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Panel to Discuss ‘Free Parking’ Resolution
One of the least-controversial measures in the history of community boards will come before a Manhattan full board on Tuesday night — so why are both sides stocking up on fire extinguishers? Because...
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Upper West Side Panel Approves Neutered ‘No Parking’ Study
After months of recriminations from entitled Upper West Sider car owners, Community Board 7 last night passed a common-sense resolution asking the Department of Transportation to “assess current policy...
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ANALYSIS: CB7 ‘Parking’ Resolution Was Neutral — But It’s The First Salvo in...
It’s the first step to breaking the car culture. The resolution approved by Upper West Side’s Community Board 7 on Tuesday night was an anodyne request for a city study of “parking and curbside usage,”...
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Op-Ed: Reimagining City Agencies After COVID-19
Gov. Cuomo last week declared that New Yorkers must start reimagining a better state and city for the post-COVID-19 future. But Streetopia UWS Director Lisa Orman, an advocate for human-centered...
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White Privilege on the Upper West Side: Board Condemns Police Brutality —...
This is what white privilege looks like. A community board in the predominantly white Upper West Side spent almost an hour showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of yet another...
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West Siders Speak Up Against Costly Rotunda Project
An Upper West Side civic group is asking the city to re-examine a controversial plan for the reconstruction of a local landmark, arguing that the project lacks crucial safety features and represents an...
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A Round and a Roundy: The Upper West Side is Pissing on NYC Heroes
OK, now the fauxgressives of the Upper West Side have really pissed off our cartoonist. National treasure Bill Roundy was somehow able to hold it in when Manhattan Community Board 7 tabled a...
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OPINION: What I Learned Delivering for DoorDash
Like too many New Yorkers, I’d never given much thought about the individuals who comprise our city’s delivery-cyclist workforce. Mainly, I found them annoying when they rang every buzzer in my...
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New Mayor Must Champion Safety of West Side Greenway
Danny Pearlstein Tens of thousands of New Yorkers depend on Hudson River Greenway — the mixed-use, bike-pedestrian path along Manhattan’s West Side, which was resuscitated by the Bloomberg...
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Latest 79th Street Rotunda Design Angers Activists
Meet the new plan. Same as the old plan! Upper West Side cycling advocates are appealing to Mayor Adams to take a fresh look at a $150-million road-rehab project after the Department of Transportation...
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