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Yamaha Yield

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

At 7:30 in the morning of Monday, May 6, a 31-year-old man from Northvale, NJ parked his motorcycle on West End Avenue. When he returned after 5 p.m., he found his motorcycle was missing. The boosted bike was a red 2004 Yamaha with New Jersey plates, valued at $8,
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Back Nabber

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

At a little after 10 in the morning of Saturday, May 4, a 27-year-old woman was walking down the street at the intersection of Broadway and 66th Street when an unknown perpetrator approached her from behind. He thrust an object into her back, saying, “Be quiet and give me your wallet.” She surrendered her wallet
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Scaffold Score

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

A 51-year-old man told police that some time between Friday, May 3 at 4:35 p.m. and Tuesday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m., TIRAK scaffolding motors valued at $18,000 were removed by unknown perpetrators from an elevated scaffolding area in front of a construction site on Riverside Drive. The location has video surveillance, and police are
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Deluxe Deduction

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Late in the afternoon of Thursday, May 2, a 64-year-old man living on West End Avenue reported that he had received a call from a luxury department store on Fifth Avenue stating that his credit card had been used multiple times for multiple purchases online. The amount of the purchases totaled $4,
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Crossover Crime

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

At 2 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, a 55-year-old man from Windsor, CT returned to the spot on West 63rd Street where he thought he had parked his car at midnight and found his vehicle was gone. Police conducted a canvas of the area but were unable to locate the car. The tow pound also
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Posh Perpetrator

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

On Wednesday, May 1, a 36-year-old woman living on Amsterdam Avenue reported that an unknown perpetrator with an aristocratic-sounding name had opened an online account. He then took $3,700 from her account and transferred it into his new account. The perpetrator had also visited a branch of her bank in Queens and taken $890 from
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Busted Boyfriend

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

At 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, a 42-year-old man got into an argument with his 44-year-old girlfriend at their apartment on W. 72nd Street. As the argument escalated, the man threw multiple aluminum cans of food at his girlfriend. One of the cans struck her in her right arm, causing a bruise. The man
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Community Calendar

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Community Board 7 Parks & Environment Committee meeting, Monday, May 20, 7 p.m., Community Board office, 250 West 87th Street. Community Board 7 Transportation Committee, meeting, Tuesday, May 21, 7 p.m., Community Board office, 250 West 87th Street. Community Board 7 Land Use Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m., Community Board office, 250 West
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Brewer Picks Up Endorsements

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Upper West Side City Council Member Gale Brewer is running for Manhattan Borough President, and her campaign recently announced that she has received endorsements in that race from Assemblymembers Dick Gottfried and Brian Kavanagh, feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem, former Council Member and Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger, former Lieutenant Governor Mary Anne Krupsak,
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BP Stringer on Park West Village

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

The Borough President released an open letter to neighbors and residents of Park West Village on Friday, May 10, concerning recent developments at the site of the future Jewish Home Lifecare elder care facility on West 97th Street. Excerpts from the letter are below: As many of you know, a study sponsored by the Park
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