Ever wonder why New York's politicians freak out over snowstorms? The blizzard of 1969 not only paralyzed NYC but it nearly ended Mayor John Lindsay's career.
On February 5, 1934, the NYC taxi strike spiraled out of control, leading to violent confrontations across the city between drivers and police.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQzUsXAraM New York City’s simmering racial tensions periodically erupt after traumatic events like the death of Eric Garner. On February 4,
In honoring the civil rights movement, we sometimes forget the battles that took place in northern cities like New York. Today in
New Yorkers have been agitators and disrupters from the start, even back when New Amsterdam was just a small settlement
Late 1860s NYC was in the clutches of Tammany Hall run at the time by notorious Boss Tweed. Lawyers fight back establishing the Bar of the City of NY in 1870
On this day in 1798, the Park Theater opened with Shakespeare's "As You Like It". Prostitutes worked in the balcony during performances.
On January 16, 1919 in NYC history, Prohibition came into effect. The 18th Amendment was ratified, making “intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes" illegal.
The Astor Library, today the Joseph Papp Public Theater, was one of the first important public libraries in NYC, built on Lafayette Street near Astor Place.
Mayor Fernando Wood motioned to have Manhattan secede from the union and become a free and independent city.