Staff, parents and students of PS-IS 276 joined elected officials Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, State Senators Brad Holyman and Brian Kavanagh, State Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou and Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Photo: Museum of Jewish Heritage on Twitter ‘Hate Has No Place in Our City’ When pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol in an effort to halt the counting of electoral college... News 18 Jan 2021 | 10:49
At an UWS Open Hearts brunch for shelter residents on New Year’s Day. Photo: UWS Open Hearts Initiative on Twitter A Victory for Lucerne Residents The saga of the shelter at the Lucerne Hotel continues. A five judge appellate court ruled Tuesday that the de Blasio administration,... News 05 Jan 2021 | 06:48
A rendering showing a pair of proposed new towers in South Street Seaport District. Source: Howard Hughes Corporation/SOM Division Over Seaport Development Community Board 1 passed two diverging resolutions on the Howard Hughes Corporation’s proposal for development in the South... News 26 Dec 2020 | 11:07
Rob LoCascio of FeedingNYC. Photo: FeedingNYC/John Sosa Nourishing New Yorkers in Times of Need As we have experienced firsthand during this pandemic, New Yorkers have the ability to turn something bad into something... News 19 Dec 2020 | 12:55
At the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Urban Outreach Center. Photo courtesy of Council Member Ben Kallos Supermarket-Style Food Pantry Opens on the UES COVID-19 has exacerbated food insecurities everywhere and people are hurting. Some are going to bed hungry and choosing rent... News 14 Dec 2020 | 10:17
After the fire at Middle Collegiate Church on Second Avenue. Photo: Benjamin Morse Fire Damages Historic Church, Women’s Shelter Ash-tinted brick. Scattered, cracked stained glass. Nearly two dozen women, displaced. When the 128-year-old Middle Collegiate... News 11 Dec 2020 | 10:16
Upper West Side Open Hearts Initiative rallied outside the Lucerne on Sunday, Nov. 29, demanding that the city halt the move. Advocates drew stick figures to represent the 5,500 New Yorkers still in congregate shelters. Photo: Upper West Side Open Hearts Lucerne Ruling: Residents to Move Out A judge freed the de Blasio administration last week to move 240 men from the Lucerne Hotel, where they sheltered from the... Home 25 Nov 2020 | 03:21
Leon Feingold with the House of Good Deeds bus. Photo: Deborah Fenker The House of Good Deeds “Good thoughts, good words, good deeds,” Freddie Mercury’s father reportedly said. This quote is perhaps what made the House... News 08 Oct 2020 | 03:35
Dan Miller and Kyle Dontoh of Open New York at a press conference at the Lucerne Hotel in September. Photo: Alexis Gelber Grassroots Group Eyes Progress Amid Lucerne Activism At one of the recent press conferences about the Lucerne homeless shelter saga on the Upper West Side, the crowd included... News 04 Oct 2020 | 04:22
State Assembly Member Dick Gottfried (center) at the Lucerne on Sunday, Sept. 13 with Council Member Helen Rosenthal (right) and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (left of Gottfried). Photo: Richard Gottfried on Twitter A Freeze on Homeless Hotels Mayor de Blasio said Monday he was temporarily freezing the plan he had agreed to just last week to abandon use of the Lucerne... Home 14 Sep 2020 | 09:12
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams at the Wednesday morning press conference at The Lucerne. Photo: Alexis Gelber Homeless to Leave Lucerne Updated on Sunday, Sept. 13: Faced with a continuing outcry from some Upper West Siders, the de Blasio administration said... Home 08 Sep 2020 | 09:58
The Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street. Photo: Michael Oreskes How The Lucerne Became a Shelter Experts agree that the first rule for communicating in a crisis is to get the facts out as accurately, fully and quickly... News 04 Sep 2020 | 03:27
Chris Toto on 18th Street and Eighth Ave. Photo: Deborah Fenker Transforming the Tree Pits of Chelsea One sunny August afternoon, I found myself trekking home up Eighth Avenue for no real reason other than a change of scenery... News 30 Aug 2020 | 12:58
The Lucerne Hotel, now a shelter for homeless men, next to Nice Matin Restaurant. Photo: Michael Oreskes Shelter from the Virus Near the northeast corner of 79th Street and Broadway, in plain sight of Banksy’s “Hammer Boy” mural, insulated by Plexiglass... News 15 Aug 2020 | 06:13
The Belleclaire Hotel on Broadway. Photo: Eden, Jim and Janine, via flickr Hotels for the Homeless Spark New Controversy Since March, hotels on the Upper West Side have been closed to regular bookings due to the pandemic. In an effort to protect... News 31 Jul 2020 | 06:47
