Hundreds of new books — which featured stories about race, immigration, and LGBTQ+ lives — were found in the trash with sticky notes documenting their content.
An accomplished operatic singer, Ostrow is best known for the gay bathhouse where Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, and others launched their careers performing to naked gay men.
Musician Rich Pagano is honoring his son's legacy with a benefit concert for the Nic Pagano Scholarship Fund, which helps LGBTQ+ people pay for addiction treatment.
An advocacy group calls on Mayor Adams and Commissioner Caban to overturn the recommendation and decry continued obstruction and lack of accountability.