Tag: scott stringer

WSR spoke with Scott Stringer about his mayoral campaign and his history on the Upper West Side.

Several NYC mayoral candidates were on the UWS on Saturday, offering and rescinding endorsements, in the wake of sexual assault

Comptroller Scott Stringer, an Upper West Sider who has represented the neighborhood for much of his political career, released a heartbreaking message

UWS Save Our Stores, a grassroots organization aimed at reducing the number of long-term vacant storefronts

Scott Stringer, Upper West Sider, city Comptroller and likely mayoral candidate, is holding a "town hall" outside Fairway on Sunday and will have staff there

Upper West Siders aren’t sold on congestion pricing, are eager to see misbehaving cyclists ticketed, and remain very concerned about

Looking to speak to your elected officials? Four upcoming town halls will give you the chance.

Comptroller Scott Stringer is hosting an Upper West Side town hall meeting next week. Stringer, an Upper West Sider, is on the short-list

Jewish Home Lifecare, a nursing home on 106th street that plans to build a new home on West 97th street, will conduct an environmental assessment of the site after nearby residents said they found lead toxins there.

Food City, the market on the corner of 94th street and Columbus Avenue that has been around for 44 years, is expected to close by the end of the month. But there's been a flurry of activity in recent days, with politicians staging a rally on Sunday and writing letters ...

A long-awaited forum on Wednesday about a controversial 400-person homeless shelter on 95th street got very heated, with Borough President Scott Stringer and other politicians saying that the city Department of Homeless Services had lied to them and had used misleading tactics to keep a massive contract from getting a ...

November 19, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 48 Degrees.

The city has begun moving families into homeless shelters at 316 and 330 West 95th Street despite protests by local leaders and neighbors. The shelters, say local politicians, don't have basic safety features like security cameras or counseling staff, and they're costing the city an extraordinary amount of money -- ...

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 ...

Borough President Scott Stringer and other elected officials held a town hall meeting on Wednesday night to hear the concerns of Upper West Siders who live in the 90's and 100's. Nick Prigo, a local Democratic district leader and a member of Community Board 7, wrote in to tell us ...

Borough President Scott Stringer and elected officials at the federal, state and city level are holding a town hall meeting on Wednesday for people who live in the west 90's and 100's. They're asking people to RSVP:

April 24, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy and Windy, High of 59 Degrees.

April 5, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 57 Degrees.

The city has made real progress on its redesign to the notorious "Bowtie of Death" intersection of Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues at 71st Street, completely redesigning the pedestrian walkways and the street itself.

October 4, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 63 Degrees. News: Scarlett Johansson hosted a fundraiser for Borough President (and mayoral candidate) Scott Stringer at the Plaza. I particularly like this line: "After more than an hour inside the tony Central Park South hotel, Johansson and Stringer, who share an interest ...