit, thanked employees on June 11 at the 34 St - Hudson Yards subway station for their cleaning and disinfecting efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit The Way Forward Sure, we’ve been through hard times before. Fires, attacks, economic collapse. And, yes, New York has always come back better.... The Way Forward 08 Sep 2020 | 12:51
Governor Andrew Cuomo, May 1, 2020. ( Photo: Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) Et Tu, Andrew? Google “Cuomo plan to re-open NYS” and you will find a well ordered design about phases of priority: Each region has to meet... Voices 01 May 2020 | 01:45
