Boy in Bushwick

The city has agreed to pay more than $7 million to settle a federal lawsuit after five New York Police Department officers shot and killed S...

It goes without saying fresh tomatoes are one of summer's most enjoyable foods. And my garden here in Bushwick has produced a bumper cro...

A tornado warning is one of the last thing about which a New Yorker may hear on a Friday night, but the National Weather Service issued one ...

This is truly one of my worst nightmares come true--a dead jellyfish stung 150 people at Wallis Sands State Park in Rye, N.H., yesterday . I...

Written around 10 a.m. while on the beach in Corneille Estates eating breakfast with my publisher and her family. The tide is going out as N...

The Argentine Senate approved a bill earlier this morning that would allow gays and lesbians to marry in the South American country. The 33-...

I understand soccer as much as some members of my family comprehend why I decided to move to the five boroughs, but I must congratulate the ...

Written earlier today while listening to music on my bed in Ocean Beach and eating eggs and drinking coffee. The increasingly steady drum be...

Written earlier this morning while listening to "Vogue" on the porch of the cottage in Ocean Beach. It’s definitely a hot summer d...

It's a beautiful Thursday afternoon here in Ocean Beach as I rush to finish this week's work--the newspapers are delivered, I just w...

A Brooklyn jury found a man guilty of murder as a hate crime in connection with José Sucuzhañay’s death. The panel deliberated for several h...

Hundreds of thousands of people descended upon Manhattan for the annual Pride parade yesterday. And while I spent the majority of the aftern...

This blog has certainly taken on a more Fire Island-centric feel in recent weeks, but it is important to point out the retrial of the second...

Written around 12:30 a.m. today on the front porch of the cottage after walking home from Cherry Grove on the beach. It’s officially the sum...