This site is the online home of the weekly print publication, The New York Observer. The website is updated 'throughout the day'. The main categories are found in the left sidebar and include 'Politics', 'Media', 'Culture', 'Real Estate', 'Travel, 'Food & Drink', 'The Daily Ransom', 'The Commercial Observer', 'PolitickerNJ', 'VSL', 'Observer Playground' and 'NY Fi'.
Links listed under the headings of 'News' and 'People' lead to topic pages with external links to related stories on other news source websites. These external sources include The New York Times, The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, Crain's New York Business.com, Suzanne's Files on Spire.com and others. 'Observers' list the publication's writers and the linked names lead to articles written by the selected writer.
Select article from the most recent print publication are available online. Users may access subscriber services, classified ads, advertising information and site policies via links found at the bottom of most site pages. Registered users may leave comments on articles. For those users not registered an option to log in with his or her Facebook account is offered. Other article options include viewing the story on a single page, printing the article, or sharing the article via email or social networking sites.