The future of Manhattan College’s former Overlook Manor may be as an asylum seeker migrant housing facility based on a letter provided to The Riverdale Press and a building permit posted on the city buildings department website. more

The Riverdale Neighborhood House will be location for a unique town hall Saturday, Dec. 3, that will focus on the intersection of the legal system and mental health. more

Marble Hill Houses is among 23 NYCHA apartment buildings that are part of $24.1 million in safety and security upgrades, the New York City Housing Authority announced Monday. more

An estimated 290,000 people filled up the National Mall in Washington, D.C., last Tuesday, including local electeds and SAR students, in what is being called the largest pro-Israel march in U.S. history. Those there stood in solidarity with Israel in combating antisemitism and demanding the release of more than 200 hostages in Gaza. more

While a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was reached Tuesday night, Democrats in New York City had been  showing a schism in support for such action. more

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a legislative package, consisting of four pieces of legislation, intended to ensure tenants’ safety during certain emergencies. Among those four bills packaged together and signed on Nov. 17, was one sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Shelley Mayer. more

Union faculty and adjuncts held a rally on Lehman College campus last Thursday where they delivered a petition for a “fair” contract to President Fernando Delgado. more

Under current New York state law, perpetrators accused of rape can use intoxication as a defense when victims voluntarily become inebriated. more

Incumbent city Councilman Eric Dinowitz has been reelected to a second term, unofficial results show. more

This year’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Van Cortlandt Park’s Memorial Grove was a little bit more special because a resolution was recently passed to designate November as New York city’s first ever “Veteran Appreciation Month.” more