Community Calendar

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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

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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

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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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Public Housing Outcry

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

Residents pose alternate solutions for NYCHA’s $6 billion deficit Wednesday at noon, hundreds of public housing advocates, flanked by City Council Members like Melissa Mark Viverito, gathered on the steps of City Hall to call for the end, or at least the delay of, public housing infill development, and a more transparent relationship between residents
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Local Kids Save Pit Bull Puppy

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

Students from the Stephen Gaynor School raised money to rescue Misty the pit bull terrier The students at the Upper West Side’s Stephen Gaynor School, a special education school on West 89th Street, love animals just like most kids their age. But these kids have put an extraordinary effort into not just learning about but
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Sustainable Streetscape Unveiled

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The Columbus Avenue BID completed the first sustainable streetscape on the Upper West Side Five years of fundraising and 10 years of research and planning by the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District culminated in a celebration and ribbon cutting on Monday, May 13 on Columbus Avenue between West 76th and 77th Streets. A host of
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Bloomberg’s Parting Gift

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A misguided effort to privatize our public assets, build new luxury high-rises By Nick Prigo In this final year of the Bloomberg administration, the Upper West Side has been targeted for another round of massive development. Simultaneous proposals from the Department of Education (DOE) and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) are looking to
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Branding Yourself

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How we leverage our self-brands to enhance our images By Kristine Keller Last Sunday I found myself at a desolate corner on the southwest edge of Greenwich Village. I was meeting a friend for brunch, who sent me a text with the proper street coordinates and a line that said “meet me inside at noon.”
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A Celebrity Interview with a Celebrity Interviewer

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Jersey Shore’s Vinny gets a new talk show By Angela Barbuti Vinny Guadagnino is living life vicariously through himself. At least that’s what the quote on his Twitter page’s background says. When asked about it, Guadagnino explains that he was only being sarcastic. But it does make a lot of sense that he would be
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The Cure for Dog Slobber

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E.A.T. Gifts offers products you hardly knew you needed By Laura Shanahan I brake for dogs. When I’m walking down the street and spot a great-looking doggy, I can’t resist giving the pooch a good “skritch” under the chin – the animal (and owner) willing. The last time I did this, my hand came away
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