You might think in this great city of millions of people and billions of building square footage, that the city leaders would be very thorough with their construction codes, having instituted one of the first codes in 1867. To their credit, city leaders made regular updates to the city’s building codes since, but have been paying a lot of attention to our current building codes in the last few years.
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Apparently there used to be a time in New York when apartments weren’t run through private equity. Back in the 1960s, community activists in Harlem and across the city had to take control of their building’s utilities as landlords mass-abandoned apartments that were no longer seeing returns.
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My homeless friend, James Tarangelo, has been helping me with my dogs. He was living in an old car I had given to him on Greenwich Street near Clarkson & Houston streets after his own car was towed and destroyed by the city.
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Read MoreIt’s very frustrating to watch Trump’s minions testifying before Congress where their statements are often misleading if not possibly perjurious.
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The killing of Renee Good, by a U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 7, has sparked protests and outrage across the United States.
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Thanking the important women in my life.
Read MoreWell, it’s winter and as everybody knows ‘tis the season when we suffer from dry skin. I had a condition where my skin felt as if it was being stung by a thousand bees. My dermatologist determined I had dry skin and a fungal infection. Yuck! I got the cream she prescribed and eventually the yuck went away.
Read MoreAs artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes nearly every creative field, one of the most consequential copyright cases in U.S. history has unfolded with little public attention.
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America has just experienced a year of massive contrasts ─ the growth of the rich v. the poor, ICE v. civil liberties, ethnic cleansing and genocide v. nationalist expansion, excess of food v. starvation, war v. declarations of peace and cease fires, health v. epidemics caused by distrust of vaccines. The list is endless. Artists are the barometer of a society’s soul. Westbeth Gallery’s Winter Exhibit closed the year 2025 revealing art of great contrasts paralleling extremes in our world today.
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Don’t bother looking — there are no monuments to Black Americans in Greenwich Village.
Read MoreIn an era defined by distraction, overscheduling, and competing demands, one of the quiet casualties of modern life is sustained emotional connection between couples. Many relationships do not fracture dramatically; they thin out slowly, worn down by logistics, parenting, and exhaustion. What is often missing is not love, but time—specifically, intentional time.
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One Friday evening my parents told me we were going to a restaurant with our friends. I was super excited because we were going to a place called Kid Pizza which opened a year ago.
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In my work as a psychotherapist, I am seeing a marked rise in political anxiety among clients. This anxiety extends beyond political preferences or policy debates. Many people are living with a persistent sense of unease that affects sleep, mood, focus, and overall well-being.
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