October 24, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 7.17 am. Sunset 6.02 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 10 hours & 44 minutes of daylight or four hours and 22 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right, was taken Wednesday at the Spectrum News NY1 NYC Mayoral Debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, in Queens. From left to right are Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa. The debate was suprisingly spirited and interesting. We'll provide details over the weekend, or early next week.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. No rain all weekend, continuing an extremely dry Fall, and year in NYC & NYS, due to climate change. The temperature highs will be in the 60's all weekend and the temperature lows will be around 50 all weekend. The humidity will range from about 50% to 80% all weekend with the humidity highs peaking each morning around 8 or 9 am and the humidity lows bottoming out mid to late afternoon between 2 and 4 pm. The winds will range from 5 - 10 mph all weekend. Looks like a very nice Fall Weekend. Enjoy.
Friday Early Morning Edition @ 4.15 am. This is just the beginning with quite a bit more to do. Should be in fair shape by midday and good shape by the end of the day.
New. Note the Changes Below. In late September we started adding a weekly new segment with multiple stories with links to deeper reports. Scroll down the page for some enhanced local news coverage and check out our local news section using the drop down button, on the main tool bar in the upper left corner under the header. This will continue evolving over time. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in.
Charter Revision Ballot Measures / One Last Betrayal of Voters by Eric Adams. Eric Adams has floated five of the six measures [#'s 2 - 6] on the November 4th Ballot, in one last service to the billionaires and real estate developers who funded his campaigns. The donors have already received numerous Adams' favors including zoning changes, tax breaks, financing and / or even public land at what appears super discount prices.
TV News is Failing you. Reasons to Vote NO on Ballot Measures 2 - 6. These ballot measures will strip you, the NYC voters, of most of your rights to legally object to any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures in order for you to maintain some sort of community control, at a time when international money and billionaire real estate investors are hiking up the rents and cost of living here.
The graphic above or at right, was taken from the Village Preservation website, as they would like us and anyone else who's interested to help spread the word about how Eric Adams Ballot measures represent one of Adams' last major efforts to aid and abet local and international billionaire investors and developers in being able to bulldoze through any community in NYC without obtaining much - if any - input from the community before they do anything. Use the links below to view half hour videos, by various non profit community groups, opposing the measure.
Use One of Links Below to Learn Why You Should VOTE NO. But you don't need to trust me on this, as you can watch one of these half hour videos by different community groups explaining why you should vote against the billionaire developer measures, which Eric Adams so dishonestly served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. Adams' 'affordable housing' usually means affordable to folks making between $100,000 and $250,000 per year.
And then Tell / Email / Text Your Family & Friends the Links. And after you inform yourself, make sure you inform your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are already advertising deceitful narratives about how voting yes will be good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the NYC electorate with the very dishonest, decades-old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to convince NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.
TBD *** Coming Soon _ City Club video and NY League of Conservation Voters video.
Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 12 noon to 4 pm [this time is from 2024/ 2025 time hasn't been confirmed but it should be close] - Taste of the Seaport - At Piers 16 & 17 at 89 South Street along the East River at the South Street Seaport. Entertainment, kids activities and about 40 food & beverage purveyors with proceeds going to "seaport public schools" which in the past they had specified as PS 343 Peck Slip School & PS 397 Spruce Street School. For details and $50 [6 tastes] / $120 [6 tastes & 3 drinks] tickets see - https://www.tasteoftheseaport.org/
The photo above or at right, was taken a week ago in Grand Central Station where the 'Dear New York' exhibit is on display on the walls of the main hall in the middle of the station.
NEXT WEEK.
Friday, October 31, 2025 beginning at 7 pm & ending around 10.30 pm - NYC Halloween Parade. The 52nd Annual Manhattan Halloween Parade NYC in the West Village begins at Spring Street / Canal and 6th Avenue and marches north along 6th Avenue to 15th Street in the West Village neighborhood. The parade runs for three to four hours with the official end time at 10.30 pm. There are 50 bands and an innumerable showing of creative costumes. The theme is Imagine All the People / Potluck / What do you Bring to the Table. The official after party is at Webster Hall in the East Village and it begins at 8 pm with the late night show beginning at 11 pm. West Village Halloween parade in Manhattan NYC. For details see - https://halloween-nyc.com/
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Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 8 to 11 pm - MoMI Halloween Party - at the Museum of the Moving Image at 36-01 35th Avenue in Astoria / LIC. It's free but you must rsvp. Tickets are likely to go fast. For details and tickets see - https://movingimage.org
Floral Park _ Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm - Halloween on the Farm - at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. For details and $24 tickets see - https://www.queensfarm.org
The photo above or at right, was taken this weekend in Queens, of a residential Halloween display in the front yard. Halloween brings out the arts in some of us, as well as providing an opportunity to try on a different persona for the day.
Jamaica _ Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 11 am to 4 pm - Queens Fiber Arts Festival - At King Manor Museum at 150-05 Jamaica Avenue at 153rd Street in Jamaica. This year Queens Fiber Arts is hosting the event using the King Manor Museum as their event space for the day. There will be numerous vendors selling arts and crafts, and doing demonstrations, in tandem with other activities. The Museum will be open for visits and tours as well. Halloween / Fall festivals in Jamaica Queens NYC. Free admission. Not a street fair per se, but rather an arts & crafts festival.
Ongoing _ Saturdays & Sundays, September 6 - October 26, 2025 from 2 to 5.30 pm Fridays, and from 11 am to 4 pm Saturdays & Sundays - Corn Fest / the Amazing Maize Maze at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. This is a chance to stroll through a maze made of corn in the field at Queens County Farm. For details and $16 / $10 tickets [kids age 3 and under free] see - https://www.queensfarm.org
Ongoing _ Daily September 30 to October 31, 2025 [there are a few days closed] from 12 noon to 4 pm weekdays and beginning 10 am on Saturday and Sunday - Queens County Farm Pumpkin Patch at 75-30 Little Neck Parkway in Queens. Free with admission. For details see - https://www.queensfarm.org
Ongoing _ Flushing _ Saturdays, October 25, 2025 from 4 pm to 12 midnight - Queens International Night Market - see street fairs page for details.
NEXT WEEK.
Jackson Heights _ Friday, October 31, 2025 beginning at 5 pm - Kids Halloween Parade in Jackson Heights Queens. The parade begins at 89th Street and marches down 37th Avenue to PS 69 at 76th Street. At the end of the parade, goodie bags have historically been handed out.
* Click this link for Queens Halloween parties & events - Queens Halloween parties, parades & events Qns NYC.
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Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - 3rd Annual Brooklyn Veterans Day Parade - details coming next week. Steps off at Rogers Avenue and Eastern Parkway marching to Grand Army Plaza in Crown Heights. A resource fair will follow the parade [in 2024 it was] at the Central Brooklyn Public Library. Organized by the Veterans Action Group Buffalo Soldiers of America.
The photo above or at right, was taken this earlier this week at the Green Room bar and restaurant in Crown Heights. The dining and drinking destination is only a year old and has caught on as one of the local favorites.
Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 10 am to 3 pm - 5th Annual Brooklyn Festival of Arts & Music - at the Audubon Center near the Prospect Park Boathouse on East Drive in Prospect Park Brooklyn. In 2025 they describe the event as follows, " ... This year’s festival celebrates our African and Asian diasporic voices on the theme of “Nourish ... Experience participatory puppet theatre, music, dance, community music-making, mixed media crafting, Malian & Japanese indigo dyeing, aromatherapy, and lots of giveaways—from limited-edition picnic blankets and event tote bags to *nourishing* snacks and aromatherapy rollerballs ...". Free. For details see - https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/events/brooklyn-fam-2025
Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 11 am to 6 pm - Court Street Spectacular - along Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon. Street fairs in Downtown Brooklyn NYC.
Click this link for Brooklyn Halloween parties & events - Brooklyn Halloween Parties and Events NYC. Still updating.
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
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Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.
November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.
Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - Bronx Halloween Parade - beginning at Simpson & 163rd Street. For details click the Member Calendar link below.
Saturday - Tuesday, October 18 to November 4, 2025 at various times - Flip Circus in the Bronx. In the Mall at Bay Plaza in the parking lot. For details and tickets ranging from $104 for two and up, see - https://www.flipcircus.com
The photo above or at right, was taken earlier this month at the Bronx Music Hall in the Bronx. In mid October [17th or 18th I think], the Hall just passed its one year anniversary.
Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 12 noon to 7 pm - Bronx Night Market - at 1 Fordham Plaza just south of the train station. A diversified food fest which on this day last year had an Oktoberfest theme - Bronxtoberfest. For details see their much improved website - https://www.maschospitalitygroup.com/bronx-night-market
Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 11 am to 5 pm - Jerome Avenue / Gun Hill BID Fall Festival in the Bronx - along Jerome Avenue from East Mosholu Parkway North to East Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. This street fair in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx will have food, shopping, arts & crafts, music, games, pumpkins and pet adoption. For details see - https://www.jeromegunhillbid.org
Click this link for Bronx Halloween parties & events - Bronx Halloween Parties and Events NYC.
Wednesdays, November 17, & December 19, 2025 from 4 to 9 pm there's a Vegan Bazaar - at the Andrew Freeman Home - for details see street fairs page.
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Brooklyn BLVD New Member Sign Up. Click this link Brooklyn MCAL - Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.
Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.
November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 24, 25 & 26, 2025 from 6 pm to 11 pm, Friday, and 12 noon to 11 pm & until 6 pm, Saturday & Sunday respectively - Fall Festival on the Mount - at the CYO MIV Community Center at Mount Loretto at 6447 [near 6581] Hylan Blvd in the Charleston neighborhood of Staten Island [near Prince's Bay & Pleasant Plains]. This Staten Island Halloween party [10/25 & 10/26/25] includes Staten Island's largest pumpkin patch, DJ, food, rides, beer and sangria wine, and some entertainment. For ticketed donations Adults $5 plus / Kids 10 & under free / Parking $5 and details see - WS - https://cc-si.org/ or FB - https://www.facebook.com/CatholicCharitiesOfSI
The photo above or at right, was taken earlier this year from the Staten Island Ferry. Some Americans are standing strong and tall like her and for what she represents, while many others are not.
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Have a nice weekend.
October 17, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 7.09 am. Sunset 6.12 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 11 hours & 2 minutes of daylight or four hours and 4 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right, was taken yesterday in Manhattan in Rockefeller Center. Over time I've come to consider Rockefeller Center as Manhattan's Town Center. The Art Deco architecture - including Saks 5th Avenue in the background - as well as the public space behind me, including the skating rink which recently opened, were developed with consideration for the community as a whole, not just the property owners. The photo reminded me of how nice it is to get together with friends, and to enjoy their company through an evening of texting together.
Charter Revision Ballot Measures. Eric Adams has floated 5 of the 6 Measures on the November 4th Ballot, which would strip you, the NYC voters, of most input into any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures. We will provide further details in the Weekly News Update coming over the weekend. But in the meantime, you can watch a half hour video by a community activist explaining why you should vote against the billionaire developer measures, which Eric Adams so dishonestly served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. And after you inform yourself, we ask you to tell your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are likely to advertise false narratives about voting yes being good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the electorate with the false, decades old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to deceive NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. Essentially no rain, but some rain may come late Sunday evening, but more likely early Monday morning. The temperature highs will be in the high 60's Saturday, and low 70's Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the low 50's Saturday and the high 50's on Sunday. The humidity will range from about 50% to 75% on Saturday and from 70% to 90% on Sunday. Winds are 5 - 10 mph Saturday, rising to 10 - 15 mph Sunday.
Saturday Early Morning Edition @ 4.15 am. This is a solid draft with a bit more to do.
Ongoing. We started adding a bit more news and events two weeks ago. Scroll down the page for some enhanced local coverage and check out our local and other news section using the drop down button, on the main tool bar in the upper left corner under the header. This will evolve over time. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in.
Updated October 10, 2025 v. 10/3/2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 7.02 / 6.53 am. Sunset 6.23 / 6.36 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 11 hours & 20 minutes of daylight or three hours and 46 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right, was taken last weekend near the Citibank Building in Long Island City in Queens. High winds are expected on Sunday and Monday, so I hope the NYC Department of Buildings is doing its job to make sure that construction sites in all five boroughs, have been properly fastened down.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. There's a 50% chance of about a half inch of rain Sunday, beginning mid afternoon. On Monday, the probability of about 3/4 inch of rain climbs from 50% overnight, to about 70% by 7 am, climbing further to 100% by 11 am. Tuesday, at present looks like little rain. Now this all said, let me inform you that just a day ago, the forecast was for almost double that amount of rain, so the weather system has shed a fair amount of precipitation - and given the drought - could continue to dry up as we move through the weekend. And while this is good news for the weekend weather, it's a dire warning about the lost of planetary H2O that should concern everyone who's contributing to the problem by pumping carbon into the atmosphere. 10.10.25 late afternoon update - the weekend shed another 1/4 inch of rain off the forecast.
The temperature highs will be in the mid 60's on Friday, climbing to the high 60's on Saturday, dropping back to the mid 60's on Sunday and the low 60's on Monday. The temperature lows fell into the high 40's Friday morning, but will climb to about 60 for the rest of the weekend. The humidity was 90% early Friday, and will fall to about 50% later today, and then climb back to 90%, where it will remain for the rest of the weekend. The winds will be 5 - 10 mph Friday, climbing to 10 - 15 mph Saturday and then rising to 20 - 25 mph plus on both Sunday and Monday - so it's a windy weekend.
Friday Late Afternoon Edition @ 4.45 pm. This is a solid draft with a tiny bit more to do, plus clean up of a few related pages. Should be done with clean up early Friday evening. It's a big, fun filled, three day holiday weekend. Please share with family & friends. Have a good weekend. I don't think the weather is going to be anything near as bad as the TV News folks portray it.
Ongoing. We started adding a bit more news and events two weeks ago. Scroll down the page for some enhanced local coverage and check out our local and other news section using the drop down button, on the main tool bar in the upper left corner under the header. This will evolve over time. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in.
Editor's Note. Our regular weekend things to do post coming either late Thursday, October 9 or by midday Friday, October 10, 2025. The following post contains some special Columbus Day weekend events, as well as a number of suggestions of things to do over the holiday weekend. Enjoy.
October 7, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
The Columbus Day Weekend is this weekend.
Columbus Day 10/13/25 - Sunrise 7.05 am & Sunset at 6.18 pm.
NYC Weather Forecast as of 10.7.25. Friday and Saturday are sunny and dry. There's a 30% chance of a small amount [about an 1/8th inch of rain each day] of rain Sunday afternoon / evening, continuing through Monday until early evening [7 - 8 pm]. If history repeats itself, this threat of precipitation may evaporate, as it has done so many times this year, because of an ongoing drought in NYC due to carbon fueled climate change.
The temperature highs will be around 70 on Friday and Saturday, falling slightly into the mid 60's on Sunday and Monday. The temperature lows will climb from the high 40's on Friday, to the mid 50's on Saturday, to about 60 on Sunday and Monday. It's going to be a windy weekend, with winds of 5 to 10 mph Friday and Saturday, rising to 10 to 15 mph Sunday and Monday. The humidity will continue its pattern of late, swinging wildly within each day, drying out during the day and then returning in the evening, reaching its highs around daybreak and its lows in the afternoon. The humidity range this weekend is 75% / 55% Friday and Sunday, 80% / 60% Saturday, and 85% / 65% Monday. We'll provide an updated forecast on Friday on the front page of this site.
Updated October 4, 2025 v. 10/3/2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 6.53 am. Sunset 6.36 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 11 hours & 42 minutes of daylight or three hours and 24 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right, was taken on Sunday at the Tour de Bronx Bike Ride on the Grand Concourse at 161st Street just outside of the Bronx Borough Hall. About 4,000 cyclists signed up for the event, and based on what I saw on a beautiful, warm, sunny, dry morning, most of them showed up for the ride.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. Looks like a great weather weekend. No rain. The temperatures highs will be in the mid 70's Friday, rising to the low 80's on Saturday and Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the high 50's on Friday and the mid 60's on Saturday and Sunday. The winds will be a pretty steady 5 mph all weekend. And the humidity will swing wildly again this weekend, from about 95% to 45% Friday, and from 80% to 45% on Saturday and Sunday. The humidity rises when it's dark out, peaking around daybreak, and then falling during the day, bottoming between 3 and 5 pm.
Saturday Morning Edition @ 10.15 am. Mostly done, with a bit of clean up to do on some of the attendant pages. We'll have it finished by about noon'ish. It's another big, fun filled weekend. Please share with family & friends. Have a good weekend.
Ongoing. We started adding a bit more news and events two weeks ago. Scroll down the page for some enhanced local coverage and check out our local and other news section using the drop down button, on the main tool bar in the upper left corner under the header. This will evolve over time. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in.
Thursday, October 9, 2025 beginning at 7 pm - the First NYC-Wide Candidate Debate - organized by the NYC Campaign Finance Board and rebroadcast on Sunday. Further details coming next week.
October 21, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
*** What Follows was posted Week Beginning 10.21.25
Mayoral Debate - polls - see Politics
Billionaire Catsimitides Sliwa / NY Post Puppet Edit Board - see Politics
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Saturday - Monday, October 18 - 20, 2025 / Bronx News NYC, Brooklyn News NYC, Manhattan News NYC, New York City News NYC, Queens News NYC, Staten Island News NYC.
First, as noted below in the second video, House Speaker Johnson acknowledged that it was not a 'Hate America' rally. It was a peaceful protest of Trump policies that many Americans find increasingly offensive and abusive of presidential power. See report below, wherein we identify the biggest issues that the protesters have with how Trump is handling the Oval Office. Far too often, TV News distracts their audiences from important news by substituting it with sensationalist, ratings-grabbing political theatrics; instead of informing their audiences about the important issues of the day and things they should really know about the world around them.
According to the No Kings Day website, over 7 million people came out to protest Trump policies, in a strong showing of opposition to how Trump is handling the presidency. The lowest crowd size estimate that came in was around 5 million, with the consensus stating between 5 and 6.5 million people participated. The low estimate was up significantly [one million] versus the first No Kings Day protest in June 2025. Over 200 community organizations got involved. That said, it should also be said that 45% of those polled in the Real Clear poll of polls, still approve of Trump's job performance as of October 21, 2025.
The photo at right was taken in Manhattan on October 18, 2025 at the No Kings Day protest. It's estimated that somewhere between 200,000 - 300,000 people protested in Manhattan alone. There were also protests held in each borough.
Over 7 Million Turn Out for No Kings Day Protests in 2,700 Cities & Towns in the USA
https://www.nokings.org/news/nearly-7-million-people-attend-overwhelmingly-peaceful-no-kings-day-of-action
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Saturday - Monday, October 18 - 20, 2025 / NYC, NYS & USA News / New York City News Updates 2025.
Republican Majority House Speaker, Mike Johnson completely, inaccurately - and uncorrrected - told the nation on Fox TV News, that the 'No Kings Day' protests were going to be 'Hate America' rallies.
The photo at right was taken in Manhattan on October 18, 2025 at the No Kings Day protest. Please read the protester's sign, "Hate America? Nah ... We just love our country enough to demand better." Mike Johnson really should get out more.
Take note that billionaire Rupert Murdoch's Fox TV News and other outlets have a decades long history of manipulating the perceptions of their viewers, in order to seek personal / corporate gain, by manipulating what Fox TV News [NY Post & WSJ] viewers see [deletions / amplifications of false facts like this one / and distortions] to vote for Murdoch's preferred pols, who will give him what he wants from the government and the people. This is a good example of one such manipulation.
House Speaker Johnson the Enabler. The following two links show 1) Mike Johnson, who is the third leading Republican / political leader in America, disinforming Americans in collaboration with Fox TV News about what to expect at the Saturday, October 18, 2025 No Kings Day rallies. The second video is 2) Mike Johnson glibly passing over / changing the subject about what he had just claimed a couple of days previously.
House Speaker Mike Johnson maliciously describing the No Kings Day Protests at the Hate America Ralies - move the cursor to 1.25 minutes into the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7L_ZFPN-KE
House Speaker Mike Johnson Acknowledging what he had Said just Two Days Prior was False - move the cursor to 18 seconds into the video
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/johnson-defends-calling-anti-trump-protests-hate-america/story?id=126658207
September 2025 / National Politics. Trump's Pooping Video may be Another Sign of what appear his Growing Health Problems. The following links show 1) a juvenile video posted by Trump of him flying a bomber that drops poop on the No Kings Day protesters in NYC and other places.
Besides disgracing the office of the presidency, a video like this, posted by a man who is 79 years old, could be one of the many signs of Trump's degenerating health [see link 2].
Multiple Signals of What is Possibly or Probably Trump's Deteriorating Health. Prior to winning a second term, Trump reportedly used to doze off at his own trials [see link 3]. Since winning a second term he has been caught a number of times appearing to doze off, including during a press conference in the White House with his Department of Health on July 2025 [see link 4]. Also in July 2025, a reporter first reported on Trump's swollen ankles, which appear to have worsened per a photo taken on October 7, 2025 during a Trump meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister [see link 5]. Trump also had a large bruise on one of his hands that they had inititally covered up with make up, but once it was discovered they discontinued the coverup and the bruise took a while to go away. Trump also disappeared from public view for a couple of days over the 2025 Labor Day weekend, when there was speculation that the disappearance had something to do with his health. There have been numerous times wherein Trump hasn't spoken clearly that have been recorded, including where he appears to slur his words and sometimes can't find the right words [see link 6]. And on June 8, 2025 Trump slipped while boarding Air Force One [see link 7], which also happened to Biden. Trump and the Late Night TV Shows continuously and mercilessly mocked Biden's fall - and yet now both remain silent about Trump's fall.
Fake Miracle QAnon Med Beds Video Shared by Trump. On September 30, 2025 Trump shared a fake AI video, with him in it on Fox News, promoting a fake product, Med Beds. Med Beds are reportedly a QAnon conspiracy creation, which are said to be a secret military technology that can cure all diseases, reverse aging and even grow lost limbs. There's speculation that Trump may have wanted his QAnon followers to believe he would reverse his own aging, the effects of which are becoming more visible monthly - but that billionaire TV News seems to take great pains to hide from the American public [see link 8]. Trump is scheduled for a physical this Friday, October 25, 2025.
The photo at right was taken in Manhattan on October 18, 2025 at the No Kings Day protest. It's estimated that somewhere between 200,000 - 300,000 people protested in Manhattan alone. There were also protests held in each borough. Trump's pooper video seemed to be hallucinogenic, demonstrating that he's completely lost touch with any sort of decency and comportment, and hinting at the possibly he may be coming detached from reality. Republicans Vice President J.D. Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson made excuses / covered for Trump, reminding me of college days when close knit / affiliated members of a sporting group or social club would dismiss and make light of the irresponsible, disrespectful, bad behavior of one of their own, the night before. Republican leaders in the federal government seem to be doing the same for Trump, not just with the feces video, but also with the Epstein files. And TV News doesn't seem to say much about either, either.
Trump Video Dropping Fecal Matter on Protesters in NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX5CewgpuhM
Playing with Poop at an Advanced Age Could be a Sign of Dementia
https://neurolaunch.com/what-is-smearing-feces-a-sign-of/
Trump Dozes off at his Own Trial in 2024
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sleepy-don_n_661e2a7fe4b0f8e522dbec3c
Trump having difficulty staying Awake During Dr. Oz Health Conference
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-press-conference-stay-awake-902418-20250731
Trump's Swollen Ankles Worsening
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/10/08/trump-steals-the-spotlight-during-meeting-with-canadian-prime-ministe/
Trump Confusing Words During a Speech & More
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/10/03/trump-razin-caine-question/
TV News Silent as Trump Falls, Like Biden did, While Boarding Air Force One
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-air-force-one-stumble_n_6846428ee4b0bf9944bc9896
Billionaire TV News Reporting Keeps Quiet about Trump Sharing Phony Miracle Med Bed AI Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5aFVZwORYg
QAnon Med Beds on Truth Social & Other Dubious Health Remedies
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/medbeds-truthsocial-donald-trump/
September 2025 / National Politics. On September 10, 2025 YouGov published the results of a poll they had conducted asking Americans about Trump's age. Trump is the oldest president ever elected at age 79. The poll showed that for the first time since Trump became president, more people [49%] believe Trump is too old to be president, while a minority [39%] believe he is not too old. About 13% were undecided. The results were skewed by party affiliation with 78% Republicans saying he's not too old, 80% of Democrats saying he is too old and 53% of Independents saying he is too old, versus 30% of Independents who say he is not too old.
YouGov Poll - Growing Concerns About Trump's Advanced Age
https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/52933-concerns-about-trumps-age-and-health-have-grown-since-the-start-of-his-second-term
October 16, 2025 / NYC Real Estate & Business. On October 16, 2025 Governor Hochul signed into law a bill which bans the use of AI / software used by landlords to price rents. On August 23, 2024, the Biden Administration Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in tandem with the attorney generals of eight states, including the state of California, to ban the use of algorithyms in rental pricing software, claiming that it was essentially price fixing, which is a violation of anti-trust law.
Governor Hochul Signs Law Banning Use of AI in Rental Pricing
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-legislative-package-bolster-homeownership-and-strengthen-protections
Governor Hochul Signs Bill Banning Price Fixing Rentals by Landlords
https://citylimits.org/governor-signs-bill-banning-ny-landlords-from-setting-rents-via-algorithms/
Biden Administration files Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against AI Rentals Pricing / Price Fixing
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters
October 15, 2025 / NYS & NYC Politics Courts. NYS Attorney General Letitia James won an appeal by the gun industry of her defense of NYS laws requiring background checks prior to purchases of ammunition. This is a paragraph taken from her website providing the background details.
"New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), enacted in July 2022, requires individuals to pass a background check when purchasing ammunition. In September 2023, the New York State Firearms Association and four individuals sued to block the enforcement of New York’s law on background checks of ammunition sales. In May 2024, Attorney General James successfully defended the law after the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that they had not shown any likelihood of success on the merits. Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the lower court’s decision."
For more information see -
Attorney General Letitia James Successfully Defends NYS Gun Laws
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-wins-court-decision-upholding-new-yorks-law-background
October 21, 2025 / NYC Business / NYC Arts & Culture. On Saturday, October 18, 2025 the Actors Equity Association and the Broadway League [represents Producers / Owners] reached a tentative agreement on new contract terms for the next three years. This precludes their 51,000 member union of actors, singers, dancers and stage managers from striking - assuming the agreement holds.
The American Federation of Musicians [AFM] Local 802 and the Broadway League have not yet reached an agreement. They are set to go on strike as early as Thursday, October 23, 2025 should a deal not be reached. The AFM Local represents 1,200 members, so their impact on Broadway will have less severe consequences vis-a-vis striking in tandem with Actors Equity, which would have essentially shut down Broadway [roughly three dozen shows]. But that said, AFM Local 802 would shut down two dozen shows, including most of the headliners of the season, so not reaching a deal with AFM 802 could have significantly negative consequences. AFM Local 802 is striking for healthcare changes, scheduling and physical therapy access.
Off Broadway shows would not be affected.
Broadway Strike Could Happen as Early as Thursday, but Negotiations Still Continue
https://apnews.com/article/broadway-labor-2025-equity-deal-6a92b3f2807981a6bd2fba90d1e49362
August 18, 2025 / NYC Issues. Miss Immigrant USA filed a lawsuit in the federal U.S. District Court which, among other things, is seeking legal recognition of “Immigrant Identity” as a protected civic expression under U.S. and New York civil-rights law. For details see -
Miss Immigrant USA Files Lawsuit
https://www.missimmigrantusa.com
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September 30, 2025 / NYC Mayors Race / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
We look at events leading up to Adams exit from the NYC Mayoral Race, which lend credence to Sliwa's accusations that Adams was or will be compensated for dropping out. We identify one huge pending public land transfer that Adams is working on [FEC Chelsea NYCHA], and provide a summary history of many of the many real estate deals Adams implemented which provide public land, tax benefits, financing and possibly public funding to billionaires and real estate developers. Some of the people involved in these deals were Adams supporters. Then we look at some of the Adams Mayoral track record, including crime, putting his accomplishments in context. And lastly we look at the aftermath of Adams exit, and what Sliwa, Mamdani and Cuomo had to say about it.
Adams traveled to Florida following the Labor Day Weekend. Coming out of that trip, there were rumors of Adams cutting some sort of deal to drop out of the NYC Mayors race, in exchange for a position in the Trump Administration. On either September 2 or 3, 2025 Adams reportedly met with Trump Administration member, Steve Witkoff, who is also an NYC real estate developer.
It's worth noting that Stephen Ross, of Related Companies, lives in Florida. Ross is one of the largest NYC developers, and historically has been one of the largest players in the funding of NYC Mayoral & City Council members campaigns via supportive Political Action Committees or PACs. And Stephen Ross & Related Companies and affiliates are one of the largest - if not the largest - recipient of NYC public land transfers to a developer over the past quarter century.
Ross currently has at least one huge transfer of NYC pubic land to him and his companies pending [FEC Chelsea NYCHA], which Adams has obligingly - if not submissively - overseen. Ross and friends have been supporters of the campaigns of candidates like Adams for many years, which the current state of NYC's affordable housing crisis bears out. Stephen Ross has also been a financial / PAC Trump supporter, having reportedly hosted a fundraiser for Trump on Long island back in 2020.
In 2021 the billionaires opened their campaign cash spigots for Adams, thus enabling him to win that NYC Mayoral race based on campaign funding and TV commercials - not merit. And ever since Adams became NYC Mayor, he's been working hard to move ahead the billionaires' real estate development projects, which far too often appear to include the transfer of NYC public land at rock bottom / oligarchy free-for-all prices. I believe this is one of the reasons the billionaire developers and media oligarchy don't want to see Mamdani win, as it will slow down their railroading of riches from the public into the private domain.
Adams' meaningful achievements for the working class of NYC are close to non-existent. This helps explain why Adams repeatedly showcases a picture of his mother Dorothy at public appearances, to lay claim to her working class roots. Adams may have been born into the working class, but he does not appear to have working class values, nor a true affinity for them - least not since becoming NYC Mayor. Adams seems to have traded in his affinity with the working class, for aspirational riches a long time ago. Likely before he was famously quoted saying "show me the money".
Adams insinuates, if not outright claims, he's reduced crime in NYC since taking office. When Adams became Mayor in 2022, we were still dealing with the pandemic. Crime in NYC rose not just here, but in the rest of the nation as well. But over the past few years, crime has fallen in NYC, and in all other U.S. cities.
September 26, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 6.47 am. Sunset 6.45 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 11 hours & 58 minutes of daylight or three hours and 8 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right, was taken last Sunday evening at the Sunnyside Night Market organized by Sunnyside Shines. The event featured local food and merchandise, and celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different vs TV News Area Weather. Looks like a great weather weekend, and with plenty of interesting things to do. No rain, unless you count up to 1/8 inch between the hours of 10 / 11 pm Saturday night and 8 / 9 am Sunday morning. The temperatures highs will be in the low 80's all weekend. The temperature lows will be about 70 all weekend. The winds will be a pretty steady 5 mph all weekend. And the humidity will swing wildly from 100% to 55% Friday and from 90% to 60% on Saturday and Sunday. The humidity is higher when it's dark out, and lower during the day.
Don't Fool with Mother Nature. Please pay attention to this, because our climate is changing very rapidly in subtle ways. It's not just the temperature, but the humidity and rainfall as well, as we have been depleting our planetary fresh water reserves over the past 50 years, and we're nearing the inflection point. Our fresh water reserves are stored underground and at the glacial poles. By inflection point I mean we are quickly approaching that point where planetary food production will have shrunk sufficiently and the fresh water supply will have diminished so much, that nations won't have enough of these precious resources to keep their entire populations alive.
Ultimately - if our current energy consumption and production behaviours continue to go unchecked - vast amounts of crops will fail, and nations will begin fighting over food and water supplies. And these fights will be unlike anything seen modern history, because these resources are required by man to live.
This isn't just the fault of the profiteers and the sycophantic media outlets and politicians who enable them, but also the fault of all of the people who ignore this problem. When it comes to Mother Nature, ignore her at your own peril, as Mother Nature isn't one to be fooled with. She is not some lightweight businessman, newscaster or politician who can be distracted, bought or bullied. She's very real, she's unimaginably powerful, and if we don't soon start taking care of her, she will soon take care of us ... and at least as detrimentally.
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September 18, 2025 / New York City News / NYC Billionaire Press Billionaire TV News & Free Speech in America / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.
All six TV Networks are controlled by billionaires [or folks whose wealth rounds up to billionaires or are members of billionaire families]. Increasingly they appear to be turning the TV networks into privately controlled propaganda machines. Too often they appear to resemble Rupert Murdoch's mistreatment of the truth in the news. This means they seem to omit key facts and even entire stories from view, while amplifying falsehoods and outright lies spoken by politicians and their teleprompter readers alike, which go uncorrected, leaving those who still trust Network TV News, ignorant and in the dark as to what's really going on in this country.
Colbert was cancelled by CBS and numerous seasoned journalists departed for journalistic integrity reasons. CBS appeared to be compromising their integrity, as Colbert is the top rated show in the time period. But Trump doesn't like Colbert, and CBS had a merger deal that needed to be approved by the Trump Justice Department and FCC, so poof, Colbert cancelled. CBS denies this reasoning, saying they have other [unannounced] plans.
Disney / ABC paid off Trump in a lawsuit many attorneys were sure they could have easily won. And this week Disney / ABC took the Jimmy Kimmel Show off the air for making an opinionated comment of which Trump didn't approve, on the Kirk assassination shooter. Kimmel had joked that the shooter was a MAGA Republican which he does not appear to be, although reportedly the rest of his family is.
The alleged shooter was reportedly in a relationship with someone working through gender identity issues, which is just one of the many important issues of our day, that billionaire TV News repeatedly fails to fully inform upon. This link will take you to the Metropolitan Museum website, of a past photo exhibit, wherein in the mid 1800's a French photographer documented a hermaphrodite, which is someone with both male and female genitalia. That's a fact, that I have NEVER seen raised nor discussed by the flunkies on TV News, who don't seem to be knowledgeable about the world around them, and definitely far too often, just simply do not do their basic homework on important issues.
And the sad thing is that this translates to an increasingly ignorant American public, as up until this year TV was the dominant news source. This year news on the web FINALLY passed TV News, and I am hoping that that trend will accelerate as more Americans start paying attention to how badly TV News fails them, daily.
If you decide to click this link you'll encounter what is likely a shocker to most folks [was to me the first time I saw it at the Metropolitan Museum exhibit in the late 1990's]. But the idea isn't to shock, but rather to instruct - Metropolitan Museum photo exhibit by Nadar of hermaphrodite.
September 21, 2025 / NYC Mayors Race / NYC Politics / New York City News / Gotham Buzz NYC.
This section is dedicated to providing our audience with a weekly update of recent polls surrounding the NYC Mayoral Race, and select other NYC public positions to be decided in this upcoming election.
Reposted September 11, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / Things to do NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
This is a video of one of the rehearsals for the Table of Silence performance this morning at Lincoln Center, commemorating the 19th anniversary of 911. They return to perform the Table of Silence at Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center on Thursday 9/11 at 8.10 am. Free. Or catch the live stream - https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/table-of-silence-project-911-259
9.10.25 _ Queens News / News Analysis & Opinion _ Click here to learn a bit more through an interview by Erroll Louis on Spectrum TV on August 28, 2025, who interviewed an author / community activist and the President of the FEC Tenants Against Demolition about what's going on there - NYC Oligarchy - Stephen Ross, Related Companies, Essence, Eric Adams transferring huge amount of public wealth & NYC billionaire TV doesn't much report it. Also on the front page scroll down to the Landlord Tenant Harassment button to become familiar with the bigger picture. And click into the drop down OpEd section from the front page tool bar to learn more about the FEC Chelsea NYCHA land grab by Stephen Ross and Related Companies. Ross and Related Companies have been the beneficiaries of the transfer of acres upon acres of prime public NYC land all over NYC for what seem like fire sale / corruption prices.
Please be advised that this series will be evolving slowly starting sometime in Q4 2025 and continuing thereafter. Thus far we've posted some of our historical coverage, but by far and away, the best is yet to come.
August 29, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Labor Day Weekend is less than two weeks away.
The following links will bring you to a list of special events happening this Labor Day Weekend in each borough, as well as the highlighting of a number cultural institutions in that locale.
We'll be updating our front page on the Friday of the Labor Day weekend, with an up-to-date weather forecast, as well as additional Labor Day Weekend events and updates. So please come back to visit us Friday or over the Labor Day weekend.
And in the meantime, have a good rest of week.
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August 15, 2025 / NYC Business & Economy / NYC Politics & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
It Looks Like We May be Heading for a Stagflation Economy. According to 8.15.25 Yahoo Finance report, wholesale prices rose faster than expectations, up 0.9% in July, far faster than expectations. The core rate grew 3.7% vs an expected 3%. The Fed target rate is 2%. Services, not goods, were the driving force behind the inflation increase, and services are not tied to tariffs. We might be heading into a stagflation economy, where inflation continues or picks up, while jobs growth slows, as happened this month.
The contributors to a staglationary economy include that the U.S. dollar has lost 10% of its value since the beginning of the year. This means everything purchased outside of the U.S. will essentially cost 10% more to Americans. And tariffs will eventually add further to the inflation problem by increasing the cost of goods further.
TV News doesn't seem to understand that there's a lag time between when changes in the economy occur [like tariffs or currency valuation changes], and when the impact of them shows up at the cash register. Macroeconomic lag times range from three to eighteen months as these changes work their way through the economy. And speaking of TV News, it's worth mentioning that a stagflationary economy would be just the opposite of the 'Trump Economy' touted by Fox News during the Fall 2024 campaign cycle. For details see - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-hotter-than-expected-wholesale-prices-make-the-feds-september-rate-cut-decision-harder-155711746.html
Is Eric Adams Recycling Faith Based Campaign Endorsements? About a week ago, Eric Adams announced that he was being endorsed by 100 faith based leaders. The endorsements appeared to come from some of the same people who've been supporting Adams all along, some of whom I've seen at various mayoral events, and some of whom I believe stood with him when he announced his re-election bid as an Independent in June of 2025.
Earlier this week Adams also picked up an endorsement from former NYS Democrat Governor Paterson, who is legally blind, and who switched his allegiance from Cuomo in the Democratic primary, to Adams running as an Independent.
A group of police unions also endorsed Adams this week, but notably missing was the largest NYC police union, the NYPBA. The NYPBA had previously endorsed Adams in the 2021 election, reportedly unenthusiastically. This may be why the NYPBA is holding back their endorsement again, or it could be that the NY Patrolmens Benevolent Association union is not happy that Adams has sullied the name of the NYPD, having been charged in a lawsuit with turning the NYPD into his own personal "racketeering enterprise".
July 25, 2025 / NYC Politics & Government / NYC Social Issues / Gotham Buzz NYC.
News Analysis & Opinion.
Meanwhile former NYPD Captain, Mayor Eric Adams, was hit with yet another set of corruption charges in court, this time alleging that Adams had turned NYPD operations into a criminal enterprise. See graphic above or at right.
We'll provide details sometime later, but in the meantime, take a look for yourself at what kind of a 'law and order' Mayor Adams is - https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/16/nypd-donlon-lawsuit-adams-racketeering/
NYC mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, has secured the backing of a number of large NYC unions support, beating out former Governor Cuomo for unions that had previously supported him.
We'll provide details sometime later, but in the meantime here's a video Mamdani did, taking a pre-emptive shot mocking the adolescently edited NY Post, instead of the other way around https://www.facebook.com/reel/1066919915568285
July 4, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / 4th of July Holiday NYC / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather Friday & Saturday, July 4 & 5, 2025. The temperature highs will be in the mid to high 80's each day, while the temperature lows will be around 70 each day. No rain is in the forecast for NYC during this time period. The winds will be about 3 - 8 mph both days. The humidity will range from 50% - 65% in what appears to be a relatively stable couple of days, during which fireworks will be launched throughout the NYC area. Both days look pretty fine.
NYC Weather Update as of 6.24.25 for Early Fireworks Displays in the Bronx and Queens on Thursday June 26, 2025. The temperature highs will be in the high 90's on Thursday, descending to about 80 by midday and down to 70 in the late evening. The humidity will be in the 70% range for most of the day. No rain is expected and winds will be in the 10 mph range. Not too bad for a July 4th fireworks display, although the winds might make it challenging for the pyrotechnicians.
Air Quality. As of 7.4.25 the air quality is Moderate, as well as for Friday & Saturday, although rising going into the weekend. To stay abreast of the air quality in NYC copy and paste this link into your browswer bar - https://www.airnow.gov
All of these fireworks displays are FREE, unless specified otherwise.
June 22, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / Gotham Buzz NYC.
New York City offers easy access to a wide range of recreational indoor and outdoor swimming pools. The following provides you with a view of the range of public swimming pools available in the parks of the entire city. We encourage you to make use of these facilities because they provide healthy, fun, and frequently free or inexpensive entertainment for both individuals and families with children.
Be advised that as of this posting, the pools are scheduled to open on Friday, June 27, 2025. You're advised to bring sunscreen, a padlock for a locker and a towel. Please be respectful of your fellow Bronxians, Brooklyners, Manhattanites, Queensians and Staten Islanders while using the pools.
Click these links to view a listing of swimming pools in each borough, complete with location and contact information, swimming pool sizes, hours and other details.
July 14, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Parades / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather Forecast as of 7.14.25. Update coming with the Friday / Weekend post.
The photo at right was taken at one of the NYC Dominican Parades in NYC in a prior year.
There were four Dominican Day Parades in NYC up until a few years ago, but the Brooklyn Dominican Day Parade appears to have been discontinued. Nonetheless, there are still Dominican Day parades in Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan in June, July and August 2025, respectively.
Updated 8.20.25 v. 7.7.25 Update / Opinion / Work in Progress
We've entered The Disinformation Age. Much of the mass media is controlled by billionaires, especially TV assets. They changed the FCC laws so they are no longer required to behave ethically, accurately and so the billionaire press does what it does best, pursues profits regardless of community collateral damage. They're only sharing information that they want you to know. They omit key facts they don't want you to know or even entirely ignore important stories that may embarass their billionaire friends. They try to manipulate viewers' perceptions in order to get them to vote for candidates representing the billionaires' interests, and provide open mics to the candidates their choice - not fact checked - even when these pols are making numerous false or misleading statements.
Updated 8.20.25 v. 6.20.25 _ Currently Recommended News Sources to Help You Wean Yourself from Servile Dependence on Billioniare TV News.
For local NYC / NYS news we currently find ourselves using The City, Politico, Axios, Vox, Wikipedia, the Gotham Gazette, Gothamist and City & State. Also NPR and PBS. Note that we will continue to revisit this section and continue developing this list of local, state and national news sources sometime in the not-too-distant future.
For national news we find ourselves using many of the above sources, as well as Mother Jones, Wired, the Atlantic, the New Yorker, the browser Firefox curates a fair news offering, finance.yahoo.com is good for business news, and moderated social media outlets like BSky.app has an intelligent, highly skilled audience that does a fair job of identifying key news reports. The search engines are also useful for fact checking and doing further research into issues, people and other things. Collectively these news sources should enable you to effectively do your civic duty to inform yourself about people and issues before voting.
The NON-Billionaire TV News that we currently find reliable, includes left-leaning Democracy Now [on FNX & CUNY TV], PBS News Hour, and PBS Documentaries are also very informative. The Washington Post and New York Times are still fairly reliable, but sadly, not as implicitly as I found them to be in the past. Both the NYT and Wapo have undergone ownership / top management changes within the past six years. And the new management teams' values appear to differ from their predecessors, so pay attention to editorial changes / impacts.
I no longer find any of the Network TV News outlets to be even remotely close to being sufficiently informative. And far, far too often I find them to be misleading and parlayers of false information. I doubt they ever were really up to the job, but back in the day, they used the newspaper reporting to help keep them informed. Here again, newspaper journalism may not be dead, but it's very financially challenged and isn't remotely close to what it once was due to constained financials. But that said, you can still pick up a few leads from TV News, which you can then use to more fully inform yourself, by doing further research on the internet.
June 13, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics Media & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
On Friday, the top two NYC Mayoral contenders to Andrew Cuomo - Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander - cross endorsed each other for Mayor. This should help both of them as contenders and according to one pundit, reduces Cuomo's sure lock on the Mayoralty from 80% down to 60%. Which means Mamdani and Lander need to reach out to other NYC Mayoral candidates who realistically are no longer contenders, like Zellnor Myrie, Michael Blake, Jessica Ramos, and Jim Walden [running as an anti-corruption Independent] to increase their odds, while detracting from Cuomo's.
The photos above or at right were taken earlier this year at two different debates. On the left is NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and on the right is NYS Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani - the top two contenders for NYC Mayor following Andrew Cuomo. On Friday they cross endorsed each other, which will likely lead to increased TV ad spending by big real estate on their also-ran, straw horse candidates [see below]; as well as increased TV ad spending for attack ads trying to discredit real challengers to big real estate's choice for Mayor - Andrew Cuomo. Most TV political ads are such distortions of the truth, that they seem to be more fake news than informative.
Please do your homework on the candidates, using some of the high quality information sources below, to move up the learning curve on who the candidates are and who's funding them. TV News doesn't cut it any more, as it's controlled by billionaires. A long while ago, they rolled back FCC regulations requiring fair and balanced reporting, which is why what TV News presents today, is no longer consistently credible.
CLICK here to read the rest of our report on Mamdani & Lander cross endorse in NYC Mayoral Race 2025.
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Updated April 5, 2025 vs 4.4.2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
The photo above or at right was taken a couple of weeks ago in the Elizabeth Street Garden in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. They are trying to get the city to preserve the area as a permanent community green space, and to build the proposed 'affordable housing' elsewhere. The city has been threatening to close the garden any day now, but given it's an election year, Adams may wait until after he loses it. We'll have an update of Eric Adams' latest shenanigans later today or over the weekend.
3.31.28 Manhattan _ Just in today, an event tomorrow at 4 pm, to commemorate the garden and its artistic inspirations. This is how they described the event, " ... We are calling on everyone to gather in the Garden tomorrow (Tuesday) at 4 PM to celebrate this special space. We’ll be there for a while, but please try to arrive at 4 PM if you can. We are still in federal court and doing everything we can. At this point, we're taking it day by day. If you're a painter, photographer, poet, or artist who has created something inspired by the Garden, please bring your work. We only ask that it be related to the Garden. We want to show everyone how much Elizabeth Street Garden means to our community and to New York City ...". See related story in the weekend post of 3.28.25 below, next to the E St Garden / Ramones photos. The short story also includes their website url.
Updated March 15, 2025 vs 3.14.25 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
An excellent example of billionaire-controlled, Network TV News priorities / manipulations, was on full display this month. An American college student gone missing on Spring break in the Dominican Republic, seemed to get - as much, if not more airtime and 'investigative coverage' - than the budget negotiations between Republicans and Democrats.
TV News 'The' Disinformation Medium. Ask yourself WHY this particular missing college student has become such a HUGE Network TV News story, when 600,000 people go missing in the U.S. every year? Are the billionaire controlled Network News outlets trying to distract their viewers from what's going on in Washington, D.C. by giving the truly important stories less airtime while filling up their broadcasts with sensational horror stories?
The budget negotiations included a huge transfer of federally elected representatives' power [aka your power] from the legislative branch to the executive branch of government, as well as cuts of tens of billions of dollars to previously approved federal programs.
So, ask yourself, which of these news stories is of more concern to you? Which of these stories of more actionable by you? And which of these stories appears to be what might be a tragic human interest story, used by billionaire controlled Network TV News, as a ratings chasing headline / audience distraction?
CLICK here to view the rest of our report on how Chuck Schumer abandons the Democrats [own party], and leads a rebel contingent of Senators including NYS Senator Gillebrand to vote in favor of Trump and the Republicans, on the Continuing Budget Resolution of March 2025.
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December 6, 2024 / NYC Real Estate & Business / NYC Government & Politics / City of Yes Special Section / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.
The City of Yes for Housing Opportunities bill passed yesterday afternoon / evening in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. The City of Yes or NYC Municipal Legislative Bill - L.U. 181 & Res 689 - App. N 240290 ZRY (City of Yes Zoning for Housing Opportunity) amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying multiple Sections to expand opportunities for housing within all zoning districts, Citywide. *
The photo snapshot at right shows the NYC Council voting on the City of Yes.
Voting For the City of Yes Members. Carlina Rivera District 2, Eric Bottcher District 3, Keith Powers District 4, Julie Menin District 5, Gale Brewer M District 6, Shaun Abreu District 7, Diana Ayala District 8, Yusef Salaam M District 9, Carmen De La Rosa M District 10, Kevin Riley Bx District 12, Pierina Ana Sanchez District 14, Oswald Feliz District 15, Althea Stevens District 16, Rafael Salamanca Bx District 17, Amanda Farias District 18, Francisco Moya Q District 21, Tiffany Caban Q District 22, Shekar Krishnan Q District 25, Julie Won Q District 26, Nantasha Williams Q District 27, Speaker Adrienne Adams Q District 28, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Q District 31, Lincoln Restler District 33, Jennifer Gutierrez District 34, Crystal Hudson District 35, Chi Osse District 36, Sandy Nurse District 37, Alexa Aviles District 38, Shahana Hanif District 39, Rita Joseph District 40, Justin Brannan Bk District 47.
Pay attention to the delineation of NYC Council members by the boroughs noted above by letters. Speaker Adrienne Adams delivered enough Queens council member votes (7) in favor of the legislation, which had they voted as their Community Boards did, would have killed the City of Yes bill.
Did Adrienne Adams and these NYC Council members betray the people of Queens they were elected to represent? Well, if so, keep in mind they are up for re-election in June 2025. So please educate yourself, fact check the statements made herein by using the power of the internet, and then after you've done enough research to know what's true, start spreading the news and get behind people who will represent you, the voters, not the big money that funded their campaigns.
Voting in the Negative. Joann Ariola District 32, Chris Banks District 42, Joseph C. Borelli District 51, David Carr District 50, Eric Dinowitz District 11, James Gennaro District 24, Kamillah Hanks District 49, Robert Holden District 30, Linda Lee District 23, Farah N. Louis District 45, Kristy Marmorato District 13, Christopher Marte District 1, Diane Mealy District 41, Mercedes Narcisse District 46, Vickie Paladino District 19, Lynn Schulman District 29, Sandra Ung District 20, Inna Vernikov District 48, Kalmar Yeger District 44, Susan Zhuang District 43.
We will keep this roll call of the vote on our site indefinitely in the City of Yes Special Report Section, because you, the voters, can use it as one benchmark vote, that helps you understand who is representing you, and how they are representing you. This becomes particularly important as there is the Democratic Primary in June 24, 2025 and the general election is November 4, 2025. Almost all of the elections are decided in the June primary because 56% of NYC is Democratic and only 26% is Republican. The remaining 18% are independent.
* Editor's Note. The summary of the bill leaves out the part about the NYC Council members forfeiting their power, and because they represent us, they are forfeiting our power and legal rights to weigh in on new developments in our neighborhoods. The summary also leaves out the part where by rushed passage of the 1,388 bill, the real estate developers and international investors can harvest a huge amount of tax abatements for 'affordable housing' that would be 'affordable' to individuals making up to $141,000 and a family of three making up to $183,00 per year or making rental payments of $4575 per month. And the summary leaves out the part about the negotiated deal, wherein how Eric Adams is going to miraculously fund the $4 billion, that magically appeared just by Eric Adams promising it, after Eric Adams tried to cut $100 million from the budgets of public schools in January 2024 and cut $22 million from the budget for public libraries as recently as November 2023. Adams promise of $4 billion is just that, and only that - a promise - as it is NOT IN THE BUDGET. And we all know the value of a politician's promise, especially when it's made by someone like Eric Adams, who has a documented history of lying, and is managing a tight budget that doesn't have $4 billion of funding lying around. He's going to have to take that funding from other places like public schools, public libraries and the NYPD.
Oct 15, 2024 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
Nov 27, 2024 at 12:15 am by mikewood
October 23, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Real Estate & Business / Gotham Buzz NYC.
'Better hurry' to participate in this 'affordable housing' lottery for apartments in the Jasper at 49-20 5th Street in Long Island City, Queens. Studios are renting for the 'low, low price' of $2,900 per month and two bedroom apartments are a 'steal' at only $4,400 per month.
To qualify you 'only' need to be earning between $99,000 and $250,000 per year. These annual incomes, which are an eligibility requirement, are only 'slightly' higher [+50% to +291%] than the median NYC salary of $64,000 per year.
But don't worrry, if you miss this 'great' opportunity for 'affordable housing', because the real estate developers, real estate investors, billionaires, property owners and Mayor Adams, are pushing hard to get through the City of Yes Zoning Law changes, which will provide huge tax breaks to investors, billioinaires and real estate developers to make even more of this kind of 'affordable housing' available all over NYC.
Isn't that 'exciting'? It looks like more 'affordable housing' is finally on its way ...
See related stories below and in our City of Yes Special Report section on Gotham Buzz.
And you still have time to be heard by the NY City Council regarding your opinion of the City of Yes. Written Testimony is accepted for 72 hours after the hearing that was held Tuesday 10.22.24. Use this email address to send them your opinions - landusetestimony@council.nyc.gov. I believe the comment period expires at the close of business on Friday 10.25.24.
October 8, 2024 / LIC Neighborhood / Queens Real Estate & Business / Queens Buzz.
It was a beautiful, sunny, dry day as I walked over to the Museum of the Moving Image in LIC / Astoria. I arrived around 11 am to attend part of the second half of the LIC Summit, which is a real estate and business conference which examines in depth, an LIC centric world, but also mindful of the surrounding environment.
After I made my way through a flawless check-in, I found my way into the theater and sat down to listen in on the panel providing a Long Island City real estate update. These panels are structured such that the moderator serves up a number of questions to the panelists for comment, which is then followed by audience questions, which sometimes are the best, because they are asked by people like you and me, who have lived and worked in the area for a long while and witnessed and have adjusted to the huge changes that have occurred in Long Island City over the past couple of decades.
This panel included Patricia Dunphy of SVP of Rockrose Development, Eric Benaim CEO / Founder of Modern Space, Dan Mogolesko SVP of the Durst Organization, Peter Papamichael Principal of the VOREA Group and Crystal Xu Director of Business Development United Construction & Development Group.
As I came in at the end of the panel presentation, I only caught the Q&A portion of the program, which follows.
A performance theater / school owner pondered aloud whether the developers were still interested in involving and supporting the arts and culture scene in Long Island City. At the turn of the century LIC was well known as a thriving artists community, as it offered very competitive rents and good access to mass transit. In the near quarter century since then many - if not most - of the artists have moved out of the area as they can no longer afford the rents, which have skyrocketed from under $1,000 / month to over $4,000 per month.
One of the panelists said they are interested in supporting the arts and he mentioned Culture Lab LIC as one of the arts institutions that has survived the changes. But that was pretty much the full extent of the conversation surrounding the arts community. So I reckon the short answer would be no.
August 30, 2024 / Coney Island / Brooklyn / Brooklyn BLVD.
On Friday night, the final fireworks show by the Alliance for Coney Island, started around 10 pm on the Reigelmann Boardwalk just east of the Steeple Chase Tower and adjacent to the Luna Amusement Park. It was a comfortable evening, with a slight, cool breeze coming in off the water. There were hundreds of spectators who came to see the show and enjoy an end of the summer ride and snacks at Luna Park. I shot the 10 - 15 minute show from various locations around the Boardwalk, water and Luna Park and then edited it down to about 2 - 3 minutes, ending with a bit of island music. Enjoy the show.
Aug 15, 2024 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
Aug 08, 2024 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
Aug 08, 2024 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
July 6, 2024 / Coop City / Bronx Buzz NYC. I attended and recorded the Coop City fireworks in the Bronx this year. The fireworks display was launched from the Coop City Field located along the Hutchinson River which empties into the Long Island Sound.
They started around 9.30 pm and went for about 15 - 30 minutes, and I fouind it to be a fireworks display worth watching. Check out a few clips we put together from the show.
Jun 19, 2024 at 09:45 am by PeterParker
In addition to the presidential primary, there are also NYS primary races on the ballot.
Feb 01, 2024 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
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Oct 19, 2025 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
Updating August 29, 2024 from 10.7.23 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
The official / unofficial kick off to the month and a half of Oktoberfest events in NYC begins in Manhattan with the Steuben Parade. This report identifies a number of Oktoberfest events around NYC beginning mid September and running through the end of October.
The photo at right shows one of the floats in the Steuben Parade celebrating the consumption of bier, which in tandem with consumption of bratwurst, is an integral part of Oktoberest. One thing the photo doesn't show is the music, that also goes hand in hand with Oktoberfest.
Coming with time. We've posted a number of Oktoberfests in this report, but a few more are coming. Also watch the front page, as this year [only] they are likely to be posted there first.
September 13, 2023 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Fall is just around the corner, which means the San Gennaro Festival is about to begin in Little Italy in Manhattan. See the front page or the parades & festivals page or click into the story for details of the San Gennaro Festival of 2023.
Little Italy is just north of Canal street, across from Chinatown, which lies to its south. SoHo lies to its west, across Lafayette Street. While the Bowery is just east of it along Mott and Bowery Streets, and Nolita [North of Little Italy] lies to the north of it, across Broome Street. This is something of a downsized area from the original Little Italy of a century ago.
Little Italy was an important destination for Italians arriving in New York City in the late 1800's and early 20th century. It was generally a poor, working class neighborhood at that time, filled with laborers, and shopkeepers who traded food, wine and clothing. And the community was fairly self-sufficient with its own doctors, lawyers and bankers accoding to a Wikipedia account of an NYT story in 1896.
Little Italy's size and population peaked in the early 20th century, aat about 10,000, as Italians left for greener pastures in other parts of the city, including East Harlem, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. Nonetheless, Little Italy remains somewhat intact, as a very popular tourist destination, the peak of which is celebrated in tandem with the San Gennaro Festival.
Sep 12, 2023 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
Nov 09, 2023 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
November 8, 2022 / NYC Neighborhoods / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
The NYS election is today, Tuesday November 8th. On the ballot are the following races: U.S. Senate, Governor, Other state level positions such as Attorney General, State Assembly, State Senators and Ballot measures.
Oct 15, 2024 at 12:15 am by PeterParker
July 30, 2021 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Weather. There's a 60% probability of about a third inch of rain beginning sometime between 3 and 6 pm Sunday. The rest of the weekend should be clear. The temperature highs will be around 80 and the lows in the mid 60's all weekend. Humidity will range from 50% - 60% all weekend, except Sunday night when it rises to near 80% due to the rain. The winds will vary throughout the weekend from about 15 mph Friday, to 5 mph Saturday and 10 mph Sunday. All in all, not a bad weather weekend.
But please remain CoVid cautious for your own health and that of those around you by getting vaccinated, wearing masks when indoors or in close proximity to others and by washing your hands regularly.
Here are links to things going on in each borough this weekend.
Things to do this weekend in the Bronx
Things to do this weekend in Brooklyn
Things to do this weekend in Manhattan
Things to do this weekend in Queens
Things to do this weekend on Staten Island
Also see links below, posted on July 16, 2021, to farmers markets, street fairs and free theater, movies, concerts and swimming pools.
Enjoy.
