Anti-vaxxers target Dinowitz with swastika

It wasn’t that long ago this corner of the Bronx was shaken when a vandal broke windows of four local synagogues and was ultimately charged with a series of hate crimes.

Marble Hill residents want sidewalk sheds out

For anyone who has been through the expansive Marble Hill Houses property where two boroughs meet in recent years, one might have felt they were traversing one big construction zone.

To have or not to have permanent open streets

New York City’s Open Streets program was likely its most popular in Summer 2020 when much of the city was locked down, cars were off the road, and people needed as much space as possible to get outside and breathe some fresh air while still maintaining social distance.

Fires leave families in despair before holidays

It was supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. But for some people like Jose Santillan, these holidays are expected to be anything but joyful.

Hochul on omicron variant: 'It's coming'

New York City has, by far, the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the state. But even that achievement could soon be challenged by the omicron variant — first seen earlier this month in Botswana, and quickly spreading through Africa — and Gov. Kathy Hochul says she wants to make sure New York is ready.

Out-of-town workers still on hook for taxes

Booster shots arrive for (mostly) all

Mamajuana makes way to Riverdale — with a twist

Obituaries

Longtime resident Murray Vogel

Murray Vogel passed away Oct. 22, 2021, during the Jewish Sabbath — just three days after his 80th birthday.

School teacher Kathleen Benjamin

Rita Pressman Shaw, who set out to brighten the world with art, 96

Opinion

Help others be thankful, too

It’s not all about food. It’s about being thankful. For life. For happiness. For our family. For the hope that someday the New York Jets will win a game. And to go full circle, for the feast in front of us.

Plague on our houses returns: Structural fires

“Fires have always been contagious, but before 1968, an ‘immunization program’ kept epidemics at …
Build it in your backyard

U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi are just that: representatives. Their job is not …
White people are victims of racism, too

I am willing to bet that almost none of the (supposedly) well-informed readers of The Riverdale Press — …

Sunday market new town square

On Sunday, Nov. 14, Art for Aid — Riverdale’s recycle pop-up shop at The Riverdale Y Sunday …
Riverdale standing for Riverdale

During my tenure as editor of this newspaper — and as a private citizen since — I have often …
Please take my brain as well

Brava to Pearl Tytell for participating in a critically important Alzheimer’s disease study.