Posts Tagged ‘News & Features’

Scott Stringer Talks West Side Issues

Written by admin on July 21, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

By Alice Robb The New York state budget crisis, public school closings and potential cuts to senior centers were just some of the subjects discussed during a July 13 Upper West Side Town Hall Meeting at Goddard Riverside Community Center
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Insideschools.org on Its Way Out?

Written by admin on July 16, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

When New York City parents want to navigate the labyrinthine school system, they have three main options: try their luck with the Department of Education, hire a pricey school consultant or buy a book with the inside scoop. But for the past seven years, there has also been Insideschools.org, which has grown from a small
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TIGHTENING THEIR BELTS

Written by admin on February 5, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

“Doomsday,” “draconian” and “drastic” are a couple of words to describe New York State and City budget proposals. As legislative leaders tussle with executives over onerous cuts, local institutions, nonprofits and museums that rely on government assistance are feeling the hurt. “Most of these nonprofits get funding from all three levels of government in various
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EMPTY SPACES LOOM ON BROADWAY

Written by admin on February 5, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Walking around Broadway’s bustling shops and restaurants, it’s easy to momentarily forget about the economic crisis. But the “going out of business” banners looming over the two liquidating Circuit City stores on the Upper West Side are, quite literally, signs of the times. Earlier this month, the company announced that it would be going out
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THE STATE SENATE DEMOCRATIC TAKEOVER FOR DUMMIES

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Two months after Election Day, one failed leadership agreement and countless news stories detailing party infighting, State Senate Democrats’ life in the political wilderness finally came to an end on Jan. 8. Queens Democrat Malcolm Smith emerged as the Senate’s new majority leader, ending Republican control of that chamber for more than a generation
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CAROLINE: JUST LIKE US?

Written by admin on January 7, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Carolyn. Caroline. Carolyn. Caroline.(I feel like David Letterman at the Oscars: Uma. Oprah. Uma. Oprah.) Carolyn Maloney is just one of a slew of career politicians who are now up against Caroline Kennedy for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat. And if I were Carolyn & Co., I would be so not happy
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BIG APPLE STRAW POLL

Written by admin on January 7, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Several would-be Senators have recently journeyed to crazy, frozen places like Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse to find out what the rest of the state wants in a federal representative. But what about constituents right here in the five boroughs? Earlier this week, we hung around Columbus Circle to find out who local voters wanted Gov.
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THE POOR PERSON'S COURT

Written by admin on November 26, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

From the perspective of my office in Manhattan Family Court, the economic crisis panicking much of the city is a disaster unfolding on television, much like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. For most of the court’s litigants, the worst that can happen already has happened, giving my workplace the mood of business as usual
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TEPID RECEPTION TO REZONING PROPOSALS

Written by admin on October 9, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

District 3′s Community Education Council characterized proposals for redrawn catchment zones mere “band-aid” solutions to school overcrowding. The rezoning proposals, which originated with the Department of Education, were the focus of the parent council’s meeting Oct. 2 at Joan of Arc High School, on West 93rd Street. In mid-September, the department offered two alternative rezoning
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NO ROOM TO LEARN

Written by admin on September 15, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

SPACE IS RUNNING OUT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS-WHAT IS THE CITY’S PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? By Dan Rivoli Children swarmed out of P.S. 290 Manhattan New School on the sunny afternoon of Sept. 8, shaded by scaffolding only feet above parents’ heads. “They’re building for a long time,” said Anastasia Khusanou, whose son is in the
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