The Peck Slip School is one of two schools that are adjacent to the toxic parking lot. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) What Lies Beneath the Blacktop? A grassroots community organization and a group of elected officials are not pleased with a proposed plan to investigate... News 20 Jan 2020 | 05:18
At the Columbus Circle rally, near Trump International Hotel. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Rise and Roar After three years, they’re still marching. Hundreds of protesters gathered for the fourth annual Women’s March in New York... Home 20 Jan 2020 | 01:30
Council Member Mark Levine. ( Photo courtesy of Council Member Mark Levine's campaign) Levine Launches Run for Borough President Council Member Mark Levine announced his candidacy to become the next Manhattan borough president last week, touting a record... News 17 Jan 2020 | 05:08
Alyse LaHue, Sky Blue FC general manager, after a match last season at Red Bull Arena. ( Photo: Sky Blue FC photographer Jesse Louie ) Welcome Home, Sky Blue FC Come springtime, New York City will have another professional sports team to call its own. After years of playing at Rutgers... News 13 Jan 2020 | 10:29
Fairway at 74th Street and Broadway. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Farewell to Fairway? As shoppers picked through produce outside the Upper West Side’s iconic Fairway Market Monday afternoon, they did so with... News 06 Jan 2020 | 05:33
Inspector Kathleen Walsh, commander of the 19th precinct, expects bail reform to contribute to an increase in larceny and robbery on the Upper East Side in 2020. ( Photo: David Noonan) Blowback to Bail Reform The new year has ushered in the end of cash bail for many nonviolent defendants in New York, which advocates say will also... News 06 Jan 2020 | 11:07
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed new safe streets legislation into law on Nov. 19, 2019, the latest step in the Administration's progress implementing Vision Zero. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Vision Zero's Bleak Year It was a challenging year under Vision Zero. For the first time since the street safety initiative was implemented in 2014,... Home 31 Dec 2019 | 12:15
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that Loree Sutton, MD, Brigadier General (Ret.), will step down as Commissioner of the Department of Veterans’ Services during an event on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on October 3, 2019. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Loree Sutton A General's Next Campaign After a decades-long career in the military, and the transient lifestyle that accompanied it, retired Army brigadier general... News 27 Dec 2019 | 02:59
A group of homeless people have set up an encampment on the corner of 73rd Street and Broadway in front of the North Face store on the Upper West Side. According to a concerned group of residents it’s one of the several spots in the neighborhood where they no longer feel safe. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Seeking Safer Streets Over the last year, Elizabeth Carr has witnessed a shift in her neighborhood on the Upper West Side. She and others have... News 20 Dec 2019 | 02:13
Tessa Majors in September 2019. ( Photo: Tessa Majors' Instagram) 'Violence Doesn't Belong Here' The Upper West Side has been shrouded in grief and candlelight in the days following the murder of first-year Barnard College... Home 16 Dec 2019 | 05:06
Tessa Majors in 2018. ( Photo: Tessa Majors' Instagram) Murder and Grief at Barnard A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Barnard College freshman, Tessa... Home 13 Dec 2019 | 04:45
20th Precinct Commander Timothy Malin addresses community residents at a meeting on Oct. 28. ( Photo: Courtesy of 20th Precinct via Twitter) A New Pattern of Crime Robberies have been on the rise this year on the Upper West Side, and police are now dealing with a common culprit for these... News 03 Dec 2019 | 10:25
Mark Diller (center) poses with board member Madelyn Innocent (right) and former member Genora Johnson (left). ( Photo courtesy of Community Board 7) A Focus on Empathy At the start of November, the members of Community Board 7 elected a new leader in Mark Diller, who took over from Roberta... News 25 Nov 2019 | 09:46
Ghost Block on First Avenue On the west side of First Avenue between 65th and 66th streets, an Irish pub, a nail salon, a Chinese-Japanese fusion restaurant,... News 18 Nov 2019 | 05:30
20th Precinct Commander Timothy Malin addresses community residents at the Oct. 28th meeting. ( Photo: Courtesy of 20th Precinct via Twitter) 'No Uptick in Crime' on UWS For residents of the Upper West Side who have been feeling anxious following a series of high-profile crimes in recent weeks,... News 05 Nov 2019 | 10:13
