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A new recreation and fitness area intended for tweens and younger adults opened in Riverside Park at 76th Street this week, and it’s just what the neighborhood ordered — literally.

Last week, the City Council voted to approve a text amendment to the New York City zoning code, restricting the size and placement of “mechanical voids,” oversized

Will the Upper West Side be one day filled with vegan taco trucks, momo carts, or Thai on wheels?

NYC's Participatory Budgeting program lets Upper West Siders vote to decide how Council Members Helen Rosenthal and Mark Levine will each spend $1 million on community improvement projects. 

For years before Columbia University Dean Peter Awn was hit by a vehicle at 116th Street and Claremont Avenue in January, residents

Earlier this fall, sharp-eyed West Side Rag reader Brennan Szabo noticed something missing on West 111th Street between Broadway and Riverside. Two parking spaces that had

Bus-riders, bike-riders, straphangers, pedestrians and drivers all seem to agree on one thing: it’s no picnic getting around the city these days.

Council Member Mark Levine, who represents sections of the Upper West Side, West Harlem and Washington Heights, is holding a town hall meeting

Council Member Mark Levine, who reps a section of the Upper West Side, gathered thousands of pounds of items for children separated

Mark Levine, a City Council member who represents sections of the Upper West Side and neighborhoods to the North, is accepting

Democrats Helen Rosenthal and Mark Levine were well on their way to winning second terms in the City Council shortly after polls closed

Helen Rosenthal fought off two challengers in the Democratic primary for City Council District 6 on Tuesday, winning by a large margin.

Councilman Mark Levine is pushing a bill to let owners of electric vehicles park at muni-meters for free on Saturdays. That could lead to substantial

A Jewish man offended by the language used by a candidate for City Council posted flyers near the candidate's office on Columbus and 105th Street this week.

Local politicians and Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance are holding a forum on Thursday night to discuss recent hate crimes and what community

Councilman Mark Levine is pushing the city to install a new crosswalk and traffic signal on 106th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenue, a

There's been a cap on food cart licenses since the 1980's, and advocates for the cart owners say that's reduced opportunities

Local council members are looking for ideas for spending $1 million in the neighborhood. The latest round of "Participatory Budgeting" has begun.

The Trump name is on several buildings and public concessions on the Upper West Side, and now some people want it erased.

Starting this week, locals can vote on which suggested neighborhood projects should get a piece of the $1 million allocated to each council district for a program called "Participatory Budgeting."