Category: Manhattan
-
14 injured, one arrested after 10-car pile-up just off Manhattan Bridge
14 people injured in a 10 car collision during the early hours of Sunday. Photo by Dean Moses Fourteen people were injured – one critically — and another person was arrested early Sunday morning after a 10-car pile-up just off of the Manhattan Bridge. Officials are still investigating the crash, which police sources say occurred…
-
Man, 55, dead after fatal East Harlem shooting: cops
A 55-year-old man was fatally shot in East Harlem Saturday night, cops said. According to police, responding officers from Manhattan’s 25th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a person shot near East 116th Street and Lexington Avenue at around 11:26 p.m. on July 22. When cops arrived, they found the victim with gunshot wounds…
-
Serial crooks sought for Upper East Side, Greenwich Village robberies
Cops are looking for three crooks in connection to at least two robberies on the Upper East Side and in Greenwich Village since June. NYPD Cops are looking for the serial crooks wanted for at least two robberies in Manhattan since June. Police on Sunday asked for the public’s help identifying three suspects who allegedly…
-
Cops nab Riverside Park sex predators wanted for three attacks this week: NYPD
Police hold a press conference announcing the bust of two men pertaining to a sexual assault pattern in Riverside Park (Screenshot) Three women were sexually assaulted in Riverside Park on the Upper West Side this week and police announced during a press conference Friday that they had nabbed the alleged suspects. James Essig, chief of…
-
Review: ‘Here Lies Love’ finally turns Broadway into an immersive dance club
‘Here Lies Love’ on Broadway. Photo by Billy Bustamante, Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman Exactly a decade ago, before “Hamilton” had received its Off-Broadway premiere, another innovative musical built upon history, catchy pop music, and minority representation premiered at the Public Theater, namely “Here Lies Love,” David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s dance club-style, sung-through musical…
-
Amid labor turmoil in Hollywood, Broadway seems to avoid a strike
The Broadway League and Disney Theatrical Productions, which represent producers, and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees announced Thursday they had reached a tentative agreement that had threatened a strike as early as Friday. AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File Broadway and the touring theater community seem to have avoided a labor disruption like the one…
-
Over 120 exemption requests from congestion pricing, would carve out virtually everyone
The MTA has received over 100 formal requests for exemptions from congestion pricing, and enacting all of them would carve out virtually everyone from the impending toll to enter Manhattan’s central business district. That’s hardly an exaggeration. Some of the categories submitted for consideration are exceptionally broad, including residents of New York State, auto commuters…
-
American Folk Art Museum hosts networking event for healthcare workers in Upper West Side
Guests listen to speakers during the Post-Acute Care Mixer at the American Folk Art Museum. Photo by Caroline Ourso Healthcare workers and associates gathered at the American Folk Art Museum in the Upper West Side on June 29 to kick off a networking event for post-acute healthcare services. Howell, chief executive officer of Anchor…
-
East Harlem man charged with murder for fatal stabbing of his sister: NYPD
Police tape (file photo). Photo by Lloyd Mitchell A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his sister Wednesday in an apartment in East Harlem where they both lived, police said. Rodney Johnson allegedly stabbed his sister Shayla Johnson, 20, at around 8 a.m. in the Lincoln Houses NYCHA development on Madison Avenue near East…
-
Art in motion: Perez sisters create beautiful, moving art together
Fanny Perez twirling with her sister Claudia’s imagery. Photo by Bob Krasner After Fanny Perez performs, the question that she gets asked the most is, “Don’t you get dizzy?” It’s a reasonable question, considering that at her relatively short performance in the lobby/art gallery at the Theater for the New City on July 5, she…