In the Spirit of Paine (and Pleasure, too!)
by Theodore HammLocal
It’s an early Saturday evening in mid April and SoHo is full of people doing their usual SoHo things: carrying shopping bags; stumbling around in heels; chatting over expensive fare.
Who Pays for the MTA?
by Nicholas JahrLocal
Like the man says, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Unless the State Legislature intervenes, on May 31, facing a more than $1.8 billion budget gap for 2009, the MTA will hike the base fare for NYC’s subways and buses to $2.50.
Saying “Hi” in Bed-Stuy
by Alexa MillsLocal
I was looking down through the grate as I walked past the Harriet Tubman memorial at 122nd and St. Nicholas, when I heard a big “Hello!”
City Home Sharing Program Promotes Aging in Place
by Eleanor J. BaderLocal
Joseph Bell, a retired Public Relations Director at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind—now called the NY Institute for Special Education—was walking down Hanson Place several years ago when a pamphlet on the ground caught his eye.
Lights On in Fort Greene
by Theodore HammLocal
Open Book producer and host Ina Howard-Parker tours the streets of her neighborhood with many leading writers who have also called Fort Greene home.
