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We recently received another note from Gale Brewer's office identifying places on the Upper West Side that are still accepting donations for Hurricane Sandy victims:

September 5, 2012 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 82 Degrees.

Tired of impassioned letters and speeches that fall on deaf ears, a crowd of 100 or so people at a Community Board 7 meeting on Tuesday night called for more aggressive action to remove two homeless shelters from buildings on West 95th Street. The shelters were opened in the middle ...

August 21, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 83 Degrees

A few years ago the city passed a law that makes stores close their doors when they have the air conditioning on. Leaving the doors open wastes energy and puts the city at higher risk for a blackout. But stores leave their doors open anyway, and there is almost no ...

We reported a few days ago that the Department of Homeless Services has approved a plan to place homeless shelters in two buildings at 316 and 330 West 95th Street. The community had no opportunity to review the plans, and they have proven very controversial. The 200 homeless families that ...

The election to succeed Councilwoman Gale Brewer is not for more than a year, but the four candidates who have already announced their intention to run have been raising money in a rush. To qualify for city matching funds for the primary, candidates can't spend more than $124,450. All of ...

The City Council approved a plan to rezone a large swath of the Upper West Side late Thursday night by a vote of 49-2. The plan, supported by the mayor, will limit the size of storefronts on Broadway, Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue above 72nd Street, and limit banks in ...

The city has created three commercial parking zones on West End Avenue to keep trucks from double-parking on the avenue. But what seems like a modest proposal is upsetting some locals, who consider it a first step to turning West End into a more commercial district. The Department of Transportation ...

April 13, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 67 Degrees.

Councilwoman Gale Brewer testified on Wednesday before the city Planning Commission in favor of a rezoning plan that would force landlords to keep Upper West Side storefronts small, limiting the neighborhood's big-box stores. Brewer said she had letters of support from 76 local businesses and she presented a petition with ...

The city has drafted a plan to rezone much of the Upper West Side to keep the neighborhood's storefronts small. The ambitious plan would make sure that most stores take up less than 40 feet of sidewalk space, thus keeping big box stores from gobbling up retail space and keeping ...

February 21, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 47 Degrees.

January 18, 2012 Weather: Windy, High of 39 Degrees.

January 6, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 47 Degrees.

Just a little over a year go, a debate over whether to bestow landmark status upon West-Park Presbyterian Church devolved into name-calling and angry graffiti. The outside of the church on 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue was serving as an inadequate shelter for homeless people, and the congregation was holding ...

Dozens of Upper West Siders trying to attend a meeting with city, state and national politicians at the JCC on Monday were turned away at the door because the meeting room was already too packed. People started lining up for the 6 p.m. meeting at 5 p.m.

November 17, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 48 Degrees.

October 21, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 57 Degrees.

Bicycles may be mostly peaceful instruments, but talking about bicycles is a full-contact sport on the Upper West Side. On Tuesday night, the DOT presented stats for the Columbus Avenue protected bike lanes from 77th to 96th Street, claiming that since the lanes were installed the avenue has had 34% ...