BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | We know that in order to make New York City the best place to raise a family, we need to keep families and all New Yorkers healthy. That means ensuring New Yorkers have access to the mental health care they need. Every day we hear about mental health struggles […]
BY PUMA PERL | Sometimes it feels like a dream. The empty highways. The quiet streets. Except for the sirens and the seven o’clock clap. Alternate side parking rules suspended for months, no fares collected on buses, stores shuttered, senior hours at Trader Joe’s. People calling it the “new normal.” Nothing was normal. Everything and […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): 13th Precinct Community Council / Take MCB4’s Online Transportation Poll / West Side Community Fund’s Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / The 14th Annual Spring Meeting of the Chelsea Garden Club / Demo and Dine / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Dozens of worthy initiatives dedicated to the betterment of those in Chelsea, Hudson Yards, and Hell’s Kitchen have seen their own fortunes improve through the bi-annual grant program of the West Side Community Fund (WSCF). Applications for the Spring 2025 Grant Cycle are being accepted through Monday March 24—-an extension on […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In 2025’s topsy-turvy world of on-again/off-again tariffs and all manner of mortifying monkeyshines coming from the Oval Office, it’s good to know that here on the island of Manhattan, there are some systems in place that need no disrupting; regularly held events you can mark on your calendar in indelible ink. […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one, public safety has been our administration’s North Star. Our primary mission has been to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safer city for all New York families. Part of our strategy has been to zero in on removing illegal guns from our streets and out […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): St. Patrick’s Events / Chelsea Green Park’s Annual Online Auction / Take MCB4’s Online Transportation Poll / West Side Community Fund’s Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / The 14th Annual Spring Meeting of the Chelsea Garden Club / Demo and Dine […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | It has been a year and a half since the last Toy Fair. Back then (October of 2023), Mattel seemed to be caught off guard by the massive success of the Barbie movie that summer. But this year, I assumed Mattel would drape the entire Javits Center in pink—so I wore […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is a city built by immigrants, and we are not just stronger because of our diversity — we are the greatest city on the globe because of it. Since 2022, we have faced an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers across the five boroughs as conditions worsened […]
To sure signs of spring such as Easter candy on store shelves and Daylight Ssavings Time on clock faces, add the return of Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream to its storefront at 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.). The 100-flavor purveyor of cool treats opened on March 1 for what […]