City Council Hopefuls Tackle UWS Issues

Written by NYPress on April 3, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Seven candidates vying for Gale Brewer’s District 6 seat in the council came together at a recent forum to debate how they would address pressing Upper West Side concerns By Beth Mellow In a crowded upstairs room at Council House on West 72nd Street last Thursday evening, six Democratic candidates, and one Green party candidate
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Strength in Numbers

Written by Alan Krawitz on January 23, 2013. Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Sen. Dan Squadron’s grassroots campaign for public advocate paying dividends When it comes to financing his still unofficial campaign for New York City’s public advocate post, Manhattan/Brooklyn Sen. Daniel Squadron is in many ways taking the road less traveled. With a decidedly grassroots approach to fundraising which favors dainty donations from a diverse field mostly
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Noah Gotbaum Mulls Public Advocate Run

Written by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth on July 12, 2012. Posted in Education, News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Noah Gotbaum has made a name for himself on the Upper West Side as a fierce advocate for public education, and now he’s considering taking that reputation for a city-wide test run in a campaign for public advocate. As a father of three children in local public schools and a member of District 3’s Community
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School Rezoning Plan Leaves Room for Charter

Written by admin on October 20, 2010. Posted in Blog, Education

By Dan Rivoli P.S. 145, is according to the Department of Education and Principal Ivelisse Alvarez, a good school. The city gave P.S. 145, located on 150 W. 105th St. between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, a B in this year’s progress report card. Though the school received poor marks for school environment and student performance,
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OVERCROWDING QUESTIONS

Written by admin on October 15, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Department of Education officials will attend a Community Education Council meeting to discuss overcrowding in a pocket of the Upper West Side. District 3, which runs from West 59th Street up to Harlem, has been overcrowded in its southern section as more young families have moved into the neighborhood and parents have chosen public school
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CEC GOT A GOTBAUM

Written by admin on June 24, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

The Upper West Side’s Community Education Council (CEC) got a new, high-profile member after the recent elections: Noah Gotbaum, the 45-year-old son of labor leader Victor Gotbaum and stepson of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum. The younger Gotbaum was elected as one of the nine members of the council, with 14.6 percent of the votes. Two
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