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Michael Alvarez came to my attention when he posted eloquently on the Facebook group “Upper Westsiders For Safer Streets,” revealing that he was a homeless resident of the The Lucerne Hotel.

Happy Hot Hunan at 969 Amsterdam Avenue between 107th and 108th streets was chosen by Eater's Robert Sietsema as one of the 10 best takeout spots in the city

Amsterdam Avenue will be blocked off to traffic from 97th to 110th Street on the weekends from August 8 to October 31 as part of the city's plan to make it easier

Backyard gardens have long flourished on the Upper West Side, growing small sprigs of basil, mint and other things to put in your mojito. We have

The Upper West Side has always been a boogeyman for conservatives who have made fun of the liberal politics of residents here for decades

Shortly after groups of homeless men began to arrive by bus on Monday morning to their new living quarters at The Lucerne Hotel on 79th Street and Amsterdam Avenue

Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee voted on Tuesday night to ask the city to build a new bike lane on 72nd Street, and to give restaurants greater leeway in outdoor seating arrangements.

The Strand got unlucky with the opening of its Upper West Side branch at 450 Columbus Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets -- it had planned to start operating

Upper West Siders at multiple voting locations reported being given ballots on Tuesday morning without the page for the congressional primary.

Parents spoke out in a meeting over Zoom on Thursday night about the successes and failures of remote learning during the pandemic. Students have been learning

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.  

The protests against police brutality over the past 10 days in New York City have allowed people to express the raw pain they're feeling. But they

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.

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.

If local leaders have their way, an expanded version of al fresco dining may be coming to the Upper West Side. After discussion and debate, the Business

If you stand near Wollman Rink at the southern end of Central Park at 7 p.m., when New Yorkers throw open their windows and applaud the health care

Twelve blocks of the Upper West Side were closed to traffic on Thursday, allowing people to walk, bike and scooter without worrying about cars driving by.

Motherhood isn't all kittens and rainbows, but sometimes it is! One local family got a big surprise after their daughter brought home a foster cat to care

The coronavirus was a big topic at a community board meeting held online on Tuesday, but it wasn't the only one. Parks, transportation and that old UWS standby -- rats -- also dominated the conversation.

Nursing homes have been hit hard by Covid-19, and two on the Upper West Side made a state list of the homes hit hardest by the disease.