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The new book The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare (Kent State University Press, 2021) by George R. Dekle looks at the Jack-the-Ripper-style murder of a woman in a New York City brothel, dealing with issues of alleged police misconduct, false conviction, racism, and illegal immigration. [Read more…] about The East River Ripper: A Mysterious 1891 Jack-the-Ripper-Style Murder
The Historic Districts Council (HDC), New York City’s advocate for all its historic neighborhoods, has announced that its Executive Director Simeon Bankoff has stepped down to pursue new opportunities.
The Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group (BNHG) has announced “The 97th Street Greenmarket: Changes and Challenges,”a presentation on the Bloomingdale greenmarket movement set for Wednesday, September 22nd. 
On September 11th, 2021, the traditional Last Night of the (BBC) Proms took place at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Away from the usual and rather bizarre jingoism, this performance was memorable for the “revolutionary” introduction of an accordion on stage.
The Nassau County Historical Society will host “Long Island Dirt: Recovering our Buried Past through Historical Archaeologies,” a talk on the archaeology of the two Native American Indian reservations on 
The most recent episode of Empire State Engagements features a conversation with Dr. Michael B. Boston of SUNY Brockport about his revisionist work on the business strategy of Booker T. Washington and his efforts to increase African-American entrepreneurship in New York City, the subject of Dr. Boston’s latest article for the academic journal New York History. 
