New Yorkers and foreigners looking up at the solar eclipse at 3:25 p.m. on Broadway and E 23rd Street in Flatiron. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. Solar Eclipse Viewing Party Attracts Big Crowd to 23rd St. New York experienced its first solar eclipse in 99 years on April 8. New York saw 90 percent of the sun covered and popular... News 08 Apr 2024 | 06:36
An earthquake with a 4.8 magnitude that struck an epicenter in New Jersey, one mile from Tewksbury, NJ on April 5 at 10:23 a.m.also sent shock waves to Manhattan and up and down the East Coast. Outlined in red is the earthquake at its most intense point stretching along New Jersey. Photo Credit: earthquake.usgs.gov. A 4.8 Quake in NJ Rattles Manhattan; Around 30 Smaller Aftershocks Hit Over Weekend Dozens of small aftershocked continued over two days following an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale... News 08 Apr 2024 | 10:13
Chelsea-Elliot Homes at 430 W 26th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenue. NYCHA is partnering with Essence Development and Related Companies in a $1.5 billion plan to demolish and rebuild two public housing projects into new high rise mixed use apartments that would involve subsidized housing and middle and market rate apartments managed by a private firm. Photo: Google Street View. Legal Aid and CSS Rip NYCHA’s $1.5 Billion Tear Down Plans for Chelsea Public Housing Projects Controversy heats up over plans by the New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)’s to move forward... News 18 Mar 2024 | 09:52
A Venezuelan woman, Edgarlis Vegas who police said is pictured in bottom left hand corner (wearing a burgundy jacket) allegedly was part of a mob of migrants involved in an assault on two police officers in a Times Square melee on Jan. 27. Photo: Crimestoppers First Woman Charged as Part of Migrant Mob That Attacked 2 Cops in Times Square A 20-year-old Venezuelan became the first woman to be arrested and charged with being part of a gang of immigrants who were... News 15 Mar 2024 | 06:57
One of the new outdoor dining sheds at Bodrum in the Upper West Side between 88th and 89th street. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. Two Manhattan Restaurants Are Among First to Use New Modular Outdoor Dining Sheds Two restaurants in Manhattan are among the first four in the city to feature the new open air modular set ups that will eventually... News 04 Mar 2024 | 05:56
Vice Media, once a high flying digital news company, last year declared bankruptcy and on Feb. 22 its CEO told staffers that hundreds of its remaining 900 staffers will be laid off. Photo Credit: Vice Media/Flickr. Vice Media Crashes, Set to Lay off Hundreds of Workers Vice announced on Feb. 22 that they will lay off hundreds of its 900 staffers and will stop publishing content on their Vice.com... Voices 23 Feb 2024 | 05:17
Caught-on-camera footage of migrant suspects accused of assaulting two NYPD officers in Times Square on Jan 27. Police said up to 14 migrants were involved and some are still at large. Photo Credit: NYPD Crime Stoppers. Seven Migrants Involved in Assault on Cops in Times Sq. Now Being Held on Rikers Is. Seven migrant suspects who are accused of being involved in the Times Square attack on two NYPD officers on Jan. 27 are back... News 19 Feb 2024 | 06:07
Chelsea-Elliot Homes at 430 W 26th Street between ninth and tenth avenue. Photo Credit: Google Street View. Chelsea Residents Again Blast NYCHA’s $1.5B Tear Down Plan Controversy continues to simmer over plans by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)... News 09 Feb 2024 | 07:09
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
Matthew Cho, 19, who is legally-blind, is a recipient of the $10K Lighthouse Guild scholarship. ( Photo Credit: Lighthouse Guild ) Two Legally Blind UWS Teens Receive $10K Scholarships Matthew Cho and Emely Recinos, two teens from the Upper West Side, were among 15 legally blind teens recently awarded $10,000... News 18 Jul 2023 | 12:50
The redesigned Theodore Roosevelt Park in front of the Richard Gilder Center for Science and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History located at 200 Central Park West is now open to the public after a contentious battle over trees when the plan was first unveiled five years earlier. Photo: Beau Matic Theodore Roosevelt Park, part of $430M Project, Reopens by Museum’s Richard Gilder Center The tranquility of new parkland surrounding the American Museum of Natural History belies the hot debate that once galvanized... News 16 Jul 2023 | 01:04
Chelsea-Elliot apartments on 10th Avenue and 26th Street that the city wants to tear down and rebuild but in a $1.5 billion project that the Legal Aid Society is questioning. Photo: Google View. Legal Aid Society Demands NYCHA Halt $1.5B Plan to Demolish/Rebuild Chelsea-Elliot Houses The Legal Aid Society and the Community Service Society jointly demanded NYCHA withdraw its $1.5 billion proposal to HUD... News 14 Jul 2023 | 04:33
Beat the Heat: NYC public pools are a great way to stay cool and they are free but check before you go because many have shortened hours due to the lifeguard shortage and all shut down for one hour for cleaning between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Photo: Wikimedia Commons How New Yorkers Can Survive this Summer by Staying Cool We survived an orange sky, and now we are looking at a high 80 degree to low 90-degree weather forecast for the next two... News 06 Jul 2023 | 05:18
Mayor Adams (far right), Chancellor David Banks (middle) and Assembly member Jenifer Rajkumar (far left) at the City Council meeting on Monday, June 26 to make Diwali an official school holiday. Photo: Ed Reed Mayor Adams Photography Office. Diwali Becomes an Official Holiday for NYC Public Schools Diwali, a celebration of lights in many Southern Asian, Indian and Caribbean cultures, to celebrate the triumph of good over... News 27 Jun 2023 | 03:20
Delfena Plasencea and Maria Moneira in front of their Chelsea-Elliot apartment on 10th Avenue and 26th Street. Photo: Beau Matic. ( " ") Are Residents Really on Board with NYCHA’s $1.5B Plan to Tear Down, Rebuild Public Housing? The New York City Authority (NYCHA) announced on Wednesday, June 21 a plan to invest $1.5 billion to tear down the Section... News 26 Jun 2023 | 02:19
