Category: Community

Man Sentenced to 20 Years in State Prison for 2023 Rape on Upper West Side

Mike Mishkin December 20, 2024 Community 3 Comments

Manhattan D.A. Bragg has announced the 20-year prison sentence of Jamel McIver, 31, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to raping a 21-year-old woman in Read More...

New and Coming Soon: Tsumo, PurewaxNYC, FamilySearch Center, AlterNative, HEYTEA

Mike Mishkin December 20, 2024 Community No Comments

PurewaxNYC recently opened on the second floor at 53 West 72nd Street (between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue). Read More...

Mayor Adams Calls for Accountability on Crime and Housing at Upper West Side Town Hall

Bobby Panza December 19, 2024 Community 6 Comments

It was a packed house in the basement of Goddard Riverside on Columbus Avenue this week, as Mayor Eric Adams visited the Upper West Side Read More...

Security Guard at Migrant Center Indicted for Abusing 8- and 10-Year-Old Girls

Mike Mishkin December 18, 2024 Community No Comments

Manhattan D.A. Bragg has announced the indictment of 38-year-old Oscar Delgado, the security guard who was arrested last month for sexually abusing two children living Read More...

Fatal Fire at Senior Housing Facility Claims Life of 78-Year-Old Man

Bobby Panza December 14, 2024 Community No Comments

A total of 20 units, comprising 78 fire and EMS personnel, responded to a call just before 7:30 a.m. on Saturday at 111 West 71st Read More...

Join the 125th Christmas Bird Count in Central Park!

Matthew Rosenbaum December 13, 2024 Community No Comments

The 125th annual Christmas Bird Count is taking place this weekend in Central Park. Read More...

Community Board 7 Discusses New Business Improvement District to Brighten Up Broadway

Brendan Mohler December 13, 2024 Community 5 Comments

The Upper West Side’s northern stretch of Broadway, the site of many commercial vacancies, might be getting some much needed love. Read More...

Young Man Attacked, Robbed By Three Strangers

Mike Mishkin December 9, 2024 Community No Comments

A young man was physically attacked and robbed by three strangers this weekend. Read More...

Elderly Man Discovered Lying on Scaffolding After Fall from UWS Building: Police

Mike Mishkin December 8, 2024 Community 1 Comment

Police on Friday received a call about an individual who had fallen ‘from an elevated position’ at a building on the Upper West Side. Read More...

The 44th Anniversary of John Lennon’s Death

Patricia Youngquist December 8, 2024 Community, Celebrities No Comments

November 22 marked the 59th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. News coverage at that time was obviously very different than it Read More...