Mayor Eric Adams (center) and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) provide an update on an NYPD officer who was shot in the left shoulder during a press conference where the officer was rushed after the shooting. He was in stable condition. The suspect was in the same hospital after getting shot by cops but was listed as “not likely” to die. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) ESU Detective Shot Executing Search Warrant Against LES Thug; Suspect Wounded & Arrested A detective who was attempting to execute a search warrant in a pre-dawn raid at a Lower East Side public housing project... News 20 Feb 2025 | 11:03
Mayor Eric Adams calls reporters “liars,” as he leaves a press conference at Bellevue Hospital Feb. 18 where an NYPD office had been taken after getting shot. He refused to answer questions about his embattled administration which saw four deputy mayor’s resign. Calls are growing for him to resign. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Adams Under Fire as Calls to Oust Him Grow After 4 Deputy Mayors Resign; Mayor Calls Reporters “Liars” Mayor Eric Adams, under increasing heat after claims from top prosoecutors that he is cooperating with the Trump administration... News 19 Feb 2025 | 03:48
Now former Acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon. ( Photo: DOJ Southern District of New York) 4 Deputy Mayors Step Down Only Days After US Attorney Made Explosive Claims About Adams Case and Resigned In a stunning twist, the top prosecutor in the Southern District of New York resigned three days after the Trump Justice... News 17 Feb 2025 | 09:12
The Ferrari family at a Father’s Day celebration at Peter Luger Steak House in 2021, with Robert Ferrari (center) surrounded by his four sons (from left) Kevin, Matthew, Brian, and Peter. ( Photo: Nanci Ferrari) Crime-Busting DA Bureau Chief Robert Ferrari Dies at 57; Remembered by Colleagues, Family Longtime DA bureau chief Robert Ferrari, who tried or supervised hundreds of cases involving murders, rapes, robberies, assaults,... News 17 Feb 2025 | 05:04
Despite a limit of one dozen eggs per customer, Trader Joe’s shelves were stripped bare on Feb. 16. The store promised more eggs were on the way and a sign said it was “no yolk.” ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Egg Shortages Spur Surging Prices; Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Costco Limit Purchases It was not a Super Sunday if you were trying to buy eggs at Trader’s Joes in the East Village on Feb. 9 thanks to the ongoing... News 15 Feb 2025 | 06:09
Mayor Adams at a press conference on Jan. 7. In an address on Feb. 12 he said he never broke the law and never instructed staffers to do so. He took no questions after the Feb. 12 address. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Justice Dept. Orders Fed Prosecutors to Drop Corruption Case Against Mayor Adams The Trump Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to drop the five-count... News 13 Feb 2025 | 11:12
Robert Bartholomey, an Air Force veteran who died in an East Village apartment fire on Feb. 2, holds his beloved dog, Bella, who succumbed to her own injuries five days later. ( Photo: GoFundMe) Heartbreak: Dog Saved from Fire Succumbs to Her Injuries Despite efforts to save her, Bella, the tragic pooch who was rescued from a fire that killed her owner in an East Village... News 10 Feb 2025 | 03:39
NYU student Emma (center) came to an anti-Trump rally at City Hall Park on Feb. 5 to support transgender rights and immigrant rights. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly ) Several Hundred Protestors at Peaceful but Boisterous Anti-Trump Rally at City Hall Park On Feb. 5, the day after President Donald Trump called for the United States to take long-term ownership of Gaza and possibly... Voices 07 Feb 2025 | 05:22
The miracle dog Bella was rushed straight to Emergency Veternary Hospital in Chelsea after he was rescure from the Feb. 2 in an East Village apartment building that killed her 75-year-old owner. A neighbor who brought her to the hosptial is footing the bill for her recovery. A GoFundMe has been started to help defray the costs. ( Photo: GoFundMe) Dog Miraculously Saved from Fatal Fire in E. Village Fights for Survival; Drive Underway to Help When firefighters pulled a dog named Bella from an East Village fire that killed her owner she was handed to a neighbor. News 05 Feb 2025 | 09:44
Firefighters respond to a fire in the East Village on Feb. 2 in which a 75-year-old resident died in his second- floor apartment. ( Photo: Citizen) East Village Fire Claims Life of Air Force Vet; 2 Others Injured, Dog Saved A deadly fire on the second floor of a six-story building claimed the life of a 75-year-old man on Feb. 2. Two other residents... News 03 Feb 2025 | 04:44
A shopper named Ginny at Trader Joe’s on Jan. 29 was picking up two cartons of eggs. She said on earlier visits the shelves were devoid of the organic eggs she buys. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Eggs Selling Out and Prices Surging to Over $12/Dozen Shoppers are encountering either empty stores shelves, or eggs that have soared to $12 a dozen, or stores that are adding... News 03 Feb 2025 | 01:20
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch outlined some new initiatives during her State of the NYPD address at Cipriani’s on Jan. 30. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Commish Tisch Unveils New Quality of Life Patrols Admittedly the State of the NYPD 2025 address drew a very pro-police crowd to Cipriani’s on Jan. 30, but it was still noteworthy... News 01 Feb 2025 | 01:19
NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who is facing off against East Side Council member Keith Powers in the Manhattan borough president’s race, has picked up some key endorsements from West Side political leaders. ( Photo: Brad Hoylman-Sigal campaign) BP Race: Hoylman-Sigal Racks Up Endorsements, Powers Rakes in Fundraising $$s With only two declared candidates in the race for Manhattan borough president, it appears to be shaping up as a classic East... News 01 Feb 2025 | 01:10
Chief of Transit Joseph Gulotta appears at a City Hall press conference with Mayor Adams to detail NYPD plans for two policemen on every subway train for the next six months between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. ( Photo: Ed Reed/NYC Mayor Photography Office) Slow Rollout of Plan for Two Cops on Subway Trains at Night The much-ballyhooed plan to put two cops on each subway train at night started last week, but the rollout was slow with only... News 27 Jan 2025 | 08:31
The Abbey Tavern has stood for over 60 years at the corner of Third Avenue and 26th Street in Kips Bay. It changed names and owners several times but was taken back by former owners in 2014 who changed the name back to the original. ( Photo: KSR Realty) Last Call for Abbey Tavern after 60+ Years in Kips Bay Dying poinsettias, a dozen beer taps and a lot of memories are all that remain of the Abbey Tavern, which has survived on... News 25 Jan 2025 | 01:43
