Stable Instability

Stable Instability

Late Sunday night, news broke that Mayor de Blasio had hammered out an agreement with the Horse Carriage operators that would keep many of them in NYC.  As the details have begun to unfold, so has the outrage. Under the proposal, the number of horses will reduce...
Paying for it

Paying for it

Late last year, Upper West Sider Max Frankel posted a curious thought piece in the New York Times Op-Ed “Make Them Pay for Park Views”. His argument was that developers are making vast sums as they “enrich themselves by exploiting weak zoning rules...
Shapiro gets a fifth bite at the apple

Shapiro gets a fifth bite at the apple

An ever-growing roster of neighbors were joined by dozens of former congregants from the Crenshaw Christian Center East (CCCE) and their (now) Atlanta Georgia-based Pastor Terry and Mrs. Lynda Starks at yesterday’s fourth Board of...
New York Times Discovers the Upper West Side

New York Times Discovers the Upper West Side

Image: Karsten Moran, New York Times Have you ever wondered what it’s like living in the West 80’s on the Upper West Side? Residents describe the area as “magical” yet “cozy” in an article in the New York Times. This area of the...