A new dancer has taken up residence at the New York City Ballet: a giant, bronze sculpture of a hippo in a tutu. The installation, which was built… Read more “New York City’s Newest Ballerina: A Bronze Hippo”
Category: Manhattan
City Official Promotes Reusable Bags
New York City’s 5-cent plastic bag fee may have been delayed by the State Senate. But that’s not stopping supporters of the fee from promoting it.… Read more “City Official Promotes Reusable Bags”
Protesters Rally For Refugees In Battery Park
Protesters flooded New York’s Battery Park on Sunday for the second straight day of demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s executive order, which banned citizens of seven Muslim-majority… Read more “Protesters Rally For Refugees In Battery Park”
City Youth Face off in Chess Tournament
Hundreds of local youth engaged in tense, but sportsmanlike, chess battles at the New York Police Athletic League on Saturday, January 28th. The children hoped to take… Read more “City Youth Face off in Chess Tournament”
New Yorkers Give Feedback on the Voting Process
From first-time voters in Queens to poll workers in the Bronx, more than forty people signed up to share Election Day stories during a public hearing on… Read more “New Yorkers Give Feedback on the Voting Process”
Bikers at Motorcycle Show Fight Back Against Negative Public Image
Engine sounds roared through the vast Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Friday night as hundreds of spectators milled around motorcycles in all sizes and colors. A… Read more “Bikers at Motorcycle Show Fight Back Against Negative Public Image”
At Community Board Meeting, A Pitch for a More Connected Harlem
For Joi Dailey, the Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts in her neighborhood are more than just places to grab breakfast or a hot beverage. They’re the place where… Read more “At Community Board Meeting, A Pitch for a More Connected Harlem”
Castro Mourners Pay Homage in Manhattan
Hundreds of New Yorkers traveled to midtown Manhattan during the past week to pay homage to the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. On Sunday, about 30 of… Read more “Castro Mourners Pay Homage in Manhattan”
Survivors Remember Pearl Harbor at Intrepid Ceremony
It was a beautiful Sunday morning. The sun was shining and twin rainbows stretched across the sky. That’s how Clark J. Simmons, a former chief officer in… Read more “Survivors Remember Pearl Harbor at Intrepid Ceremony”
Court Rules Closed Primary System is Constitutional
Tiffany Pennamon @tiffanypennamon Nearly 50 independent voters packed into a tiny courtroom Tuesday afternoon waiting to learn if the state’s primary system would face reform. Most were… Read more “Court Rules Closed Primary System is Constitutional”
