The Parks Department has again confirmed plans to demolish the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center. It has been closed since 2020, despite $120 million previously allocated to its repair and Mayor Mamdani’s campaign promise to restore the 118-year-old landmarked facility at Clarkson Street and Seventh Avenue South.
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The city has released its draft Fair Housing Growth Strategy report, a blueprint for new housing development in NYC over the next ten years. It calls for dramatic changes across the city, in every corner.
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President Trump’s rantings from the White House, and his appeal to the most base instincts of the American population, have included calls to wipe out large swaths of American history (even going so far as to deny that the Civil War was about slavery). He has also included calls to restore the United States as a “Christian Nation,” whose guiding light should be the Christian Bible and not the Constitution.
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This election cycle, there are five questions for voters — or five opportunities for New Yorkers to vote yes or no on amendments to the City Charter, a constitution that establishes the framework for city government.
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Paul Kottman, a tenured New School professor sued the university in September, claiming that his layoff ─ and the termination of other tenured faculty ─ illegally dismantled academic tenure. His lawyer is Richard Emery, one of the country’s leading First Amendment lawyers.
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Carrying signs reading “No Parking For ICE Anywhere Anytime,” dozens of New Yorkers gathered near a TriBeCa location of the garage chain ICON Parking on a golden afternoon in mid-September, aiming to call attention to the alleged presence of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles there.
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A leading authority on the Jefferson Market Courthouse design and construction is Francis R. Kowsky, who wrote the book The Architecture of Frederick Clarke Withers and the Progress of the Gothic Revival in America After 1850.
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The paintings of Westbeth artist Patricia Melvin are a tour de force of skill, technique and passion for the beauty of the Hudson River, its surface and skyline, depicting harmony between the river, nature and humans.
Read MoreTwo Rivers, Two Ways: New York & Texas By J. Taylor Basker Rivers have profound importance in human history. Sources for agriculture and trade, they were important for religion and spirituality. The Egyptians turned their...
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In late July I saw The Odyssey. I didn’t see it in IMAX but that didn’t impact my experience in a negative way — I really enjoyed its intensity.
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When new immigrants come to the United States, whether they are ethnic, racial, religious, or political groups, they are immediately faced with the need to assimilate into American society. There are some changes that occur which are common to all groups. T
Read MoreIt wasn’t something I consciously thought about every day, but it lived beneath the surface: one day I would return home, and something inside me would finally settle. The streets I knew as a child, the language, the sea, the familiar light — all of it would somehow restore the part of me that had remained suspended in time.
Read MoreIf Orwell only knew the devious battle to control minds in 2026. The Thought Police want to control everything about you for political gain and consumer impulses.
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Proof of a life well-lived came in the form of swift and swooning responses, upon soliciting testimonials in praise of Ann Northrop. The widely influential journalist, broadcaster, educator, activist, strategist, and golfer recently retired as co-host of the long-running weekly broadcast Gay USA (gayusatv.org).
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