Bob Weir was a founding member of the Grateful Dead but managed to keep the band together the band even after its front man Jerry Garcia passed in 1995. Weir died Jan. 10 ( Photo: minds-eye/Wikimedia Commons) Bob Weir: The Grateful Dead’s Rock and Roll Heart Yes, the Grateful Dead was the quintessential San Francisco rock and roll band–but New York loved them–and surely respected... Voices 19 Jan 2026 | 03:24
Skip the long lines at DMV and obtain your Real ID through AAA, an authorized “equivalent agency” located at 1881 Broadway , at West 62nd Street. And the writer found the people there are friendly. ( Photo: AAA) Still Don’t Have a REAL ID? Skip the DMV Lines: Trust Triple A! When I was 18, my father became my driving instructor. After almost killing him and me, I took the road test and got an unrestricted... Voices 19 Jan 2026 | 03:43
UES Now Boasts City’s Two Most Powerful Political Leaders The Upper East Side is now officially the political epicenter of New York City with the two most powerful political leaders... Voices 11 Jan 2026 | 10:27
At the Detective Steven McDonald Memorial Mass, the McDonald family and Police Commissioner Tisch (center). ( Photo: Detective’s Endowment Association) NYPD Detective Steven McDonald Memorial Mass Held at St. Pat’s The annual memorial mass for NYPD Detective Steven McDonald was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026.... Voices 12 Jan 2026 | 11:55
Mark Levine joined in the public swearing-in ceremonies on Jan. 1 at City Hall as he assumed his new citywide post as comptroller after four years as Manhattan borough president. ( Photo: Office of NYC Comptroller/Flickr) New Comptroller Levine Looks Back on 4 Years as Boro Prez Friend — Exactly four years ago I walked into the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building for the first time as Manhattan... Voices 02 Jan 2026 | 05:31
Gianni Perilli, author of Community Geriatric Care, drew a packed house at the rectory of St. Thomas More parish on Dec. 10. Gianni, seen seated in front row, outlined ways that faith-based organizations and other community groups can play a vital role in caring for adults suffering from dementia. ( Photo: CareGiverCare) Author Lectures on Dementia Support and Healthy Aging The cold and rainy evening did not deter the standing-room-only audience of neighbors, social service providers, faith-based... Voices 05 Jan 2026 | 01:01
The writer is renewing a call to turn the former NYPD Academy on East 20th Street into a public school. ( Photo: Jim Collins) New Call to Turn Former NYPD Academy into Public School Recent reporting in these pages about how parents at the Jonas Salk Middle School (MS 255) defeated an effort by the Department... Voices 19 Dec 2025 | 10:33
Harmon Rangell once ran a thriving typewriter business in the heart of Chelsea. ( Photo: Courtesy Harmon Rangell) 60 Years Ago on W. 23rd St.; Author Recalls His Chelsea Nabe Yup . . . that’s me . . . 60-plus years ago in front of my store on West 23rd Street. Between Sixth and Seventh avenues,... Voices 19 Dec 2025 | 05:33
People you don’t meet online, at least not all at once. Halloween at The Dead Rabbit on Stone Street. ( Photo: Dead Rabbit Instagram) Dating Apps = Drag! Tired of Swiping, New Yorkers Looking For Love IRL “Swipe fatigue” has become a very real thing on dating apps with users being confronted with numerous profiles leading to... Voices 12 Dec 2025 | 11:40
Netflix wants to spend nearly $83 billion to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, which if it goes through will be the largest media merger in history. ( Photo: Netflix) Will Netflix’s $83B Proposed Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Hurt Consumers? Netflix’s enormous $82.7-billion proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery studios and streaming services, announced on... Voices 08 Dec 2025 | 02:34
Shop cats have been immortalized in a newly revised coffeetable book by Tamar Arslanian with photos by renowned cat photographer Andrew Marttila. But the so-called “Bodega Cat bill” by term-limited City Council Member Keith Powers will have to wait till the new Council session before it can be legalized. ( Photo: Andrew Marttila) Powers’s Bodega Cats Bill Will Fall to New City Council to Enact into Law It’s a pet’s world/cats—We speak here of cats, then dogs. Literally, not of the showers we’ve come to know idiomatically... Voices 08 Dec 2025 | 12:07
President Donald Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani held a surprisingly cordial meeting in the White House on Nov. 21. ( Photo: Truth Social) The Clock’s Already Ticking on the Trump-Mamdani Bromance What were they doing there? What might have they discussed? What will the time they spent together mean for New York, for... Voices 01 Dec 2025 | 03:08
Lisa Do Hofflich, who ran for the NYS Senate in 2022, is calling on NYS political leaders to do more to protect migrant children. ( Photo: Courtesy Lisa Do Hoffllich) New York State Must Do More to Protect Immigrant Children As a Vietnamese refugee who came to America at age 3 with little more than hope, I understand what’s at stake for immigrant... Voices 21 Nov 2025 | 01:27
New York Herald headlines of Dec. 3, 1893. ( Photo: Public Domain) Canter’s Lowly Resting Place: Three Old Jewish Cemeteries Revisited Often in historical research one stumbles upon something other than that which they were looking for. So it occurred recently... Voices 10 Nov 2025 | 01:45
French high school students placed U.S. and French flags at the graves of 4,153 WWI American soldiers buried in the St. Mihiel American Military Cemetery located in Thiaucourt, France, Sept. 20, 2018. The local students placed the flags in preparation for the Centennial Commemoration of the WWI Battle for Saint-Mihiel Salient. ( Sgt. 1st Class Corey Beal) Honoring Veterans Means Supporting Their Recovery This week, as we celebrated Veterans Day, there was reason to feel hopeful. For the first time in years, overdose deaths... Voices 08 Nov 2025 | 08:44
