January 26, 2012 Weather: Rain/Snow, High of 43 Degrees.
Notices:
The Israeli Chamber Project, a group that met at Juilliard and has ties to the Upper West Side, makes its Carnegie Hall debut on Feb. 1. Mazel Tov! Tickets here.
News:
Police officer Rajinder Singh at the 20th Precinct on 82nd Street claims he was retaliated against because he didn’t meet quotas for quality of life summonses and stop-and-frisks, the highly criticized random searches that tend to target minorities. He’s filed a grievance that a board ruled is to arbitration despite the city’s objection. (NY Post)
Chinese conductor Long Yu was randomly punched in the face on West 70th and Columbus on Monday, the night before he was scheduled to lead a Chinese New Year’s concert with the New York Philharmonic. He chased the attacker down and slugged him back, then conducted the concert the next night with a shiner! (NY Times)
Longtime local Democratic leader Marc Landis has thrown his hat in the ring to succeed Gale Brewer as the Upper West Side’s rep in the City Council. (PoitickerNY)
A 24-year-old Jewish woman from the Upper West Side helps run one of the city’s most important Arab-American organizations in Brooklyn. (Tablet)
After we wrote about the attempt by some Alaskan legislators to turn Central Park into a wilderness area, the New York Times picked up the story and added some detail about the politicians’ motivation (basically to prove they should be allowed to drill oil in a wildlife refuge). We’ve updated our story too.
