Left: Daily News reporter Kerry Burke. Right: NewsGuild President Susan DeCarava. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Daily News Union Rallies for Contract, Decries Hedge Fund Ownership Dozens of Daily News workers–there aren’t many more than that– and more than 100 friends and allies, including a clutch of... News 21 Jul 2025 | 01:32
Councilwoman Gale Brewer, prime sponsor of Local Law 93, the water fountain bill, which will add 50 public water fountains in city parks, but it has a very long lead time. ( Photo: City Council Media Unit) 50 New Water Fountains in Public Parks will Have Spigots to Refill Water Bottles for 1st Time New water fountains to be installed near the entrance of 50 public parks across the city will be required to contain both... News 17 Jul 2025 | 01:18
Left: Enthused Manhattan Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura in red cap, with her boss Iris Rodriguez-Rosa in blue clapping. Right: Goatham 2025 winner, Mallomar! ( Photos: Brian Berger, Riverside Park Conservancy) Goats Return to Riverside Park for Summer Chomp Jobs More than a thousand goat lovers and other friends of flora and fauna descended on a verdant field at Ten Mile River Playground... News 14 Jul 2025 | 10:54
Various stakeholders posing in front of a new elevator at the 66th Street-Lincoln Center subway station. They include MTA Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo (center), City Council Member Gale Brewer (far left), and State Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (next to Brewer). ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) MTA Touts Remade Elevators at 66th St.-Lincoln Center Station There are two brand-new elevators at the 66th Street-Lincoln Center station, replacing the out-of-date pair that stood there... News 11 Jul 2025 | 09:42
Another diagram of Extell’s proposed 90-story tower. Extell’s 1,200-Foot-Tower Plan on W. 66th St. a New Flashpoint In recent weeks, plans have been publicized, revealing a proposed supertall residential skyscraper at 77 W. 66th St. The... News 07 Jul 2025 | 04:13
The JCC Marlene Meyerson Center recently held a scam-prevention training, in order to help senior citizens ward off scams such as phishing attacks (overlaid photo top right corner). ( Photo: Jack Ahern/Wikimedia Commons ) Scammers Are Targeting Seniors...Here’s How To Ward Them Off Scams are as present as always these days, and can target any of us no matter how savvy we are. Unfortunately, however, scammers... News 06 Jun 2025 | 05:56
At the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument with the United States Marine Corps Band. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Brings Many Hundreds to Soldiers & Sailors Monument Many hundreds of celebrants and patriots, civilians and military personnel alike, came to the Upper West Side on Monday morning,... News 30 May 2025 | 04:15
USN Rear Admiral Alexis “Lex” T. Walker and Council Member Gale Brewer, Soldiers & Sailors Monument, May 26, 2025. ( Photo: Gale Brewer Facebook) Gale Brewer’s Memorial Day Address 2025 May 26, 2025 I thank Peter Galasinao and Neil Berson of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Association as well as John Herrold... Voices 28 May 2025 | 11:30
NYPD continues its blitz of writing criminal summonses for bikers who violate traffic laws. A poster on r/NYCbike spotted this action near W. 43rd St. on May 20. ( Photo: u/mrEddieNunez) Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions Less than a month into the NYPD’s program to issue criminal summonses to bicyclists who violate traffic laws with infractions... News 20 May 2025 | 03:57
At a weekly meeting of the planning committee of Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, performers Miguel Loyola and Toni Renee Taylor, romped at theater's entrance after raiding its costume collection. They will both be performing at this year’s festival which runs from May 23 to 25. ( Photo by Jonathan Slaff) Lower East Side of the Arts Marks 30 Years of Creativity and Civic Commitment This Memorial Day Weekend, the Theater for the New City (TNC) will once again transform its historic space at 155 First Avenue... News 20 May 2025 | 01:54
Judith Jamison, shown here in Facets, a solo created for her by choreographer John Butler. The dance legend started with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater after Ailey himself spied her at the World’s Fair in 1964, when she was 21. After Alvin Ailey passed, she became the world-renowned dance troupe’s artistic director for 21 years. ( Photo: Jack Mitchell) NYC Honors the Late Dancer Judith Jamison, with a Proclamation and Her Own Day The late Judith Jamison, a transformative figure in modern dance at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, was honored with... News 15 May 2025 | 08:26
The Lillian Weber School of the Arts will get $300,000 for renovated restrooms, under the participatory budgeting vote, the results of which were recently released for Gale Brewer’s UWS Council district. It was one of a number of school projects along with wall repair on Riverside Park, that will split the $1 million pot among themselves. ( Photo: Google Maps ) 3 School ACs, 2 Restrooms & Riverside Park Wall Get Funded Five different community-proposed projects will get to spilt $1 million among themselves, after the participatory budget... News 12 May 2025 | 05:14
Months after the old time-and-temperature display stopped working, Apple Bank unveiled a brand new display at an April 28 ribbon cutting, which also celebrated the bank’s 162nd anniversary. ( Photo: Kelly Garreau) Just in Time (and Temp): Apple Bank’s Display Is Back on UWS Residents on the UWS can once again set their clocks based on the digital time-and-temperature display atop the façade of... News 30 Apr 2025 | 12:31
On April 6, from noon to 3 p.m., City Council Member Gale Brewer will host a “participatory budgeting” pop-up at the American Museum of Natural History’s south entrance. The first 200 voters get a ticket to a free movie at the museum, valid for one year. ( Photo: American Natural History Museum ) Participatory budgeting With a $1 Million Pot to Divvy Up, UWS ‘Participatory Budgeting’ Voting Begins As “participatory budgeting” voting gets underway, from March 29 to April 6, Upper West Siders living in City Council Member... News 28 Mar 2025 | 02:36
City Councilmember Gale Brewer has released a map of 65 faulty streetlights in her district. A few of the 65 were outright missing. The data was gathered in a volunteer survey. ( Photo: Gale Brewer) Volunteers Identify 65 Faulty or Missing UWS Streetlights Volunteers working on behalf of City Councilmember Gale Brewer have identified 65 nonfunctional streetlights on the Upper... News 25 Feb 2025 | 03:17
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