Boy in Bushwick

A new NY1/YNN-Marist poll finds that for the first time in a decade, a majority of New Yorkers are optimistic about the direction in which ...

A new NY1/YNN-Marist Poll finds that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo remains popular among New York voters a year after he was elected. Fifty...

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday, Oct. 28, introduced a bill that would prevent any agency that receives federal funding from disq...

House Speaker John Boehner will swear in Congressman-elect Bob Turner in the House of Representatives at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15. T...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 shook large swaths of the East Coast shortly before 2 p.m. The earthquake’s epicent...

Started writing at 9:12 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, while listening to the rain and thunder from inside Ocean Beach and reading Tweets abou...

It was certainly a dramatic early evening on Fire Island on Monday, Aug. 1, as a series of thunderstorms brushed the beach. A downpour drenc...

Started writing in Marble Hill at 4:48 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26. The eye candy proved particularly sweet in Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pin...

Marriage equality is officially a reality in New York! I was on the dock in Cherry Grove when the law officially took effect at midnight, an...

With five days to go until gays and lesbians can legally marry in New York, city officials earlier today unveiled a lottery designed to acco...

Started writing at 1:04 p.m. on Sunday, July 17, while lying on the Grove Hotel’s pool deck. Mother Nature has once again blessed the beach ...

Started writing at 3:11 p.m. on Sunday, July 10, at the pool at the Grove Hotel in Cherry Grove. It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon here on t...

Began writing at 10:21 p.m. while sitting on my desk in Brooklyn. The happiness over last night's historic marriage equality vote in Alb...

The state Senate earlier tonight approved a marriage equality bill by a 33-29 margin. The measure will become law 30 days after Gov. Andrew ...

Speaking at the LGBT Community Center earlier tonight, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer once again urged state lawmakers to pass a...

Speaking at the LGBT Community Center's annual Garden Party at Pier 54 in Manhattan earlier tonight, City Council Speaker Christine Quin...

This panorama shot from the roof deck of 548 Beachcomber Walk in Fire Island Pines on Saturday, June 18, is among the myriad of reasons that...

Started writing at 8:48 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, while waiting for a Babylon-bound train at the Bay Shore train station. A fine mist has o...

City Councilmember Diana Reyna [D-Bushwick] was among the Latino elected officials, activists and clergy who spoke in support of marriage eq...

While Congressman Anthony Weiner does not represent Bushwick on Capitol Hill, one could not help but feel a bit sorry for the normally loqua...