Governor Hochul is proposing to allocate $77 million to extend the police surge in NYC subways so that every train running from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. has two cops on board. Cops above were at the Seventh Avenue — Penn Station stop. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Hochul: More Cops in Subways, Extend Q Line, Childcare, Affordability and Blasts Trump Despite the drop in crime on the New York City subways in 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul in her State of the State address said... News 16 Jan 2026 | 07:14
An estimated 15,000 nurses went on strike at several hospitals owned by the Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian hospital systems in Manhattan and Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. ( Photo: Facebook/NYSNA) Nurses Strike! 15,000 Walkout at Mount Sinai & NY-Presbyterian Hospitals One of the largest nurses strikes in city history began on Monday Jan. 12 when round-the-clock negotiations failed to reach... News 12 Jan 2026 | 03:54
Buses traveling along the 19-block stretch of Madison Ave. below 42nd St. move 92,000 passengers a day but should be moving faster once the DOT completes the project to paint lanes dedicated solely to busess. Currently buses crawl at four to five MPH on the avenue. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Mamdani Admin Unveils Plan to Extend Bus Only Lanes on Madison Ave. Below 42nd St. The Madison Ave. corridor, which moves 92,000 people a day by bus on one of the slowest moving avenues in the city, should... News 12 Jan 2026 | 03:33
Erik Bottcher (center) at the swearing-in ceremony of Julie Menin as speaker of the City Council on Jan. 8. He was given the Democratic line in the special election for the West Side New York State Senate seat recently vacated when Brad Hoylman-Sigal became borough president. ( Photo: NYC City Council Media Unit) Dem Clubs Tap Erik Bottcher for NYS Senate Special Election on Feb. 3 To nobody’s great surprise, City Council Member Erik Bottcher secured the Democratic line in the special election on Feb.... News 12 Jan 2026 | 12:46
Nina Schwalbe, a healthcare scientist who is a sixth-generation New Yorker, is the latest to enter the race to succeed Jerry Nadler in New York’s 12th Congressional District in Manhattan. ( Photo: Nina Schwalbe campaign) Exclusive: Health Activist Nina Schwalbe Enters Race to Replace Congressman Nadler Health expert and community activist Nina Schwalbe is the latest candidate to toss her hat into the crowded race to succeed... News 11 Jan 2026 | 10:38
The New York State Nurses Association gave 10-day notice in advance of a strike to hospitals across the metropolitan area, including six situated in Manhattan. ( Photo: Facebook/NYSNA) Nurses Could Strike at 6 Manhattan Hospitals Jan. 12 What is being billed as the largest nurses strike in NYC history could hit Jan. 12 if several of the nation’s biggest private... News 05 Jan 2026 | 05:29
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an order repealing all executive orders signed by Eric Adams after Sept. 26, 2024, but said an executive order he signed will preserve the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism. ( Photo: Michael Appelton/Mayor’s Photography Office) Mamdani Nixes 2 Exec Orders Jewish Groups Favored; Keep Office to Combat Antisemitism Only hours after his public inauguration ceremony on Jan. 1, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was repealing all executive orders... News 05 Jan 2026 | 01:44
Mayor Zohran Mamdani waves to supporters at his swearing-in ceremony at City Hall on Jan. 1. He was accompanied by his wife, Rama Duwaji, who held the Quran as he was sworn in as the first ever Muslim mayor. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) New Era Begins at City Hall as Mamdani Sworn into Office A new era began at City Hall as Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim elected to the office, put his hand on a Quran held by his... News 05 Jan 2026 | 01:09
About 100 parishioners were joined by preservation groups at a rally outside Most Holy Redeemer Church on Dec. 8. ( Photo: Village Preservation) East Village Fights to Save Most Holy Reedemer Church Worried preservationists are continuing to press for landmark status for Most Holy Redeemer Church on East Third Street in... News 26 Dec 2025 | 04:10
City Council Member Erik Bottcher, presumably after voting to re-elect himself, on Nov. 4, 2025. Soon afterward, he announed a run for Congress. Changing course again, now he’s runniing for State Senate. ( Photo: Erik Bottcher Instagram) CM Erik Bottcher Quits Race for Congress, Eyes State Senate Instead Recently re-elected City Council Member Eric Bottcher announced he is dropping out of the crowded race to replace Jerry Nadler... News 23 Dec 2025 | 03:12
The Archdiocese of New York, which owns the land beneath the ultra-luxury Lotte New York Palace Hotel, at 455 Madison Ave., is working on a sale of the property to the hotel owner for $490 million. ( Photo: Epicgenius/Wikimedia Commons) Archdiocese Selling Hotel Property for $490 Million for Sex-Abuse Fund The Catholic Archdiocese of New York said it is selling the land that it owns under the Lotte New York Palace Hotel to the... News 19 Dec 2025 | 12:35
Manhattan Borough President-elect Brad Hoylman-Sigal is set to resign his seat as NYS senator on the West Side to take up the new post on Jan. 1. Assembly members Tony Simone and Linda Rosenthal are toying with the idea of jumping to the Senate, but nobody has officially declared for the job. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Who Will Grab the NYS Senate Seat when Hoylman-Sigal Moves to BP? With only days to go until Jan. 1, when West Side NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal gets sworn in as the new Manhattan borough... News 18 Dec 2025 | 07:35
Bishop Ronald Hicks, from Joliet, Ill., at a press conference in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Dec. 18 where he was introduced as the successor to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who had reached the mandatory retirement age of 75. ( Photo: YouTube) Spanish-Speaking Bishop Appointed as Successor to Cardinal Dolan Ending days of speculation, Pope Leo XIV on Dec. 18 revealed that he had accepted the resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan... News 18 Dec 2025 | 07:32
Janusz Gorzynski, an UES psychiatrist who was born in Warsaw, Poland, was killed only a block from his UES home, struck by a van at 91st Street and Park Avenue. ( Photo: dignitymemorial.com ) Man Killed by Van Was Beloved UES Psychiatrist Who Spent Years at Sloan Kettering An 85-year-old man killed by a van while crossing the street less than a block from his home on Dec. 1 was identified by... News 13 Dec 2025 | 06:59
Keith Powers, at a press conference earlier this year, has secured the Democratic nomination for the Assembly seat vacated by Harvey Epstein, who was elected to the City Council. Powers had the backing of 61 percent of the New York County Democratic club members who voted on Dec. 10. ( Photo: John McCartney/NYC Council Media Unit) Keith Powers Wins Dem Party Backing in East Side Assembly Race City Council Member Keith Powers, whose term ends at the close of the year, will be the official Democratic party nominee... News 13 Dec 2025 | 06:56
