DEAD END HOLD-UP

Written by admin on March 6, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A taxi driver barely evaded robbery after picking up a would-be thief on West 102nd Street and Broadway. Cops said that on Feb. 19 at 5 a.m., the thief asked the driver, a 38-year-old Bronx man, to make two stops, the first being West 102nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The thief instructed the driver to
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SALON EMPLOYEE RALLY

Written by admin on March 6, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

About 50 female workers picketed in solidarity with a former nail salon employee, Susan Kim, earlier this week. Kim won a settlement against her boss in October 2007 for a violation of labor laws, including failure to pay overtime and retaliatory firing. But she has yet to be reinstated or paid the back wages she
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NADLER SECURES FUNDS FOR PARK

Written by admin on March 6, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Rep. Jerrold Nadler secured $4.49 million for construction of a public park in the Riverside South development. The money, directed to the city Parks Department, will go toward constructing the next phase of Riverside South Park. The funding was secured in the House’s Omnibus Appropriations bill, which details money to be spent in the 2009
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THOMPSON OPPOSES BRIDGE TOLLS

Written by admin on March 6, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Comptroller William Thompson joined a Mar. 1 rally with state and city elected officials to oppose tolls on the East and Harlem River bridges. The tolls are just one of several cost saving and revenue generating proposals designed to save the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that were developed by the Ravitch Commission, a group led by
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DOCKS CLOSES DOORS, LEAVING COMMUNITY SURPRISED

Written by admin on February 27, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Docks Oyster Bar, the two-decades-old Upper West Side seafood restaurant, closed unexpectedly on Feb. 25. A sign was posted on the window thanking the regular customers who kept the place buzzing with business, even up to the day before the restaurant closed
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AFFORDABLE(ISH) AGAIN

Written by admin on February 26, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Rents are dropping steadily and landlords no longer have the last word—being a renter has never been so sweet. Best of all, it may stay that way for a while, so if you’ve been considering the move to Brooklyn, you may find that West 79th Street one-bedroom well within arm’s reach
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STRINGER, FORDHAM BROKER DEAL ON EXPANSION

Written by admin on February 25, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Politics

Fordham University is set to receive Borough President Scott Stringer’s approval of the plan to expand its Lincoln Center campus, now that a compromise plan is has been negotiated between the two camps. Stringer’s approval, albeit advisory, is a crucial victory for Fordham, whose proposal was soundly rejected by Community Board 7 last month. The
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Crime Check

Written by admin on February 19, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

Weekly, monthly and year-to-date crime stats from the 24th Precinct, on the West Side from 86th to 110th streets
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LEAD TEST HEATS UP TURF WAR

Written by admin on February 19, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

A synthetic playing field found to contain high levels of lead has touched off a new round of fighting in a long-term “turf battle” over the fate of New York City’s artificial fields. The high lead results of the test on Thomas Jefferson Park field, in East Harlem at 113th Street and First Avenue, were
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