Fulton and Chelsea Elliot Houses on 413 W. 17th Street between Ninth and Tenth Ave. were the subject of a public forum on Feb. 1 on the city’s plan to tear the buildings down and replace them with new buildings for over $1 billion. Photo Credit: Flickr. Chelsea Residents Voice Concerns at Public Forum on $1.5B NYCHA Tear Down Some residents are not sold on the $1.5 billion plan unveiled by the city to tear down and rebuild the Fulton and Elliot... News 05 Feb 2024 | 05:45
Mayor Eric Adams said he will “do anything in my power” to help beleaguered newsstand dealer Sadik Topia The city evicted Topia from the newsstand that he operated for 23 years at the corner of W. 79th and Broadway in a dispute over fines and penalties that have reached $94,000. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Mayor Vows He Will Try to Help Newsstand Operator Being Hit with $94,000 in Fines Mayor Adams said Tuesday he would do anything “within my powers” to get Sadik Topia back to work at his shuttered West Side... News 24 Jan 2024 | 01:03
Mayor Eric Adams says the FDNY is stepping up enforcement of lithium-ion battery complaints while the NYPD is visiting homes where teens have been caught subway surfing. Photo: Keith J. Kelly City Taking Steps to Prevent Tragedies from Lithium Batteries and Subway Surfing Recently, our city witnessed two tragedies that could have been prevented: A deadly fire at an e-bike shop and a subway surfing... News 04 Dec 2023 | 12:36
Mayor Eric Adams says he wants to create 100,000 new units of affordable housing over next 15 years and complete overhaul current housing code to solve the housing crisis. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office Adams: We Need Sweeping Overhaul to Solve Housing Crisis Our administration recently proposed the most ambitious pro-housing zoning changes in the history of New York City—changes... Voices 09 Oct 2023 | 01:54
Eric Adams speaking at an August 17 press conference on his tripartite plan to convert a wide swath of unused office space into affordable housing. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is to his left. ( Photo via NYC Mayor’s Office) Mayors Adams Proposes New Plans to Turn Vacant Midtown Offices Into Apartments As a grim housing shortage plaguing New York has shown no signs of abatement, Mayor Eric Adams held a Tuesday, August 17... News 20 Aug 2023 | 10:59
Mayor Eric Adams (at lectern) and UFT president Michael Mulgrew clasp hands after reaching a new tentative five year pact between the city and the teacher’s union. Photo: Mayors Photography Office City and UFT Reach Tentative Pact, but Many Teachers Want it Voted Down Mayor Eric Adams and the United Federation of Teachers reached a tentative contract agreement on June 13 that would begin... News 11 Jul 2023 | 11:23
The sun–as seen on West 75th St looking toward the Hudson River on the afternoon of June 7th–is nearly totally blocked by the smokey haze caused by over 100 raging forest fires that are still burning in Canada. Photo: Michael Oreskes Smokey Haze Blocks Sun on Wed, but Mayor Says Conditions Should Improve Thurs; Citizens Still Urged: Stay Indoors The Air Quality Index reached a reported 484 Wednesday June 7th which is deemed “hazardous” and an air quality warning remained... News 08 Jun 2023 | 11:14
There was one fatality when the parking garage on Ann Street in downtown Manhattan collapsed on April 18th but five other employees inside manage to escape as the building pancaked. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Victim in Garage Collapse in Downtown on 4/18 Pulled from Rubble Two Days Later The body of the general manager who was killed in a parking garage collapse in downtown Manhattan was removed on April 20th,... News 20 Apr 2023 | 08:04
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell (left) Mayor Eric Adams (at mic) and Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg speak at a press conference providing an update on a case in which members of the LBGTQ community and others were targeted by a theft ring, that also resulted in two murders. Photo: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Twitter. Five Defendants Now Charged In String of Robberies, Murders in Hell’s Kitchen A fifth defendant, believed to be the mastermind of last year’s string of robberies and murders in the Hell’s Kitchen area... News 19 Apr 2023 | 05:30
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at an interfaith clergy event at the House of the Lord Pentecostal church in Brooklyn, on Friday, June 12, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Point and Counterpoint on Mayor’s Recent Rollout of Religion in Politics Eric Adams is mayor, not the city’s pastor-in-chief. That’s the job of Adams‘ buddy, Bishop Lamor Whitehead, the sketchy... News 17 Apr 2023 | 06:07
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at an interfaith clergy event at the House of the Lord Pentecostal church in Brooklyn, on Friday, June 12, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Point and Counterpoint on the Mayor’s Recent Rollout of Religion in Politics Representatives of liberal left New York, less worried about how many South Bronx residents might get shot on any day, had... News 17 Apr 2023 | 05:55
Mayor Eric Adams announces the appointment of Kathleen Corradi (at mic) as the city’s first-ever citywide director of rodent mitigation, also known as the ‘rat czar' during a press conference in St. Nicolas Park in Harlem on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Mayor Adams Taps Education Exec as City’s First Ever “Rat Czar” The city’s first ever “rat czar” has finally been revealed. At a ceremony at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, Mayor Eric Adams... News 12 Apr 2023 | 05:31
These five picked up their shamrock suits at the famed O’Carroll’s in Dublin and flew to New York for the parade, which they said is far larger than the parade in their home city. They are (from left): Stephen O’Brien, David O’Brien, Gillian Storey, Lauren Lambert and Peter Saltell. Photo: J. Patricia Walsh Nearly Two Million Line Fifth Ave for St. Patrick’s Day Parade A break in the nasty weather summoned nearly two million spectators to line Fifth Avenue for the annual St. Patrick’s Day... Home 20 Mar 2023 | 04:25
It’s been more than a decade since the 2012 Super Bowl winning NY Giants became the last NY area pro team to be honored with a parade down the Canyon of Heroes. Photo: Wikipedia Commons Which NY Pro Team Will Bring Next Champ Trophy to Gotham? To the dismay of New York sports fans, no local pro team has hoisted a championship trophy and been feted with a ticker tape... News 15 Jan 2023 | 10:49
Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan issue health guidance ahead of the holiday season. City Hall, Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Photo: Caroline Willis/Mayoral Photography Office Bypassing the Bivalent Booster If the Great City were granted one holiday wish it should probably be this: All we want for Christmas is for everyone to... News 28 Dec 2022 | 09:19
