Thomas Perry (right) with the Rt. Rev. Clifton Daniel III, Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Photo courtesy of Archives, Cathedral of St. John the Divine A Job with a Purpose to Help Those in Need “Every day, I come to work and say, ‘How do we make a difference to help someone?’” said Thomas Perry, director of Cathedral... News 10 Jan 2022 | 03:08
City Council Member Erik Bottcher. Photo courtesy of the Office of Erik Bottcher Bottcher Announces Participatory Budgeting Participatory Budgeting (PB) empowers residents to decide how to spend public money in their community. In this year’s capital... News 10 Jan 2022 | 10:18
Kamila Myzel and Alex Jackson at a preview Ice Cream Social at the M Social Hotel. Photo: Karen Camela Watson A Sweet Idea When Alex Jackson, the new Director of Programming at M Social Hotel Times Square, heard about the financial challenges that... Home 18 Dec 2021 | 11:15
A West Side senior receives her home-delivered meal from ENCORE Community Services. Photo courtesy of ENCORE Community Services It’s Time to Help Older New Yorkers Become Food Secure In recent months, the city has coped with everything from COVID variants to unprecedented flooding. At every step, sadly,... Voices 27 Oct 2021 | 01:40
Mike and Dan Friedman with a display of Tall Order Socks. Photo courtesy of the Friedman family Twins Tower Above 9/11 Loss On September 10, 2001, the Friedman family was engrossed in Monday Night Football. 11-year-old twins Dan and Mike were camped... News 20 Sep 2021 | 09:33
Soho street scene. Photo: Bex Walton, via Flickr CB2 Rejects Soho/Noho Upzoning A proposed plan that would uproot and transform SoHo/NoHo is now in the hands of Borough President Gale Brewer as Community... News 02 Aug 2021 | 09:12
Sleep-in protest at Gracie Mansion on July 22. Photo: @homehumanright, via Instagram Confusion Over Homeless Hotel Moves On Sunday, July 11, Earl, a homeless man living at the Upper West Side’s Belleclaire Hotel was notified by letter dated in... News 24 Jul 2021 | 04:45
Rep. Jerry Nadler speaks at rally celebrating the state halting plans to build a monument honoring essential workers next to the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park City. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Essential Workers Monument on Ice Neighborhood advocates and politicians joined in an impromptu celebration at the Irish Hunger Memorial Monday afternoon after... News 14 Jul 2021 | 10:43
Photo courtesy of West End Fridge on Instagram An End to the West End Fridge On a humid afternoon last week, Leslie Cohen walked down the stretch of West End Avenue with bags of food in tow to donate... News 01 Jul 2021 | 08:53
The Lucerne Hotel. Photo: Alexis Gelber Shelters Closing - and Opening - on the West Side A controversial Upper West Side shelter and one that has been there for nearly two decades are leaving the community. While... News 07 Jun 2021 | 08:33
Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership Open Street. Photo: Karen Camela Watson Streets of the Future? Long before the City Council passed the recent bill making Open Streets a permanent fixture in New York City’s future, restaurant... News 10 May 2021 | 08:24
Top hats and characters in Optimo’s mural. Photo: Deborah Fenker The Optimo-zation of a Chelsea Eyesore For anyone even remotely familiar with the heart-wrenching inertia of 210 Seventh Avenue, the story isn’t even worth talking... News 30 Apr 2021 | 04:15
Program Administrator David Coleman coaching a client during the pandemic. Photo courtesy of Refugee Employment Partnership Refugee Employment Partnership Pivots During COVID-19 Normally, volunteers at the Refugee Employment Partnership — an Upper West Side organization that offers one-on-one mentorship... News 21 Apr 2021 | 11:24
Maria (left) and Flavia at Match 65 Brasserie. Photo: Sarah Bae COVID is No Match For Our Community Coronavirus has affected the whole world. Many New Yorkers stayed inside, quarantined, for too many months. Not only has... Voices 21 Apr 2021 | 10:45
Asian American Federation Executive Director Jo-Ann Yoo speaks to the crowd that surrounds her in Union Square on March 19 about the ongoing violence against Asian Ameicans. Photo: Leah Foreman City Rallies to #StopAsianHate After shootings in the Atlanta metropolitan area last week at spas owned by people of Asian descent which left eight people... News 19 Mar 2021 | 06:23
