Community members attended a town hall on the UES a week after the fatal shooting of Azsia Johnson. Photo: Abigail Gruskin What’s Being Done About Guns? An Upper East Side town hall grew rowdy on Wednesday night at P.S. 77 when locals implored a panel of elected officials and... Home 08 Jul 2022 | 04:36
Duane Reade on Broadway near 72nd Street is among the many Manhattan stores afflicted by retail theft. Photo: Alexis Gelber Taking on the Shoplifting Scourge “Customer service needed in the cough and cold department.” “Customer service needed in the hair care department.” “Customer... News 24 Jun 2022 | 02:20
Corinne Low is the co-founder and executive director of Open Hearts Initiative, a local volunteer organization. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Activists Back ‘Safe Havens’ For Homeless After Shootings In a flurry of snow and freezing temperatures last weekend, activists huddled together in Downtown Manhattan near the site... News 18 Mar 2022 | 11:07
Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announce the subway safety plan at the Fulton Street subway station on Friday, February 18, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office A City on Edge The West Sider was in a hurry to get home from her office in Times Square. “My thing is to get the heck out of the subway... News 26 Feb 2022 | 05:08
Columbia University community at a vigil on Friday evening for Davide Giri. Photo: Henry Quinn Pasin Grief on Campus at Columbia A 30-year-old graduate student at Columbia University, Davide Giri, was killed and a visiting scholar, Roberto Malaspina,... News 06 Dec 2021 | 09:42
Curtis Sliwa in the early days of the Guardian Angels. Courtesy of Curtis Sliwa. Our Town & Sliwa, Now & Then With Our Town hitting 50 year, I’m always scoping out stories where there’s some connection between the paper’s past and... Voices 30 Aug 2021 | 06:38
The Scourge of Senior Scams An 82-year-old woman living in downtown Manhattan reported to police that on Friday, January 15, she received a call from... News 16 Jun 2021 | 10:57
Screenshot of Miya Ponsetto and Gayle King on CBS This Morning, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. ‘Soho Karen’ Arrested for Attack on Black Teen Miya Ponsetto – infamously dubbed “Soho Karen” – was charged over the weekend with attempted assault following her alleged... News 08 Jan 2021 | 05:05
A chorus performing Carols for the Community outside St. John the Divine Sunday afternoon before a gunman opened fire near the crowd. Photo: J. Alex Tarquinio A Shooting at St. John the Divine A man was shot and killed by police after he opened fire outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights... Home 13 Dec 2020 | 08:18
Defaced campaign poster. Photo courtesy of Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright’s office Seawright Office Vandalized Again Police are investigating instances of vandalism aimed at Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright’s office this week, which follow... Home 06 Nov 2020 | 03:00
Paint splattered on the office windows of Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright. Photo courtesy of Seawright’s office. Suspect Charged in Attack on Seawright’s Office Police arrested an Upper East Side man Wednesday in connection to an anti-Semitic attack on state Assembly Member Rebecca... News 24 Aug 2020 | 07:25
Paint splattered on the office windows of Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright. Photo courtesy of Seawright’s office. ‘We Will Not be Intimidated’: Seawright on Anti-Semitic Graffiti Two separate incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti were reported on the Upper East Side this week, one of which targeted Assembly... Home 15 Aug 2020 | 09:21
Inspector Kathleen Walsh, commander of the 19th Precinct, said police have arrested suspects they believe are linked to a series of store break-ins in February. ( Photo: David Noonan) UES Crime: Behind the Numbers Two months into 2020, crime rates on the Upper East Side are up compared to this time last year across multiple dimensions.... News 03 Mar 2020 | 11:22
The Troubling Bail Reform Law The new bail reform law, and the likelihood of repeat offenses, has law enforcers worried. When a Community Board 8 member... Voices 10 Jan 2020 | 01:02
Inspector Kathleen Walsh, commander of the 19th precinct, expects bail reform to contribute to an increase in larceny and robbery on the Upper East Side in 2020. ( Photo: David Noonan) Blowback to Bail Reform The new year has ushered in the end of cash bail for many nonviolent defendants in New York, which advocates say will also... News 06 Jan 2020 | 11:07
