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Touching reflections on a family life, from New York to Arizona and on to Ireland
This memoir, written as a collection of essays, by author and academic Oona Frawley, is set apart not just by the quality of the writing but by the depths of its observations. We should add mother, daughter, wife and friend to Frawley’s list of...

YOUNG NEW YORK CITY COUPLE TRADE IN URBAN HUSTLE AND BUSTLE FOR SUBURBAN SPACE AND PRIVACY AT THE MARQ TEANECK LUXURY RENTALS
TEANECK, NJ — Like so many young New York City couples before them, Levi Klein and his wife migrated from the Upper West Side to northern New Jersey in hopes of finding a home with more space, privacy and a greater sense of tranquility. The couple...

New York City's local media is not what it used to be
In New York, many of the organs of local news I depended on over the years — the Village Voice, the Villager, City Limits — have collapsed or just quietly given up. There are multiple reasons for why this has occurred. For one, their reliance on...

Pele's Cosmos revived but drop New York from name
The iconic New York football club which brought football legends Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff to the USA is back - albeit with a rebrand. The Cosmos have been relaunched, dropped references to the Big Apple from their name, and will be...
Colombian lender’s Chapter 11 converted to Chapter 7 in New York
Credit: Shutterstock/ Andrzej Rostek Latin American consumer lender Credivalores-Crediservicios’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy has been converted into a Chapter 7 liquidation by a New York court, after the company failed to consummate its restructuring...

Republican senators urge emergency declaration over New York's energy concerns
State Senator Mario R. Mattera, District 2 | Official U.S. Senate headshotState Senator Mario R. Mattera, District 2 | Official U.S. Senate headshot Senator Mario R. Mattera, representing the 2nd Senate District and a ranking member of the Senate...

Zohran Mamdani is the latest incarnation of Prof. Harold Hill in 'The Music Man'
Con man. Zohran Mamdami accepting the Democratic nomination for New York City Mayor on June 24, 2025. Image Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images By Gary Weiss Ever wonder why “The Music Man” retains its appeal 68 years after its Broadway run...

New York pipeline foes allege Trump ‘shakedown’
Opposition is growing over a revived natural gas pipeline project that would run into New York City, and critics say President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed intervention has made the plan vulnerable to a legal takedown. The line of attack raises the...

Why Zohran Mamdani matters outside New York City
Everybody is talking about Zohran Mamdani, the state legislator and New York City Democratic mayoral nominee who has become a national news story.But not everyone understands why Mamdani has captured so much attention. Some ask why voters in...

Behind the ad blitz to get R.I. lawmakers to...
A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit spent over $400,000 on ads in the final weeks of the 2025 Rhode Island legislative session to persuade state lawmakers to vote against legislation aimed at protecting a federal drug pricing mandate from...

The many lives of Nakagin Capsule Tower on display at New York’s MoMA
Despite a yearslong battle for its preservation, the Nakagin Capsule Tower designed by Kisho Kurokawa was dismantled in 2022. However, in a poetic exemplification of the tenets of the metabolism movement that it once represented, the beloved...

New York State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon touts unemployment trust fund payoff
GENEVA — Going on unemployment is something most of us do not relish. Not only is there the trauma of losing a job, but also the challenge of making ends meet while looking for new employment. With a maximum payment of $504 a week in New York...

Can your neighbor film you on your own property in New York?
Filming from public areas onto private property is generally legal in New York, but filming private areas without consent is not. While not always illegal, persistent and intrusive filming can be considered harassment and may have legal...

PERFORMANCE / TOUR: The 92nd Street Y, New York Announces Jazz In July 2025
The 92nd Street Y, New York Announces JAZZ IN JULY 2025 Featuring Melissa Aldana, Terri Lyne Carrington, Aaron Diehl, Nicole Glover, Vanisha Gould, Lew Tabackin, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with Special Guest John Pizzarelli, Marta Sánchez...

Functional Fabric Fair to return to New York City this July
Functional Fabric Fair, powered by PERFORMANCE DAYS, will return to the Javits Center in New York City, bringing together the textile industry’s most influential professionals and innovators to source, network and learn. Functional Fabric Fair...

New York-listed Ulta Beauty to snap up Space NK - report
According to Sky News, Ulta - which has a valuation of more than $21bn and operates close to 1,500 stores - is on the verge of a deal to buy Space NK from existing owner Manzanita Capital. Ulta Beauty is understood to have registered an...

GUEST VIEW: New York’s costly climate crusade
I’ve long warned that New York’s aggressive push for electrification under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act prioritizes green ideology over energy security and affordability. The New York Independent System Operation issuing an...

Baker brings New York-style bagels to Hi-Desert
TWENTYNINE PALMS — When Richard Lee moved to Twentynine Palms in late 2023 with his wife, Rebekah, he didn’t plan to start a bagel revolution in the middle of the Mojave, but less than a year later, his micro-bakery, 29 Loaves, has become a...

Meet the New York-based artists destabilising the boundaries of society
The visceral, the grotesque, the unstable – what lies beneath the foundations of a respectable society? It is a question preoccupying seven New York-based artists, who are considering life’s raw undercurrents in group exhibition ‘Base...

New York Faces Landlord Exodus Over Zohran Mamdani's Housing Plans
Zohran Mamdani's stunning victory in New York City's mayoral primary race has blindsided local landlords and real estate professionals, who poured millions into Andrew Cuomo's campaign, hoping to stop the young, left-wing candidate's ascent. Now,...