BY MARILYN REYES-SCALES | Communities across New York and the country are facing dual public health crises. On one hand, obesity rates are continuing to climb steadily, fueling the prevalence of chronic conditions like diabetes, joint issues, and heart disease. On the other hand, the popularity of GLP-1 drugs (medications used to treat type 2 […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): Manhattan Community Board 4’s Full Board Meeting / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Longest Table / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Coffee & Conversations / Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund Benefit/ An American Soul Brunch / The Longest Table / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Coffee & Conversations: Friday, September 12 at Chelsea Green Park (140 w. 20th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) | The Friends of […]
BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | School is back! This week, our children will gather their school supplies, fill backpacks, and greet their friends as they kick off the 2025-2026 school year. Our public schools are the best of our city — a place where children from every walk of life can get […]
BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | How we deal with our garbage says a lot about who we are as a society. New York City must look as good as the people who live here. I have said it many times: We cannot allow our streets and sidewalks to be cluttered with unsightly […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Longest Table / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Return of the London Terrace […]
Imagine having access to every dish in the sumptuous spread seen directly above–without ever having to purchase the ingredients, prepare them properly, and marshall all of the culinary skills necesssary to create a meal that tastes as good as all of that looks. No need to imagine, now that Feast & Fettle is a reality […]
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 […]