Lower Manhattan Chapel Commemorates Aurora, Colorado Victims
July 26, 2012|Claudia Morell
St. Paul's Chapel rang their Bell of Hope in solidarity with the victims and family members of the recent shooting in Aurora...
Officials Launch Initiative to Keep Trash Off NYC Beaches
July 24, 2012|Kris Venezia
"Clean Streets = Clean Beaches" program aims to prevent litter.
New York City officials met today out front of MCU Park in...
Cityscape: In the Hamptons
July 21, 2012|George Bodarky
Dan Rattiner is "still in the Hamptons" and proud of it.
It’s a summer tradition for a lot of New Yorkers – escaping the...
NYC Music Trail: The Doo Wop Corner
July 20, 2012|Jake Neher
Pop Icon Dion named group "The Belmonts" after street in Bronx.
Dion DiMucci recorded some of the most memorable songs of...
NYC Music Trail: Scott Joplin's Grave Site
July 19, 2012|Jake Neher
The King of Ragtime's grave went unmarked until the 1970s.
Scott Joplin lived anything but a quiet life. The "King of...
Issues Tank: Disparity Among Neighborhoods Seen in Asthma Report
July 18, 2012|Connor Ryan
Children in poorest households nearly twice as likely to ever be diagnosed with asthma, according to report.
New York City's...
NYC Music Trail: Swing Street (with Slideshow)
July 18, 2012|Jake Neher
Once the Mecca of jazz music, now nothing but office buildings.
Today, 52nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues in Midtown...
New Initiative Aims to Boost Jamaica Bay
July 17, 2012|Kris Venezia
A new initiative aims to create a new urban oasis that stretches across south Brooklyn and Queens.
New Yorkers will soon get...
NYC Music Trail: Erasmus Hall High School (w/ Slideshow)
July 17, 2012|Jake Neher
Famous alumni include Babs, Neil Diamond.
Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High School in Flatbush has never been a special school...
Group says Christie Administration is Stalling Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
July 16, 2012|Kris Venezia
Medicinal Marijuana was legalized in the state in January 2010.
A group in New Jersey says the state's preventing the...