Apr. 24, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A’hoy, New Yorkers! Get ready to see sailors and other service members all throughout town when Fleet Week returns to NYC at the end of May. The Big Apple’s time-honored tradition of welcoming the U.S. armed forces to the city will kick off with the famous Parade of…
Apr. 24, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Eight months after ordering most city agencies to dramatically cut their spending, Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday unveiled a $111.6 billion budget plan that restores some slashed funding — but still leaves areas such as the city’s public libraries on the chopping block. Hizzoner’s Fiscal Year 2025 executive…
Apr. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Neil Young, Pitbull, and the Marley Brothers are among the big acts set to play Forest Hills Stadium this summer. The landmark arena nestled in Queens announced an electrifying lineup Wednesday for the inaugural season of its second century. The stadium is known for its old-world charm and…
Mar. 19, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Can New Yorkers go anywhere? They can — especially if they take a look in a book and see the new documentary, “Butterfly in the Sky,” a behind-the-scenes look at the beloved children’s show, “Reading Rainbow,” hosted by LeVar Burton. Bookworms of almost all ages most likely remember…
Jan. 5, 2024 By Associated Press
Jo Koy remembers watching major award ceremonies like the Golden Globes with his mother on their living room sofa trying to guess the winners.
Dec. 28, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki
Don’t even think of getting behind the wheel on New Year’s if you’re planning to knock back drinks while celebrating.
Aug. 16, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld and Christian Murray The city’s landmark building emissions law, Local Law 97, is set to go into effect next year, and the complex rule-making process has set off a frenzy of lobbying activity aimed at influencing and potentially weakening the statute aiming to help combat climate change. Local…
Aug. 9, 2023 By Aidan Graham The US Open’s renowned food event is returning to Queens on Aug. 24, bringing together a star-studded lineup of celebrity chefs and marquee restaurants for the second year in a row. “Flavors of the Open” will take over the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center again this year…
Jul. 26, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller The city is opening a new large-scale migrant tent shelter in the parking lot of the shuttered Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Eastern Queens despite the protests of local officials, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday. The new mega-shelter, to be one of the several so-called “Humanitarian Emergency Response…
Jul. 26, 2023 By Christian Murray, Michael Dorgan and Sarah Belle Lin New York City condo owners and co-op managers may soon learn that there are other major costs to climate change beyond hotter summers, stronger storms, flash floods and apocalyptic smoke. Time is running out for the owners of large residential buildings throughout…