"Toby" was found on October 14th on upper Madison Ave . ( Photo: Courtesy of Animal Care Centers of NYC) Pet Detectives of New York When fashion mogul Tory Burch lost her miniature poodle, Chicken, at East 62nd Street and Park Avenue during a walk last... Newsletter Oct 14 2019 | 03:22 PM
The ban on cars left the intersection of 14th St. and Eighth Ave. looking eerily empty last week. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Busway Transforms 14th Street The buses have been liberated — at least on 14th Street. Long, blue buses cruised easily down this typically congested artery... News Oct 13 2019 | 08:03 AM
Mayor Bill de Blasio with NYC Census Director Julie Menin on September 25, 2019. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) 'We're Going to Get Counted' Although the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration in June from adding a question asking the citizenship status... News Oct 07 2019 | 02:14 PM
Comptroller Scott Stringer, with Deputy Comptroller for Audit Marjorie Landa, announcing the results of his investigation into the city's handling of lead inspections. ( Photo: Susan Watts, Office of the NYC Comptroller) Lead Report Slams City Agency The city failed to conduct lead inspections in private buildings where a government agency knew thousands of children who... Newsletter Sep 30 2019 | 12:00 PM
Tens of thousands packed Foley Square before a march to Battery Park Friday as park of the Climate Strike NYC, a movement led by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) 'We Will Make Them Hear Us' Thousands of young people flooded the streets of Lower Manhattan Friday afternoon, chanting and waving protest signs, all... News Sep 23 2019 | 12:28 PM
A store at Eighth Avenue and 40th Street. ( Photo: David Noonan) State Outlaws Sale of E-Cigarettes New York became the second state in the nation to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes as the number of vaping-related... News Sep 20 2019 | 05:53 PM
At Comptroller Scott Stringer's press conference about fines and fees. ( Photo: Susan Watts/Office of New York City Comptroller) The Costs of Criminal Justice A week after the City Council’s hearing on closing Rikers, Comptroller Scott Stringer added a new element to the criminal... News Sep 16 2019 | 04:08 PM
A rally at City Hall by grassroots group Close Rikers Build Communities before the hearing to close the prison complex last week. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Jail Plans: All in the Details There seems to be little disagreement among city officials that shuttering Rikers Island is a necessary, long-overdue step... News Sep 09 2019 | 01:14 PM
A "ghost bike" memorial was dedicated to Madison Jane Lyden last year, at the site of her death on CPW. Photo: Michael Garofalo ( Photo: Michael Garofalo) CPW Bike Lane Turmoil Rolls On Two hundred parking spaces have vanished from a nearly mile-long stretch along Central Park West in the name of bike safety... News Aug 30 2019 | 03:12 PM
FDNY emergency personnel at the scene of the accident that killled 30-year-old Samuel Waisbren. ( Photo: Courtesy FDNY via Twitter) Questions Follow Fatal Elevator Accident The city is investigating the death of a 30-year-old man who was crushed by an elevator in Kips Bay apartment building last... News Aug 26 2019 | 10:40 AM
Community Board 6 member Richard Mintz speaks about riding the M14 bus during a rally advocating for the bus-only corridor that’s being held up in a lawsuit now. Photo: Emily Higginbotham The Brawl Over the Busway The fight over the 14th Street busway has boiled down to an issue of class and privilege as transit advocates have painted... News Aug 23 2019 | 02:36 PM
Police circulated video of street violence on 82nd Street that occurred after the Oct. 12, 2018 event at the Metropolitan Republican Club. Image: NYPD Proud Boys Found Guilty By Emily Higginbotham After a two-week trial and a day and a half of deliberations, a 12-member jury in State Supreme Court... News Aug 20 2019 | 09:31 AM
Heath Grant, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Photo courtesy of Heath Grant. Cops and 'compassion fatigue' By Emily Higginbotham The New York Police Department is experiencing a spike in officer suicides as two more officers killed... News Aug 19 2019 | 11:45 AM
A DOT plan to reconfigure 14th Street into a busway has met with resistance from some neighborhood groups..Image: NYC DOT/MTA Back and forth on 14th Street By Emily Higginbotham Just as the city’s 14th Street busway pilot program that aims to prioritize public transit over motorists... News Aug 12 2019 | 04:50 PM
Council Member Ben Kallos authored a bill that aims to put a spotlight on the outcomes of domestic violence survivors. ( Photo: Courtesy of NYC Council photographer William Alatriste) New bill targets domestic violence In response to an increase in domestic violence offenses in the city — despite a drop in most other crimes — a bill has been... News Aug 02 2019 | 01:03 PM
