Photo rendered by developers, displaying DeWitt Clinton Park CB4 Committee Examines Rezoning of Far West Side Apt Towers Near Hudson River Park Two luxury towers proposed for Hell’s Kitchen’s Far West Side received a tentative nod from a community board committee—but... News 16 Jan 2026 | 07:10
UWS City Council Member Gale Brewer is hosting another free children’s book fair on Jan. 25, after the success of an inaugural December 2023 edition (pictured above) and a January 2025 repeat. ( Photo: Gale Brewer’s Office ) Gale Brewer Predicts a Joyful Children’s Book Fair This Month Upper West Side City Council Member Gale Brewer is now accepting donations for a free children’s book fair that her office... Home 07 Jan 2026 | 02:14
Advocates have asked the Landmark Preservation Commission to reject a “hardship” application filed by the West Park Presbyterian Church’s congregation, which wants to sell the church (above) to a developer. ( Photo: Jack Ahern) Advocates Ask Landmarks Commish to Save West Park Presbyterian Church Various Upper West Side advocates asked the Landmarks Preservation Commission to reject the demolition of West Park Presbyterian... News 15 Dec 2025 | 03:03
The World’s Largest Menorah at Grand Army Plaza, Hanukkah, Dec. 14, 2025. ( Photo: Gregory Kirskopp Instagram) Hanukkah Menorah Lightings Bring Joy—& High Security—to City Thousands of New York Jews and their friends, as well as hundreds of security-bolstering NYPD cops, braved frigid cold and... News 15 Dec 2025 | 02:19
Daily News Union rally Oct. 29, 2025: left to right, News union rep Evan Simko-Bednarski, News Guild New York President Susan DeCarava, and City Council member Carmen De La Rosa, who chairs the Council’s labor committee. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Daily News Union Ratifies Contract with Owner, Alden Global Capital After three years without a contract, three politician-supported rallies this past summer and fall, and multiple other acts... News 20 Nov 2025 | 02:18
Once again Gale Brewer, the formidable UWS City Council member, drew no opponents in her race in CD6 on Nov. 4. ( Photo: Flickr / Wikimedia Commons) Brewer, Salaam Draw No Opponents, Win CD Races While Democrats cruised to victory up and down Manhattan, two City Council members had a particularly easy time. Gale Brewer... News 05 Nov 2025 | 03:18
Bridle path or parking lot? Hard to know. ( Photo: Jack Ahern) Traffic Jam on Central Park Bridle Path, Latest UWS Parking Uproar Upper West Siders are in an uproar over the veritable traffic jam of cars parked on the bridle path in Central Park in recent... News 03 Nov 2025 | 05:40
Michael McKee, an unrelenting tenant rights activist based out of Chelsea, has died of brain cancer at 85. ( Photo: Erik Bottcher, Instagram ) Formidable Tenant Activist Michael McKee Dies at 85 Michael McKee, a fiery tenant rights activist who helped cement various rental protections for residents throughout New York,... News 02 Nov 2025 | 07:43
JPMorganChase headquarters at 270 Park Ave. looking northwesterly. ( Photo: JPMorganChase) Finance Giant JPMorganChase Opens Stunning New Park Avenue HQ Shout it loud and proud, New Yorkers, JPMorganChase did it, officially opening their stunning new headquarters at 270 Park... News 26 Oct 2025 | 10:05
Families for Safe Streets descended on the office of City Council Member Gale Brewer on Oct. 10 to protest her decision to pull support for the so-called Daylighting bill. ( Photo: Finn Hartnett) Protesters Blast Brewer for Pulling Support for ‘Universal’ Daylighting Bill A dozen protestors and a handful of organizers from Families for Safe Streets railed against City Council member Gale Brewer... News 14 Oct 2025 | 02:06
Cover of “Plate and Switch: An Investigation of Vehicles Without New York State License Plates Across the Five Boroughs.” ( New York City Council) Ghosted! City Council Report Blasts Rampant License Plate Fraud A searing report published by the New York City Council in late August titled “Plate and Switch” is the most detailed look... News 05 Sep 2025 | 10:34
Pigeons congregating at West 96th Street, presumably waiting to be fed. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) End the W. 96th St. Pigeon-to-Rat Food Pipeline, Brewer Says A plaza across from the 96th St. 1/2/3 line subway station has been occupied by a devoted swarm of pigeons for years, seemingly... News 03 Sep 2025 | 09:54
Announcing the “Too Tough To Die” resolution at Foley Square, in front of the Lorenzo Pace sculpture “The Triumph of the Human Spirit.” ( Photo: Carmen DeLaRosa X) City Council Resolution Backing Daily News Union Introduced The three-years-long battle between the Daily News union and the newspaper’s hedge fund owners, Alden Global Capital, took... News 18 Aug 2025 | 06:42
Council Member Gale Brewer sent a team of interns to discover the true state of UWS and Central Park water fountains. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The Truth about UWS Water Fountains? Disheartening “It’s one thing to have the resource and another to be able to access it,” said Council Member Gale Brewer in her most recent... News 14 Aug 2025 | 04:56
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
