Jessica Woolford grew up in Kingsbridge, alternating between her grandmother’s building at West 234th Street, and her mother’s building at West 238th Street. While walking around the neighborhood — whether it be to school at P.S. 7, or church at St. John’s — Woolford regularly passed by the two-story house on Kingsbridge Avenue where the local Assemblyman maintains his district office. more

New York once again set a new high in the number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, surpassing the previous record set Jan. 1. Yet, positivity rates as a whole appear to be flattening. more

U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat is the latest from Capitol Hill to announce he's tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. But there's a bit of a twist to the congressman's report: This is the second time he's been infected in the past 12 months. more

It’s easy to track packages from Amazon and other places, so why not track something a little more important to democracy — your ballot. more

With a nod to the omicron variant of the coronavirus, a much smaller crowd greeted the new year in Times Square late Friday night. But after the countdown, and just after Bill de Blasio danced the evening away with his wife to the sounds of Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York," that very same New York welcomed new mayor Eric Adams. more

Riverdale Neighborhood House — working with NYC Health + Hospitals as well as with the Mount Sinai Hospital System — has provided more than 1,000 free coronavirus tests since Dec. 20, and will have more available over the next few days. more

Even with the omicron variant continuing to spread and administrations about to change, students who attend New York City public schools should still plan to return back to physical campus come Monday. more

In a rather unorthodox sense of the word, gifts are coming — not from a jolly man in a red suit and reindeer-pulled sleigh, but from Albany. More specifically, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office. more

The coronavirus pandemic has been rough on many. But if you’re a co-op owner who’s struggled to make ends meet during these up and down economic times, there may finally be some relief. Reverse mortgages have been available to just about any homeowner. Except those in co-operatives. more

With the omicron variant taking over a vast majority of coronavirus infections in New York City, Councilman Eric Dinowitz has joined forces with City Hall colleagues Mark Levine and Mark Treyger, as well as the United Federation of Teachers labor union to demand city officials provide the resources to schools can test everyone who walks onto campus. more