Bus Routes Spared, But Service Cuts Possible

Written by admin on February 10, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

New York City Transit released a new plan for service cuts Jan. 21, with the goal of saving $77.6 million. Upper West Side residents will bear less of the pain they would have endured under the old plan, proposed in December 2009. In the revised cuts, the M10 bus line that runs on Central Park
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WORRIES OVER COLUMBUS SQ. CONSTRUCTION

Written by admin on December 18, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Park West Village residents near the Columbus Square development met with Department of Buildings officials earlier this month to discuss safety in the area. The Dec. 3 meeting, held at Second Presbyterian Church on Central Park West and West 96th Street, was organized after an Oct. 8 crane malfunction caused a counterweight to crash through
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MTA CUTS TO WS STATIONS

Written by admin on September 2, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

West Side subway stations are about to get a little lonelier for straphangers. The MTA, which has targeted stations for staff cutbacks, has detailed proposed changes that will reduce the number of subway employees. “The plan to reduce staffing in subway station and to eliminate some secondary full-time agent booths is a part of New
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Lunch on the Go

Written by admin on August 13, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Maryam Boddie (left) and Benita Campos breastfeed their babies on a downtown A train as part of the annual Breastfeeding Subway Caravan, organized by East Side State Sen. Liz Krueger and the New York City Breastfeeding Promotion Leadership Committee. The caravan celebrated the passage of Krueger’s Breastfeeding Bill of Rights, which is now awaiting the
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Change for the Worse

Written by admin on August 13, 2009. Posted in Opinion and Column

To the Editor: Commercial rent control is an idea that has been talked about for years, so I am glad that mayoral candidate Tony Avella has made it part of his platform (“The Mayor’s Race: Focus on Economic Development,” Aug. 6). In the last 30 years, I have seen the Upper West Side change drastically.
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SUBWAY STAFF CUTS

Written by admin on August 5, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Several Upper West Side subway kiosk booths are slated to close or lose employees in the upcoming year. The stations along the 1, 2, 3 train lines and the B,C local lines between the West 59th Street stop and the 116th Street stop will be affected. The cuts are part of the elimination of a
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Stemming Subway Noise

Written by admin on July 29, 2009. Posted in Opinion and Column

To the Editor: I would like to comment on the July 16 article concerning subway noise (Education Update, “Subway Noise Can Damage Hearing”). More than a year, I addressed a letter to Mayor Bloomberg about two types of subway noise. I received no response. I am hoping that your article and/or this letter will motivate someone
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