Gale Brewer and Zohran Mamdani making their Memorial Day addresses at Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Gale Brewer & Zohran Mamdani Memorial Day Addresses, 2026 Following are Straus News’ exclusive transcripts, recorded on site, of the addresses given by Upper West Side City Council... News 01 Jun 2026 | 01:13
Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Gale Brewer speaking. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Memorial Day Wreath Laying Draws Crowd to Monument, Mamdani Too Unbowed by two prior days of rain and thankfully mistaken forecast of more, upwards of 1,000 people came to Riverside Drive... News 01 Jun 2026 | 10:21
The restoration of the Three Arts Club building began on May 8. ( Photo: Sarah Gassel) Restoration of Historic UWS Three Arts Club Building Breaks Ground The restoration of the historic Three Arts Club building broke ground on May 8, progressing on plans to turn the building... News 08 May 2026 | 03:24
The children of Ronnie Eldridge, son Daniel and daughters Lucy and Emily, recall their mother at a memorial service March 11 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, Alder Hall. Their mother, a UWS power broker and former city council member passed at the age of 95 on March 4. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Remembering Ronnie Eldridge: UWS Power Broker, Politician, Mom “Even her enemies liked her.” That’s how Gordon Davis, who worked alongside Ronnie Eldridge in the office of Mayor John Lindsay... News 16 Mar 2026 | 06:03
The front door of a women’s shelter on 160 West 74th Street that formerly housed one of the Calhoun School buildings that has drawn the ire of the local neighborhood. ( Photo: Isis O’Flynn-Shahaf) Angry Residents Vent Over Problem-Plagued Women’s Shelter on UWS Locals are complaining that the former Calhoun School building on West 74th St., which was turned into a women’s homeless... News 13 Mar 2026 | 01:49
At the northwest corner of W. 86th and Broadway, 22,000 square feet of valuable retail space sits empty; at the left, the subterranean former Gristedes, closed since 2017, at the right, an entrance no more for the space that had been Gap/Banana Republic stores, long vacant. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Empty Storefronts: Is Upper West Side Retail in Crisis? If Manhattan living is polytheistic then Real Estate is the ultimate god. That’s just one lesson learned as this longtime... News 16 Feb 2026 | 03:49
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
