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Museum Row Groper Sought by NYPD The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a groping on the Upper East Side. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice September6, 2024 Follow @x NEW YORK - Cops are looking for a “bug eyed” groper who is suspected of grabbing a woman on a bus near Museum Row.  At around 3 pm on August 27, a 29-year-old woman was riding aboard an M103 bus on East 86th Street. Cops said a man walked up behind the rider and grabbed her buttocks. He got off the bus and ran eastbound on East 86th Street.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect take from inside the bus at the time. The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and slim build. He was last seen wearing a knitted black hat with a black t-shirt with the words “Grand Cannon, get elevated," blue jeans, and black sneakers with white soles. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at...

Perv Spanks it at Grand Central Station The NYPD is looking for this man, whom cops said, exposed himself and committed a lewd act at Grand Central Station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice September 5, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a pair of pervs who exposed themselves to female subway riders in two separate incidents. At around 8:45 am on August 23, a 24-year-old woman was standing on the northbound platform of the F Train. Cops said the woman looked over and saw a man exposing himself and performing a lewd act.  When the train came the woman jumped onboard the train but he followed her. The victim pulled out her cellphone and took a photo of the alleged perv. The suspect fled the train at the next stop.  The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a lewd act performed on a subway platform. -Photo by NYPD The suspect is described as a male between the ages of 30 and 35. He is 5 foot 6 with a medium build and a medium co...

Bureau agents showed up at the Harlem townhouse of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Queens home of Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice Philip Banks III, two of the mayor's closest operatives. By Greg B. Smith , Katie Honan , Gwynne Hogan , and Samantha Maldonado Sep 5 12:52pm EDT This story was originally published in THECITY. Want more reporting from THE CITY? Sign up for Scoop , our free weekday newsletter, to have our latest news delivered right to your inbox. Follow @x NEW YORK - A posse of FBI agents early Wednesday raided the homes of three of the highest ranking members of Mayor Eric Adams' administration, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Schools Chancellor David Banks and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks III, sources familiar with the situation told THE CITY. Agents showed up around 5 a.m. at the Hamilton Heights townhouse of Wright and David Banks, while simultaneously descending upon Philip Banks' brick and clapboard single fam...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy App Improves Anxiety in Young Adults This article was originally published by NewYork Presbyterian Hospital. Follow @x NEW YORK - Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian found that a self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app, called Maya, significantly reduced anxiety in young adults struggling with mental health challenges. The decrease in anxiety symptoms was clinically and statistically significant at six weeks and continued at the 12-week follow-up period with improvement levels similar to anxiety medication studies. The study, published Aug. 20 in JAMA Network Open, looked at how young adults ages 18 to 25 would respond to CBT from an app called Maya, which Weill Cornell Medicine researchers began developing in 2019 in collaboration with members of Weill Cornell Information Technologies & Services.   CBT is a gold standard psychotherapeutic intervention that provides users with skills to support them in ...

Helping New Yorkers Keep Their Money - Adams Says New York City Mayor Eric Adams launches a citywide “Money in Your Pockets” initiative to help New Yorkers screen for or learn about more than 70 city, state, and federal programs that can make life in New York City more affordable, in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem on August 26, 2024. -Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams Community OpEd September 3, 2024 Follow @x   NEW YORK - New York is a city that works for our people, with resources available to help hard-working residents afford the cost of housing, child care, health care, transit, and more.  But all too often, the New Yorkers most in need of these programs are not aware that they qualify for them and don’t take advantage of the benefits they are entitled to.    That is why our city is taking important steps to make sure New Yorkers know how to get the support they need and deserve with our new “Money in Your Pocket”...