Category: Community

Head Scratch Fever: Curtis Sliwa Brings Cat to Vote, then Jams Machine

Bobby Panza November 3, 2021 Community 11 Comments

Republican Mayoral Nominee Curtis Sliwa attempted to bring his cat Gizmo to the voting booth with him on Tuesday. The scene unfolded at Frank McCourt Read More...

Upper West Side Mom Campaigns to End School Masking Mandate

Mike Mishkin November 2, 2021 Community 31 Comments

An Upper West Side mom named Natalya Murakhver recently launched a campaign with the aim of ridding NYC of its school-masking mandate, the New York Read More...

Most Read Stories, October 2021

Mike Mishkin November 1, 2021 Community No Comments

Here were our biggest stories in October, according to you. Read More...

20th Precinct Meets to Discuss Vaccine Mandate, Recent Crime

Bobby Panza October 29, 2021 Community 4 Comments

Some of it was magic, some of it was tragic. At the 20th Precinct on Thursday at 7pm, citizens, police officers and Captain Zuber came Read More...

The Lucerne Hotel Reopens

Mike Mishkin October 29, 2021 Community 13 Comments

The Lucerne Hotel, located at 201 West 79th Street, served as a temporary shelter for almost 300 homeless men for close to a year. Following Read More...

Upper West Side Mom’s COVID-Friendly Halloween Scavenger Hunt Back by Popular Demand

Mike Mishkin October 29, 2021 Community 1 Comment

Soon after the pandemic reached NYC last year, one of Elizabeth Flisser Rosman’s kids asked her when it would be over. Rosman replied, “don’t worry, Read More...

Shooting Near McDonald’s on West 71st Street

Bobby Panza October 28, 2021 Community 18 Comments

At roughly 3:45pm on Thursday, October 28, a man in his 70s was shot, the bullet grazing his leg by the McDonald’s by Broadway and Read More...

Video: Sliwa Supporters Rally Outside ABC

Bobby Panza October 27, 2021 Community 6 Comments

The Upper West Side got a little show outside ABC Studios on Tuesday, October 26, with supporters of Republican Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa assembling to Read More...

Missed Connection: You Saved My Boyfriend’s Life

Mike Mishkin October 26, 2021 Community 3 Comments

On Tuesday, October 19 between 12:08 and 12:45pm, a man (who we’ll call Ryan) began to suffer from a full cardiac arrest while walking down Read More...

Learning Through Play: Rutgers Community Programs

E.L. Danvers October 26, 2021 Sponsored, Community No Comments

“Play is the beginning of knowledge.” Rutgers Community Programs adopted this motto from anthropologist George Dorsey and has built its foundation on this principle. Children Read More...