CHARLI BATTERSBY | At the end of June’s Pride Month, the New York City Council adopted the upcoming budget for 2026. Among the $112 billion dollar budget are standard programs providing for the likes of parks and libraries, plus increased funding for food pantries. But careful observers will notice that the funding for “Trans Equity […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Nashville-based Vanderbilt University’s plan to establish a presence on the West Chelsea block commonly known as the Close is all but set in stone now, with their August 11 announcement noting the New York State Attorney General has “granted the approval necessary to close on the lease of its new campus […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A special session of the Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) Chelsea Land Use (CLU) committee set for August 19 has taken on a heightened sense of urgency since it was first scheduled (a matter documented in our article of August 5). As noted in an August 14 email to the community […]
BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Every day, everywhere I go — whether it’s at a town hall, on the streets, or when participating in an interview — I hear about the quality-of-life issues that affect New Yorkers’ daily lives. I am proud of the progress we have made bringing down crime and […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Return of the London Terrace Street Fair / West Side Community Fund Applications / Events at Chelsea Green Park / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea The London Terrace Street Fair: Saturday, September […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Provincetown, Massachusetts is a mixed (but heavily queer) resort town with lobsters, beaches, and lots of tucking and plucking, the prime season running through September and beyond. Here’s a rundown of my latest trip there, specifically involving which drag queens provided the most entertaining distraction from panic—and what they wore. PLASMA […]
BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | My mother was a single parent who worked three jobs just to make sure my siblings and I had a roof over our heads and food on the table—so I know the struggle to live a better life is real. A college education can help New Yorkers […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Chelsea is one crucial step closer to having a new neighbor for nearly a century to come, if not more. That defining development was announced in an August 11, 2025 press release from Tennessee-based Vanderbilt University, all-but-certain lessee of the Close (W. 20th to 21st Sts., 9th to 10th Aves.). The […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / Chain Theatre Film Festival / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Sweat Sessions / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea PICK OF THE WEEK (NEXT WEEK) Registration […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | There are quite a few hip places clustered together in Bushwick, so that a dedicated adventurer could plan out an evening of carefully-timed venue-hoping. Have a few drinks at the photogenic bar, hit the cool cabaret for an irreverent vaudeville act, then off to the roller rink, and trust that there’ll […]