Boy in Bushwick

Started writing at 10:23 a.m. while listening to “The Brian Lehrer Show” in the cottage in Ocean Beach. A thunderstorm woke me up a couple o...

It's a beautiful Friday morning here on Fire Island. I just ran on the beach from Ocean Beach to Atlantique, and I am enjoying my first ...

The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund honored former New York Gov. David Paterson at its Sixth Anniversary Benefit at the Chelsea...

In an apparent response to those who questioned his commitment to marriage equality, Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged New Yorkers to contact their l...

Started writing at 6:09 p.m. at Low Tea in the Fire Island Pines. Blondie's "Rapture" provided an all too appropriate soundtra...

Speaking at Marriage Equality New York's annual gala in Manhattan on Thursday, May 19, state Sen. Diane Savino [D-Staten Island] said sh...

While suburban commuters may certainly loathe the Tappan Zee Bridge that connects Rockland and Westchester Counties, the oft-maligned span ...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich literally felt the rainbow during a book signing at the Minnesota Family Council and Institute's annu...

When will this rain finally go away? The lettuce in the garden may appreciate the Seattle-like weather that has enveloped the five boroughs ...

That was quick! "After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency," said ...

Started writing around 8:52 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, while watching “Good Morning America” in our room at the Madison in the Fire Island Pine...

It's eerily quiet here on Jefferson Street after last night's shootout that left a suspected gun trafficker dead. Two NYPD patrol ca...

It was certainly anything but a quiet night here in Bushwick! Police officials told the New York Times that an undercover NYPD officer shot...

Photo courtesy of Robb Friedlander Have Ugandan lawmakers blinked? The Associated Press is reporting that Ugandan Parliamentarians have scr...

State Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward [R-Willsboro] cited her gay son as she spoke in support of marriage equality at a rally in Albany on Mond...

Started writing around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 8, while eating breakfast on the deck of the cottage in Ocean Beach. Aside from a possible D...

Should anyone care about the Donald’s political aspirations anymore? A quick Google search this morning generated hundreds of articles, op-e...

It was so cold here in Bushwick this morning that the heat in my apartment actually turned on! The cool breeze has brought a distinctly autu...

The seemingly most mundane things can certainly prove the most symbolic. Those who were chatting with their friends in Union Square Park or ...

Osama bin Laden is dead! I was in my second-ever journalism class at the University of New Hampshire on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Near...