Category: Manhattan
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Chelsea pol releases job bank to connect public housing residents with local jobs
City Council Member Erik Bottcher on Tuesday unveiled the West Side Work Coalition, a new resume and job bank aimed at connecting his constituents with jobs in the area. File photo by Max Parrott City Council Member Erik Bottcher on Tuesday unveiled a new resume and job bank called the West Side Work Coalition aimed…
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Biden tells a Broadway theater packed for fundraiser that Trump is determined to destroy the nation
A marquee promoting a fundraiser with President Joe Biden is on display outside the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. AP Photo/Susan Walsh President Joe Biden on Monday told a packed Broadway theater full of big-name stars hosting a fundraiser in his honor that he was running for reelection because Donald Trump was…
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Authorities release footage of bicyclist wanted for fatal hit-and-run that claimed the life of Lower East Side woman
Police are looking for this man who allegedly killed a 69-year-old woman when he plowed into her on a bicycle (NYPD) Police have released photos and video footage of a hit-and-run bicyclist who cops say killed a 69-year-old woman on the Lower East Side earlier this month when he plowed into her with his bike.…
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Equal Rights Amendment ratification push continues at Hunter College forum in Manhattan
Tennessee state Senator Gloria Johnson joined former Congress Member Carolyn Maloney at the Ms. magazine forum on Sept. 18, 2023 to talk about ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. Photo by Max Parrott The decades-long push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the U.S. Constitution continued in Manhattan Monday. Former East Side Congress Member…
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Taking to the streets: Thousands of climate protesters march to end fossil fuels in Midtown
Thousands march for climate justice in Midtown on Sept. 17. Photo by Dean Moses Thousands of people marched through Midtown, Manhattan on Sunday in hopes of pushing President Joe Biden and other world leaders into taking action on climate change. The message was loud and clear as a sea of humanity flooded from 56th Street…
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Cops seek suspect for Grand Central Station slashing
The suspect cops say slashed a man in the neck with an unknown object inside a Grand Central Station subway last week. NYPD Cops released security camera footage on Sunday in an effort to identify the man they say slashed a straphanger in the neck inside Grand Central Station last week. A 41-year-old man was…
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Diddy in the City: Sean Combs gets key from Mayor Adams to mark first new album in 17 years
Sean “Diddy” Combs gets the Key to the City from Mayor Eric Adams in Times Square on Sept. 15, 2023. Caroline Rubinstein-Willis/Mayoral Photography Office Sean “Diddy” Combs got the key to New York City on Friday, the same day that he released his first studio album in 17 years. “The bad boy of entertainment is getting…
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Manhattan high school teacher arrested for possessing child pornography: Feds
Manhattan high school teacher Kostas Fekkas allegedly possessed child pornography, according to federal prosecutors Photos courtesy US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Federal authorities arrested a Manhattan high school teacher for alleged possession of child pornography, prosecutors announced Friday. Constantine Fekkas, an 34-year-old educator from Hartsdale, was arrested on Sept. 14; he…
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NoHo stabbing: Cops seek maniac who attacked 20-year-old man in random assault
Detectives in NoHo are looking for the stabbing suspect who attacked a young man on a street in a random assault earlier this week. The NYPD released photos and images of the suspect sought for the attack that occurred at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 14 in front of 404 Lafayette St. According to law enforcement…
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Upper East Side subway shove suspect nabbed by cops for assaulting senior
Derrick Mills, 49, is arrested for shoving a 74-year-old man onto an uptown subway track. Photo by Dean Moses Police cuffed on Thursday the man who allegedly shoved a senior onto an Upper East Side subway track earlier this week in a shocking, unprovoked assault. Derrick Mills, 49, of the Upper West Side stands accused…