The Vitamin Man

Written by NYPress on April 16, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Local shopowner helps naturally cure what ails you as allergy season rears its head By Laura Shanahan Feeling a little sneezy, wheezy and teary eyed? Welcome to the wacky, wonderful world of allergy season, beginning a little early and a little sturdy this year. (Yeah, that’s what they say every year, but, well, it’s true
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Local Pol Fights Upstate Corruption

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on April 16, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

In light of corruption scandals rocking Albany, Assembly Member Micah Kellner is sponsoring a bill to crack down on political wrong-doing Call it the politicians’ version of “If you see something, say something.” In the wake of the recent bribery and corruption scandals in Albany involving City Council Member Dan Halloran, Assemblymen Eric Stevenson and
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NYPD Officer’s Cat Missing for 2 Years Found, Returned by Zombie

Written by NYPress on April 16, 2013. Posted in Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

A long lost pet shows the benefits of micro-chipping four-legged loved ones Late on a recent Saturday night, the “Times Square Zombie” was walking on 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan when he saw a black and white cat running rampant in the middle of the street. Jeremy Zelkowitz, a 22-year-old Brooklyn native, who works as
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Senior Housing Benefits to Expire

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on April 16, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

The deadline to renew SCRIE benefits for senior citizens is fast approaching Attention all New York City Seniors! Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) benefits expire on May 24th. Elected officials like Aging Committee Chair Jessica Lappin want to remind New Yorkers that less than two months before the deadline, 6,100 elderly New Yorkers have
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Community Board 7 Meetings

Written by NYPress on April 10, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Preservation Committee meeting, Apr 11, 6:30 p.m., Community Board Office, 250 West 87th Street. Parks & Environment Committee meeting, Apr 15, 7 p.m., Community Board Office, 250 West 87th Street. Steering Committee meeting, Apr 16, 6:30 p.m., Community Board Office, 250 West 87th Street. Land Use Committee meeting, Apr 17, 7 p.m., Community Board Office,
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Board Rejects Columbia Grammar Expansion

Written by NYPress on April 10, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

The Upper West Side community is showing their continued resistance against the expansion of the Columbia Grammar School on West 93rd Street. Community Board 7 added to their concern, rejecting their application for the proposed enlargement, which would increase the school’s size by more than one and a half times, adding two floors and a
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New Community Board Members

Written by NYPress on April 10, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer announced the appointment of 76 new members to Manhattan’s 12 Community Boards last week, including seven new faces to Community Board 7. New appointments to Board 7 are: Matthew Holtzman, Meisha Hunter, Madelyn Innocent, Brian Jenks, Genora Johnson, Jaye Bea Smalley (whom Stringer noted is a “a longtime advocate for
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Florida Man Killed by Subway

Written by NYPress on April 10, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Last Thursday, April 4, a man was struck and killed by a northbound A train near the West 109th Street and Central Park West subway station. Police were called to the scene just after 5 a.m., responding to a 911 call reporting a man on the tracks. Officers arrived to find the man unconscious and
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Tax Incentive Could Make UWS Greener

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on April 10, 2013. Posted in Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

A new bill would give building owners a tax credit for converting their concrete backyards into green space During major storms like hurricane Sandy, New York City is an easy target for flooding, because the area of impermeable surfaces, like concrete and asphalt, outweigh permeable surfaces, like grass, throughout the city. As a result, after
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NYCHA Land Lease Plan Met With Disapproval

Written by Alissa Fleck on April 10, 2013. Posted in Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Tenants and City Council members say NYCHA’s plan is moving too quickly and without transparency A plan by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to generate much-needed revenue through land leasing has been met with uproar from public housing tenants and elected officials. NYCHA’s land leasing plan involves eight different sites and 325,000 square
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