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Another 90 people facing misdemeanor and felony charges arrested inside barricaded buildings still have cases pending before the court.

What would Tom Hayden do?

A rally questioning masks, vaccines, and even the existence of the pandemic, took place on Sunday afternoon on the corner of 92nd Street and Broadway

Columbus Circle has been closed to traffic as protesters have gathered in the area to stand against a rumored march by Proud Boys and other far-right Trump supporters.

A protest wound through the Upper West Side around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, calling out Black Lives Matter chants. "They were playing messages over a bull horn and DJ noises

Attorney General Letitia James asked for testimony last week about the police response to demonstrations in New York. NY1 gathered some of that testimony, including

Upper West Siders in some areas of the neighborhood have continued a nightly ritual of advocating for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Davide Cagno-Hagen, a lifelong Upper West Sider who is now 30, walked around the neighborhood in recent days and snapped photos of the signs supporting Black Lives Matters protests.

We wanted to see how curfew-ignoring locals and the NYPD were doing after a tumultuous week and a wearying three months of Covid-19 isolation.  

Protests have streamed through the Upper West Side in recent days, but people are also finding other ways to commemorate George Floyd and other victims of police violence.

A bus driver stopped for a moment of solidarity, taking a knee during a protest march that had wound up Central Park West on Thursday.

Several readers have asked us for information on the location of protests in the city—either to join or perhaps avoid them.

Thousands of protestors have traversed the streets of the Upper West Side this week, responding to the killing of George Floyd on May 25 while he was

Several hundred people -- likely well over 1,000 -- defied the citywide curfew in a march through the Upper West Side on Tuesday night

The staff of Mt. Sinai West held a vigil in front of the hospital at 59th Street and 11th Avenue on Tuesday afternoon in honor of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man

While looting has occurred in various parts of New York in recent days, it appears to be happening only sporadically -- if at all -- on the Upper West Side.

A rock was thrown into the front door of the Starbucks on 81st and Columbus, smashing the glass. It's not clear who threw it, but it comes as businesses

The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer has sparked protests across the country, and some protests occurred on Saturday on the Upper West Side.

Vice President Mike Pence appeared at an event at 441-451 West End Ave on the Upper West Side on Thursday afternoon, but unless you were fortunate enough—or unfortunate enough

Vice President Mike Pence is expected to attend a fundraiser on West End Avenue and 81st Street late Thursday afternoon, and at least one