Former City Council Member Helen Rosenthal authored the NYC Salary Transparency Law. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Talking Equal Pay — And Salary Transparency Sometime after Helen Rosenthal, former City Council member, took her first job in the city, she learned something that stunned... News 01 Apr 2022 | 06:02
Construction on March 20. Photo: Lauren Trapanotto The Noise from East 90th Street If you live near 424 East 90th Street, you’ve probably had a migraine since December from the multiple hydraulic jackhammers... Voices 27 Mar 2022 | 01:14
Council Member Gale Brewer speaking at the memorial for Yao Pan Ma. Photo: Gale A. Brewer on Twitter Council Member Gale Brewer Returns to Her Beloved West Side Community It was a cold day when Gale Brewer arrived at the French Roast on Broadway and 85th Street to talk with me last week about... News 28 Jan 2022 | 02:25
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer on election night with supporters. Photo courtesy of Brewer’s campaign ‘The West Side is in My Bones’ Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer looks to be returning to her former seat on the City Council after declaring victory... News 23 Jun 2021 | 04:46
Scott Stringer campaigning in Harlem. Photo via Scott Stringer on Twitter Stringer Losing Support Amid Allegations Scott Stringer’s campaign for mayor is in a state of crisis after a former campaign worker claimed Stringer sexually assaulted... News 03 May 2021 | 11:31
200 Amsterdam Avenue, Feb. 2020. Photo: Alexis Gelber Controversial Tower Can Keep Its Top Floors The controversial high-rise at 200 Amsterdam Ave can keep all 52 of its stories, a state appeals court ruled this week –... News 05 Mar 2021 | 05:01
Dan Miller and Kyle Dontoh of Open New York at a press conference at the Lucerne Hotel in September. Photo: Alexis Gelber Grassroots Group Eyes Progress Amid Lucerne Activism At one of the recent press conferences about the Lucerne homeless shelter saga on the Upper West Side, the crowd included... News 04 Oct 2020 | 04:22
State Assembly Member Dick Gottfried (center) at the Lucerne on Sunday, Sept. 13 with Council Member Helen Rosenthal (right) and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (left of Gottfried). Photo: Richard Gottfried on Twitter A Freeze on Homeless Hotels Mayor de Blasio said Monday he was temporarily freezing the plan he had agreed to just last week to abandon use of the Lucerne... News 14 Sep 2020 | 09:12
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams at the Wednesday morning press conference at The Lucerne. Photo: Alexis Gelber Homeless to Leave Lucerne Updated on Sunday, Sept. 13: Faced with a continuing outcry from some Upper West Siders, the de Blasio administration said... Home 08 Sep 2020 | 09:58
The Belleclaire Hotel on Broadway. Photo: Eden, Jim and Janine, via flickr Hotels for the Homeless Spark New Controversy Since March, hotels on the Upper West Side have been closed to regular bookings due to the pandemic. In an effort to protect... News 31 Jul 2020 | 06:47
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, October 2019. ( Photo: 1103 NYC, via flickr) Should the Beaches Open? As temperatures begin to rise and summer is around the corner, the question remains will NYC open its beaches amid COVID-19?... News 25 Apr 2020 | 06:57
Back to Work They Go A slew of Manhattan politicians had to cut their victory lap short last week when their proclaimed triumph over the 200 Amsterdam... News 09 Mar 2020 | 01:29
City Council candidate Seth Rosen has lived on the Upper West Side for 20 years. ( Photo: Courtesy of Seth 2021) An LGBTQ Voice for the UWS? He’s never run for public office or served as an elected official, yet Seth Rosen, a 20-year resident of the UWS, is hoping... News 28 Feb 2020 | 03:20
Olive Freud (left), president of the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at Monday's press conference. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) 'Off With the Floors!' Olive Freud had reason to celebrate on Monday morning. After spearheading a years-long neighborhood campaign against the... News 17 Feb 2020 | 03:34
Vacant storefronts were the topic at the crowded meeting on the Upper West Side. ( Photo: Nick Smith-Koblitz) An SOS for Local Shops The grassroots advocacy group UWS Save our Stores, aptly referred to as “SOS,” hosted its first town hall meeting on “Vacant... News 09 Dec 2019 | 10:52
