https://hudsonburrows.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Hudson BurrowsenWed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/features/education-guide/the-funding-cuts-are-deep-emerging-research-students-are-on-the-front-line-FG4945124Seventeen years ago, Laura Xie watched as her second-grade teacher poured water into a beaker. It’s a cup of water, she thought, big deal. Then the teacher poured oil into that same beaker, and little Xie sat in awe as the golden liquid rested perfectly on top of the water. Her teacher revealed that what seemed like a magic trick was actually the separation of compounds. It became Xie’s first memory of using science to understand the unfathomable. “I thought that was the coolest thing ever,” say...Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/features/education-guide/the-funding-cuts-are-deep-emerging-research-students-are-on-the-front-line-FG4945124https://www.otdowntown.com/voices/cuomo-tries-fighting-mamdani-at-his-own-housing-game-GI4947459Andrew Cuomo’s once relatively unplugged mayoral campaign has done quite the 180, as the former Governor has taken to social media to throw shade at Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani. This time, Cuomo’s trying to back Mamdani into a corner, and it’s in the Assembly Member’s own $2,300 rent-stabilized Queens apartment. The quarrel broke out on Friday, August 8, when Cuomo posted to X, “#Rentgate,” using Mamdani’s six figure annual income against him. The post has garnered 34 million views. “Some...Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.otdowntown.com/voices/cuomo-tries-fighting-mamdani-at-his-own-housing-game-GI4947459https://www.ourtownny.com/home/nys-s-nonpartisan-mapping-process-makes-fight-against-texas-tougher-LL4926629New York has used an Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to draw congressional and legislative lines since 2014, when voters passed a constitutional amendment to ensure a fair redistricting process. The result was a committee of members who are neither legislators nor public officials, and it was established to avoid partisan gerrymandering. But in a last ditch effort to counter the aggressive G.O.P. agenda, Gov. Kathy Hochul, along with a handful of other democratic governors, is willing...Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/home/nys-s-nonpartisan-mapping-process-makes-fight-against-texas-tougher-LL4926629https://www.ourtownny.com/news/chaos-on-morning-commute-due-to-subway-delays-caused-by-extreme-heat-outdated-system-HY4890229Corporate New Yorkers headed to their jobs Tuesday morning, July 29, still shaken from Monday’s horrific Midtown shooting. But chaos returned, as a power outage at the West 4th Street subway station resulted in a domino effect of delays. The cause? Extreme heat and a single tripped breaker. Bracing today’s severe heat advisory, commuters waited for their trains as a muffled voice on a loudspeaker announced the service disruption. First, the B/C trains were suspended in both directions, then the...Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/news/chaos-on-morning-commute-due-to-subway-delays-caused-by-extreme-heat-outdated-system-HY4890229https://www.ourtownny.com/news/chaos-on-morning-commute-due-to-subway-delays-caused-by-extreme-heat-outdated-system-HY4890229Corporate New Yorkers headed to their jobs Tuesday morning, July 29, still shaken from Monday’s horrific Midtown shooting. But chaos returned, as a power outage at the West 4th Street subway station resulted in a domino effect of delays. The cause? Extreme heat and a tripped breaker. Bracing today’s severe heat advisory, commuters waited for their trains as a muffled voice on a loudspeaker announced the service disruption. First, the B/C trains were suspended from both directions, then the M tra...Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/news/chaos-on-morning-commute-due-to-subway-delays-caused-by-extreme-heat-outdated-system-HY4890229https://www.ourtownny.com/news/uws-mourns-the-loss-of-malcolm-jamal-warner-a-beloved-actor-and-community-member-EI4864978Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the beloved actor who rose to fame as Theodore Huxtable on the hit sitcom, “The Cosby Show,” died on Sunday at 55. He reportedly drowned in the waters off the Caribbean coast while vacationing in Costa Rica. Warner starred in the beloved show for the entirety of its run, starting when he was merely 13 years old and ending at 21. It was during these pivotal years that Mr. Warner juggled his accelerating acting career with the demands of a prestigious high school. From 1984 t...Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/news/uws-mourns-the-loss-of-malcolm-jamal-warner-a-beloved-actor-and-community-member-EI4864978https://www.ourtownny.com/news/new-council-law-plans-to-double-number-of-public-restrooms-across-city-MJ4847781When you gotta go, you gotta go, and this is something the City Council doesn’t take lightly. On July 12, major strides were made towards increasing the accessibility of NYC public bathrooms. Legislation passed by the Council last month included a bill with a long-term citywide bathroom strategy. The bill, which has now officially been enacted into law, establishes a plan to increase the number of public bathrooms in NYC to 2,120 by 2035, requiring detailed updates from both active and planned i...Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/news/new-council-law-plans-to-double-number-of-public-restrooms-across-city-MJ4847781https://www.otdowntown.com/news/owner-battles-banks-trying-to-foreclose-on-her-2-chinatown-buildings-HI4820889Ping Cheung, known as Penny to her friends and neighbors, is a Chinatown resident and proprietor. She grew up in Guangzhou, China, but has lived in NYC for 45 years. She is the proud mother of a college graduate, and helped raise her own brothers, too, when their mother passed away. She scrubs bathrooms and sweeps hallways so that her tenants don’t have to, and makes sure to separate her buildings’ compost from recycling. And if nothing else, she always pays her mortgage on time. Cheung spent he...Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.otdowntown.com/news/owner-battles-banks-trying-to-foreclose-on-her-2-chinatown-buildings-HI4820889https://www.ourtownny.com/news/landslide-julie-menin-wins-cd5-dem-primary-is-council-speaker-on-the-horizon-JB4762139Incumbent Council Member Julie Menin reigned victorious over challenger and first-time candidate Collin Thompson, claiming 73 percent of first-choice votes for the 5th City Council District covering a huge swath of the Upper East Side. Menin ran on the issues of quality of life and affordability, public safety and sanitation, and improving public schools and early education, all of which resonate closely with the Upper East Side demographic. “We are in unprecedented and challenging times that re...Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/news/landslide-julie-menin-wins-cd5-dem-primary-is-council-speaker-on-the-horizon-JB4762139https://www.chelseanewsny.com/city-arts/why-have-one-career-when-you-can-have-two-a-lawyer-s-guide-to-classical-music-GM4709778Ian Carleton Schaefer is a conductor through and through. On the podium, he has to think a millisecond ahead of his ensemble. “How am I going to get the orchestra from piano to double forte?” With his clients, he applies that same logic. “How is what we do today going to set the precedent for what we do later?” The triple threat conductor, classical musician and labor and employment lawyer is a big believer in pursuing multiple callings. Having been brought up to seek a traditional career, Schae...Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.chelseanewsny.com/city-arts/why-have-one-career-when-you-can-have-two-a-lawyer-s-guide-to-classical-music-GM4709778https://www.ourtownny.com/news/historic-village-church-s-plan-for-new-mission-building-stirs-neighborhood-controversy-JM4680478Nestled in Hudson Street just a few blocks from the Hudson River sits the Church of St. Luke in the Fields. The Episcopal church has been a quintessential West Village gem—charming, historic, and iconic—since its construction in 1821. But the parish hall, which burned down in a 1981 fire, has yet to be rebuilt, and has left the church with four decades’ worth of limited space to conduct outreach programs that support the local community free of charge. On April 7, 2024, Mother Caroline Stacey pu...Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/news/historic-village-church-s-plan-for-new-mission-building-stirs-neighborhood-controversy-JM4680478https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/taste-of-the-west-side-postponed-due-to-zoning-issues-JG4668209The 15th anniversary of Taste of the West Side, a festival that features many of the West Side’s most iconic restaurants, has been postponed from the last weekend in May to the first weekend in October. According to Event Chairman Don Evans, the move was due to “local issues.” “There was a zoning issue regarding one of the spaces,” said Evans. “It had been at the school yard at 77th Street since the beginning, but when I spoke to the group of new teachers there, [they said] they’re working on on...Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/taste-of-the-west-side-postponed-due-to-zoning-issues-JG4668209https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/new-5g-cell-tower-plans-spark-controversy-on-uws-DL4481036A 32-foot 5G tower recently installed on the Upper West Side on Columbus Avenue between 94th and 95th streets–the first of four scheduled for the neighborhood–is stirring heated debate. Fourth Generation (4G) and Fifth Generation (5G) cellular technologies may be one generation apart, but 5G requires taller and denser infrastructure, according to the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI). In other words, for NYC residents, faster service entails larger, more overt cell towers. Council Me...Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/new-5g-cell-tower-plans-spark-controversy-on-uws-DL4481036https://www.otdowntown.com/news/over-2400-fines-handed-out-by-sanitation-for-compost-violations-some-council-members-object-MY4450680The city appears to be escalating its crackdown efforts against building owners who violate the new composting law even as some city council members are pushing a bill to scrap the law governing food scraps. The Department of Sanitation as of April 11, had issued 2,463 summonses citywide, DSNY spokesperson, Vincent Gragnani, told Straus News. The composting law became effective back in October, but it was not until April 1, 2025, that the Department of Sanitation began issuing monetary fines to...Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.otdowntown.com/news/over-2400-fines-handed-out-by-sanitation-for-compost-violations-some-council-members-object-MY4450680https://www.otdowntown.com/news/search-for-owner-of-tiny-pup-rescued-from-east-river-HF4421229On the foggy morning of March 30, a small, white dog with a pink harness was seen treading in the East River near the South Street Seaport. The NYPD received a 911 call for the dog at around 8:11 a.m. and the NYPD Harbor Units responded immediately, a police spokesperson told Straus News. Officers Jared Desalvo, Jenny Driscoll and Joe Pascone were dispatched to the scene, working together to locate the small pup, retrieve her from choppy waters and lift her onto the rescue boat. The dog was brou...Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.otdowntown.com/news/search-for-owner-of-tiny-pup-rescued-from-east-river-HF4421229https://www.ourtownny.com/news/protestors-take-to-tesla-s-meatpacking-showroom-to-object-against-elon-musk-JX4404913For the fifth week in a row, hundreds of people turned up at a Tesla Showroom in the Meatpacking District on March 29 to protest the cuts that Elon Musk and DOGE are making and in the latest several Democratic leaders were among the crowd. The protest in the West Village, was part of a nationwide Tesla Takedown campaign with demonstrations at over 200 showrooms nationwide with a goal of 500 worldwide, making it the largest anti-Tesla initiative to date. The billionaire was the largest political...Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ourtownny.com/news/protestors-take-to-tesla-s-meatpacking-showroom-to-object-against-elon-musk-JX4404913https://www.ourtownny.com/news/the-people-s-theatre-to-uplift-nyc-s-immigrant-community-JM4349029Located in the heart of Washington Heights, where locals revere their heated and enthusiastic domino games, sits the largest performing arts organization north of Harlem. The People’s Theatre, previously known as the People’s Theatre Project, is recognized for its mission of making theater for and with the immigrant community. This April, The People’s Theatre will debut their first production under its new name. Written by award-winning playwright Marco Antonio Rogriguez and directed by The Peop...Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.ourtownny.com/news/the-people-s-theatre-to-uplift-nyc-s-immigrant-community-JM4349029https://www.otdowntown.com/voices/marchers-rally-downtown-to-stand-up-for-science-AJ4308301“All the normal progress of science is being delayed,” said Dr. Marc Gartenberg, professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. “And this delay will affect our next generation of scientists.” On Friday, March 7, everyone from doctors to PhD candidates to energized allies saturated Washington Square Park as part of nation-wide “Stand Up for Science” rally. While the main event took place in Washington, D.C., there was an impressive turnout for the NYC demonstration. Abby Haber, 26, is a soon-to...Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.otdowntown.com/voices/marchers-rally-downtown-to-stand-up-for-science-AJ4308301https://www.ourtownny.com/features/people/emma-justus-honored-her-father-by-founding-club-care-CM4259510In many ways, Emma Justus is your typical 17-year-old girl. She loves hanging out with her dog, excels in school, and looks forward to for her beloved sleep-away camp each year. What you don’t see everyday, though, is someone her age running a multi-chapter organization that gives back to children and families affected by cancer. When she was just 11 years old, Emma’s father, David Justus, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer. He died two years later, in 2020. Losing a parent...Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.ourtownny.com/features/people/emma-justus-honored-her-father-by-founding-club-care-CM4259510https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/actress-michelle-trachtenberg-dies-suddenly-at-39-years-old-XK4279246Her blue, doe-eyed headshot and charming, sometimes-devious smile was a face most people recognized whether or not they could put a name to it. But her name was Michelle Trachtenberg, and on Wednesday Feb. 26, she was found dead at the young age of 39. Police responded to a 911 call at approximately 8:01 A.M. at 1 Columbus Place in the Midtown North Precinct. Officers found Trachtenberg unconscious and unresponsive, a police spokesperson told Straus News, and when EMS responded to the scene, she...Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/actress-michelle-trachtenberg-dies-suddenly-at-39-years-old-XK4279246https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/queen-maxima-of-the-netherlands-visits-anne-frank-the-exhibition-MA4277835Anne Frank the Exhibition, which honors Anne’s story and Jewish history at large at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, was visited by Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands on Feb. 25 morning. Led by Ronald Leopold, the Executive Director of the Anne Frank House, Queen Máxima was moved by the immersive recreation of the Annex where Anne and her family went into hiding for two years during World War II. During a time of rising antisemitism in the United States, one of the exhibiti...Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/queen-maxima-of-the-netherlands-visits-anne-frank-the-exhibition-MA4277835https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/w-train-subway-birth-is-being-called-a-miracle-but-was-it-HF4250944In the middle of a weekday, subways are typically filled with people going about their daily routines. Nina Burleigh, a journalist and professor, was doing just that. She was riding the W train, which she takes every week, to go teach a graduate journalism course at NYU. On Wednesday Feb. 12, everything was same-old. Get on the train, take it a few stops downtown and go teach a five-hour reporting seminar. That was the plan, at least, but then she heard a baby cry from the opposite end of the su...Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/w-train-subway-birth-is-being-called-a-miracle-but-was-it-HF4250944https://www.westsidespirit.com/city-arts/anne-frank-the-exhibition-brings-tragic-story-to-life-re-creating-the-famous-annex-FA4165052I look down at the sheet of glass that separates me and a large-scale map of Europe. Small red flags flood the region, each representing thousands of concentration and extermination camps. It’s an incredibly sobering experience, gingerly stepping across what felt like a memorial for six million Jews. Visitors can come in and out of the room, but the flags remain below the glass, pinned to their very last moments of survival. Never before has Anne Frank’s story been physically portrayed outside o...Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.westsidespirit.com/city-arts/anne-frank-the-exhibition-brings-tragic-story-to-life-re-creating-the-famous-annex-FA4165052https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/live-poultry-markets-across-nyc-face-temporary-shutdown-due-to-7-bird-flu-cases-XI4192154New York poultry markets are officially feeling the effects of the Avian flu, or bird flu. On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the temporary shutdown of all live bird markets across New York City as well as Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. “Out of an abundance of caution and to thwart any further transmission, we’re issuing a notice and order to temporarily shut down all live bird markets,” Hochul said during an Avian Influenza Public Health Briefing. Seven cases of bird flu have be...Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/live-poultry-markets-across-nyc-face-temporary-shutdown-due-to-7-bird-flu-cases-XI4192154https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/erik-bottcher-objects-to-dsny-s-proposed-new-rule-on-trash-bags-JI4192290The Department of Sanitation’s proposed rule regarding cleaner streets may be valuable in theory, but City Council member Erik Bottcher warns in a letter to the DSNY that it will bring about “unintended consequences that could negatively impact the cleanliness and livability of our neighborhoods.” The proposed rule would prohibit bagged trash on all sidewalks, both publicly and privately owned, in an effort to curb rat infestation and improve sanitation. Any entity that fails to comply with the...Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/erik-bottcher-objects-to-dsny-s-proposed-new-rule-on-trash-bags-JI4192290https://www.ourtownny.com/news/anne-kelemen-a-holocaust-survivor-celebrates-100th-b-day-with-bideawee-foster-pup-DI4192243“This little dog has given me so much pleasure. He has been the highlight of my birthday,” Anne Kelemen, a Holocaust survivor and longtime animal lover, told Bideawee on her 100th Birthday. Separated from her parents at just 14 years old, Kelemen left Vienna on the Kindertransport, a two-year rescue effort to save children, largely Jewish, from the Nazi invasion. She was brought to safety in England, where she picked up a job on a local farm and deepened her love for animals. When Kelemen immigr...Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.ourtownny.com/news/anne-kelemen-a-holocaust-survivor-celebrates-100th-b-day-with-bideawee-foster-pup-DI4192243https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/second-round-of-layoffs-at-publishers-clearing-house-will-hit-nyc-office-JB4146957Publishers Clearing House still plans to hand out $1.25 million in prize money next month even as it hands out pink slips to 50 employees, including a handful in its Chelsea office. News of the troubled sweepstakes company’s second round of layoffs in less than a year was contained in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification posted on Jan. 24 in Publishers Clearing House, LLC, which said that 50 of the company’s 184 current employees will be laid off. The layoff will hit the company’s Lon...Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/second-round-of-layoffs-at-publishers-clearing-house-will-hit-nyc-office-JB4146957https://www.ourtownny.com/news/mayor-adams-no-regret-about-skipping-mlk-day-in-nyc-for-trump-s-inauguration-DD4140335Mayor Eric Adams ditched Martin Luther King commemorations in New York City to make a dash to Washington D.C. in the wee hours of the morning on Jan. 20 but despite public backlash, including from some longtime supporters, he said he has no regrets. “We had a new president, and I’ve said it before, I’m not going to be warring with the president. I’m going to be working with the president. And that’s my responsibility as the mayor,” said Adams during an in-person media availability on Jan. 21. Pu...Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.ourtownny.com/news/mayor-adams-no-regret-about-skipping-mlk-day-in-nyc-for-trump-s-inauguration-DD4140335https://coopersquared.com/2024/10/20/prop-one-sparks-a-new-conversation-about-a-long-standing-struggle-for-equal-rights-in-new-york/In June of 1969, across the nation, all eyes were on the LGBTQ+ rioters outside Stonewall Inn. Police barricaded the bar while protesters fought back. It was intense. It was fierce. It was the start of the gay liberation movement.  Fifty-five years later, New York is experiencing somewhat of a déjà vu. Just blocks away from Stonewall, at Father Demo Square, a crowd gathered for yet another rally. “YES ON?” yelled Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine. “PROP One!” the crowd replied. “YES ON?” “...Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://coopersquared.com/2024/10/20/prop-one-sparks-a-new-conversation-about-a-long-standing-struggle-for-equal-rights-in-new-york/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/318302/uploads/96b37de0-a5ac-46b4-a6aa-ea00f3e625cf.pdfThe Oneida Nation of New York is a prominent representation of Native America’s ceaseless resilience in the face of colonist America. Despite the Oneida’s alliance during the Revolutionary War and years of federal treaties, New York state has continuously made purported land purchases in an effort to develop its non-Indian narrative. After two centuries of enduring illegal purchases and the dismissal of federal law, the Oneida are still contending for their land.Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/318302/uploads/96b37de0-a5ac-46b4-a6aa-ea00f3e625cf.pdf