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Judge Declares Two Dogs “Dangerous,” Orders Surrender Within Three Days After UWS Attacks

Mike Mishkin October 23, 2025 Other No Comments

A Manhattan judge has now ruled that the dogs linked to the January and May attacks are "dangerous" under New Yorks Agriculture and Markets Law. Read More...

Upper West Siders Vote to Fund Tree Guards, School Upgrades, and Park Repairs

Mike Mishkin May 2, 2025 Other No Comments

The results are in: Upper West Siders have decided how to allocate more than $1 million in public funds through this year’s Participatory Budgeting (PB) process. Read More...

Silver Moon Bakery Announces Final Day

Mike Mishkin March 11, 2025 Other 5 Comments

In January, the owner of 2740 Broadway (at the corner of West 105th Street) filed a lawsuit Read More...

Friday: Vaccine, Mask + Test Giveaways

Mike Mishkin January 20, 2022 Other No Comments

On Friday, January 21, Goddard Riverside, State Senator Robert Jackson, and the Uptown Rising Intiative will be hosting a community vaccination event to distribute Moderna Read More...

NYC Headlines: Dolphin Sighting, Racial Justice Commission

Mike Mishkin March 24, 2021 Other 2 Comments

Here are some brief summaries of trending stories around NYC. Read More...

Open Streets for the Performing Arts

Mike Mishkin March 11, 2021 Other No Comments

Open Streets is expanding to the performing arts, and four streets on the UWS have been approved to host live shows, Patch first reported. Read More...

Our Bearded Barista Lives On In Our Hearts

Patricia Youngquist February 14, 2021 Other 1 Comment

One of our readers  recently reached out to tell us that longtime Starbucks barista William King passed away two weeks ago. King worked at the Read More...

A Second Barred Owl

Mike Mishkin November 21, 2020 Other, Community No Comments

There’s another one. The first barred owl was spotted in October at The Loch in Central Park (near 102nd Street). It immediately became the center Read More...

Rich People are Hiring Armed Guards for Potential Election Day Mayhem

Mike Mishkin October 30, 2020 Other 19 Comments

Fearing potential unrest on November 3, wealthy New Yorkers are hiring armed guards to protect them at their expensive apartment buildings on and after Election Read More...

UWS Takes Second Place with Number of Air Quality Complaints

Mike Mishkin July 24, 2020 Other 6 Comments

The Upper West Side has produced the second highest number of air quality complaints this year, Patch first reported. According to a recent study by Read More...