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Putting the Brakes on Food Trucks

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Food Truck 4-25 The city council may limit mobile food vendors Food trucks have become essential elements to the workday lunch and the job force, but for Upper West and Upper East Side residents and businesses, they can be detrimental to quality of life. That’s why Council Member Dan Garodnick authored a citywide bill that would designate food
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Second Avenue Ghost Town

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

2nd Ave Businesses struggle to stay open – and many have closed – amid the subway construction taking over the avenue For Upper East Side residents, 2nd Avenue is the warzone in their backyard. Sidewalks diminished or closed altogether, chain link fences block storefront views, and of course the incessant drilling and humming of construction work. For
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Bilingual Fest Kicks Off on UWS

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Bilingual Fest 1 A new collaboration between Spanish and Chinese heritage groups will introduce kids to different cultures Chinese and Spanish may not even have an alphabet in common, but these two cultures will be coming together for the Upper West Side’s first annual Bilingual Fest, a charity event featuring music and dance acts in both Chinese and
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The Upper West Side’s Most Dangerous Intersection?

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

The community board is asking residents to help identify areas that the Department of Transportation should make safer Crossing the street can be pretty dangerous in the busy areas of the Upper West Side. Luckily Community Board 7 is trying to make the streets and crosswalks a safer place for pedestrians with a new Traffic
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Local Pol Fights Upstate Corruption

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

In light of corruption scandals rocking Albany, Assembly Member Micah Kellner is sponsoring a bill to crack down on political wrong-doing Call it the politicians’ version of “If you see something, say something.” In the wake of the recent bribery and corruption scandals in Albany involving City Council Member Dan Halloran, Assemblymen Eric Stevenson and
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Senior Housing Benefits to Expire

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

The deadline to renew SCRIE benefits for senior citizens is fast approaching Attention all New York City Seniors! Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) benefits expire on May 24th. Elected officials like Aging Committee Chair Jessica Lappin want to remind New Yorkers that less than two months before the deadline, 6,100 elderly New Yorkers have
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Cancer Center Moves Ahead, With Some Opposition

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

The joint hospital and science campus planned for East 73rd Street needs a zoning amendment to move forward As Memorial Sloan Kettering and the City University of New York move forward on a planned new joint-campus campus center on the Upper East Side, some members of the local community continues to express objections about the
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