https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/growing-outbreak-on-ues-59-now-infected-by-legionnaires-disease-IC6026596 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-17T13:52:32-04:00 Growing Outbreak on UES: 59 Now Infected by Legionnaires’ Disease https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-4805913_4-10916389_20260713151528.jpg A total of 31 buildings on the Upper East Side have tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease, including the Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue (above). Nearly 60 people have been infected. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/55379704127-3c79e045e3-k_4-10916417_20260713151339.jpg City Council Speaker Julie Menin (above) attended a July 7 town hall on the subject, where she pressed health officials about the progress of disease testing. https://www.westsidespirit.com/voices/tennis-scene-on-central-park-courts-still-going-strong-EE6035798 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-17T15:09:15-04:00 Tennis Scene on Central Park Courts Still Going Strong https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/yale-lang-tennis-coach_4-10927408_20260717133850.jpg Langley Danowitz gets a hands-on grip lesson from Yale Estrin a 91 1/2 year old tennis player who was once a tennis coach. He can be found on the Central Park tennis courts almost every weekday. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/angel-ortero_4-10933024_20260717133850.jpg Angel Otero, a tireless staffer at the Central Park Tennis Courts, helps to keep things running smoothly. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/entrance-to-tennis-house_4-10933027_20260717133852.jpg The entrance to the Tennis House in Central Park, where patrons can rent a day locker and use the shower for only $20/day. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/walker-plaque_4-10933030_20260717133852.jpg The Tennis House was erected in 1930 when Jimmy “Beau James” Walker was mayor and Walter Herrick was the Manhattan Parks Commissioner. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/horse-carriage-ban-edges-closer-after-9-hour-city-council-hearing-BE6035407 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-17T15:11:02-04:00 Horse Carriage Ban Edges Closer After 9 Hour City Council Hearing https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a5888_4-10929000_20260716125844.jpg The NY City Council’s Committee of Health held its first contentious hearing for “Romanch’s Law,” which would ban horse carriages in Central Park if passed, July 15. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a5854_4-10924962_20260716125839.jpg The Transportation Workers Union Local 100, which represents the carriage workers, maintained their position of “save the horses, save the park.” https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a5920_4-10929002_20260716125851.jpg City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who publicly supported the bill introduced by CM Christopher Marte (left), comforted the aunt of Romanch Mahajan, the teen who died after falling from a horse earlier this summer, on the steps of city hall. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a5982_4-10929003_20260716125854.jpg During the hearing, members of the Mahajan family, in-person and through Zoom, decried the horse carriage industry and pleaded for the bill to pass, to prevent further tragic accidents. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a5986_4-10929004_20260716125857.jpg The Committee of Health’s hearing was presided over by Chair Lynn Schulman. The bill is currently sponsored by 26 council members, which is the exact number required to pass. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a5958_4-10929005_20260716125901.jpg During their testimony, carriage workers raised concerns over the livelihoods of their horses and the transferring of the carriage workers to different industries if the bill is passed. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a5995_4-10929006_20260716125906.jpg Anti-carriage advocates teared up during the testimony of the Mahajan family. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a5896_4-10929001_20260716125847.jpg Actress Edie Falco, best known for her role as Carmela Soprano in the HBO hit “The Sopranos,” showed up to a pre-hearing rally in support of banning the horse carriages. Falco also later testified during the hearing itself. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3e0a6036_4-10929017_20260716130438.jpg Curtis Sliwa, a popular NYC Republican political figure, also attended and testified during the hearing in support of banning the carriage horse industry. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/msg-sues-wired-over-story-that-claimed-arena-kept-list-of-lgbtq-celebs-NJ6038429 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-17T18:43:56-04:00 MSG Sues Wired Over Story That Claimed Arena Kept List of LGBTQ Celebs https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/msg-jpg-10930199-10930199_4-10930199_20260717180020.jpg Madison Square Garden, the world’s most famous arena, sued the technology-focused magazine on July 16. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/manhattan-superheroes-no-more-marvel-comics-is-abandoning-the-city-NI6039078 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-19T02:16:02-04:00 Manhattan Superheroes No More: Marvel Comics is Abandoning the City! https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/spider-man_4-10934010_20260717171635.jpg Spider Man, long identified with the streets of New York, is heading to California, as Marvel’s comic book division joins the Marvel Studios in Burbank, CA., where parent company Walt Disney is based. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-17-at-1-38-39-pm_4-10932079_20260717133929.png Cover of Marvel Comics #1, the publisher’s first issue in 1939, fearing the android Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. It was written by Al Anderson, Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Paul Gustavson, and Ben Thompson. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-17-at-1-45-32-pm_4-10933141_20260717135800.png The 96th issue, The Amazing Spider-Man, published May 1971. Manhattan streets and NYPD are vividly on the cover, with Spirder-Man climbing buildings throughout NYC. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-17-at-1-55-25-pm_4-10933144_20260717135803.png Walt Disney Studios, located in Burbank, California. Marvel Comics will be joining its parents company by July 2027 with a relocation to the Left Coast. The move will impact about 100 employees in its New York comic book unit in Hell’s Kitchen.