BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is all about what is possible. It’s a place where you can start a business, raise a family, and make a difference. Our administration came into office with the aim of keeping that American Dream alive by protecting public safety, rebuilding our economy, and making our […]
BY SAMUEL TURVEY | President Biden’s plan to build the new Gateway Tunnels under the Hudson River—an investment of $50 billion—would assure Greater New York a bold new future. And yet, it has been greeted with muted hosannas, at best. If the President were to press his staff for answers as to why, he probably […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / The Greater Good Series / From 50 the Future: A Hip-Hop Exhibit at Chelsea Market / Apply to serve on your Manhattan community board / NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher in Conversation with NYS Attorney General Letitia James / […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | If, after a serious dose of the latest dance technology—via February 9-12’s Dance on Camera festival—your idea of a good terpsichorean time still involves sharing a room with live dancers moving to music, get yourself to the Joyce Theater, where Twyla Tharp, now in her ninth decade and as sharp as […]
A show whose thematic “Oomh!” comes from the Broadway songbook’s emotional depth and camp-friendly absurdities has arrived on West 42nd Street—the very doorstep of its source material—to throw down the gauntlet. Fortunately for us, the gauntlet is actually two pairs of long satin evening gloves worn with confident, comedic ferocity by native-to-Florida drag queens Ginger […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The 2024 Dance on Camera festival, running February 9-12 at Lincoln Center, is particularly rich and diverse. The world’s longest-running assemblage of dance film—now in its 52nd year—presents, in 11 different programs, a mix of shorts and features from around the world. Up first (Feb. 9, 7pm) is the full-length Swan […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea The Full Board of Manhattan Community Board 4 / From 50 the Future: A Hip-Hop Exhibit at Chelsea Market / Apply to serve on your Manhattan community board / NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher in Conversation with NYS Attorney General Letitia James The Full Board of […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers deserve clean streets, free of smelly trash bags and rats. That’s why we are taking the next leap forward in the Trash Revolution—our initiative to reimagine trash collection and remove every single trash bag from New York City’s streets. When we came into office two years ago, […]
About Jessica Chait Chair of Manhattan Community Board 4 The San Antonio, Texas native holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas and a master’s degree in Public Administration from New York University. As the Met Council’s Managing Director of Food Programs and Policy, Jessica manages the largest free kosher food distribution program […]
February 1, 5, 7: Three Opportunities for the Public to Participate in the Environmental Review For Redevelopment of the NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority) Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses The Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea PACT (Permanent Affordability Commitment Together) project has begun an environmental review process that analyzes the impact to the human, built, and natural environment in […]