City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Julie Menin (center) allocated $3 million to the Julia Richman Education Complex. Photo courtesy of Julie Menin’s office UES Education Complex Prepares For Renovations, After $3 Million Funding Boost In 2022, Council Member Julie Menin made a big ask to bolster schools in her district: the city’s allocation of $3 million... News 08 Feb 2023 | 05:13
Protesters lined the entrance to the public library on East 96th Street. Photo via video footage posted by Talia Jane to Twitter Protesters Swarm UES Drag Story Hour With Profanities And Slurs On Wednesday, Feb. 1, protesters posted themselves outside the public library on East 96th Street, between Lexington and... News 06 Feb 2023 | 11:57
In the fall, P.S. 11 (pictured) welcomed an influx of new migrant students. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Are Public Schools Getting A Passing Grade? At P.S. 11, Camila, a third grade student, has been speaking Spanish during the school day—and not just during language classes.... Education Guide 01 Feb 2023 | 04:28
Council Member Keith Powers referenced his father’s own experience running a small business in an acknowledgement of “how hard mom-and-pop stores work to keep their doors open.” Photo by Stephen Yang / NYPost, courtesy of Keith Powers’ office Council Member Keith Powers Backs Small Biz Break Small businesses were hurting badly during the pandemic — and the way Council Member Keith Powers sees it, they ought to... News 27 Jan 2023 | 07:26
A still image from one of the defendant’s online lectures, in which the defendant declares, “The way forward is not the ballot. The way forward is the bullet.” Photo and caption courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Jury Finds “Radical Cleric” From Jamaica Guilty In First NYS Terrorism Trial Jury deliberations came down swiftly on Thursday, Jan. 26 against Shaikh Faisal, 59, who beginning in 2016 attempted to lure... News 27 Jan 2023 | 12:46
Over a dozen members of the public attended the Zoom meeting to discuss the dispute between two neighbors. Photo via CB8 Zoom An ‘Uphill Fight’ For Co-Op vs. Presbyterian Church on E. 91st St. Upper East Siders grappled on Tuesday, Jan. 24 with the controversy that has been brewing at 150 East 91st Street, where... News 25 Jan 2023 | 04:59
Trial of Cleric Who Tried to Lure NYPD Agent to Be ISIL Bride Heads to Jury In 2014, Shaikh Faisal, a Jamaican preacher, began communicating with people in Manhattan via email — in an apparent attempt... News 25 Jan 2023 | 02:33
The pre-war apartment building at 160 East 91st Street has a three-foot-wide light well — all that will be left when a church is built up to the property line next door. Photo via Google Maps Church Plan Draws Heat, East Side Residents Urge: ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ Plans to erect a church at 150 East 91st Street would do away with a generous gap that used to exist between the building... News 24 Jan 2023 | 10:07
122 East 82nd Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues was scene of an apparent suicide on Sunday. Photo via Google Maps Girl, 17, Dies In Jump From UES Building In the middle of the day on Sunday, Jan. 15, a 17-year-old girl died after jumping from a “luxury apartment building” on... News 16 Jan 2023 | 03:29
Image via Placer.ai UES Loses Residents Amid Manhattan Population Boom The Upper East Side has lost locals, according to a population report released by Placer.ai at the start of the new year.... News 16 Jan 2023 | 01:50
An hours-long virtual hearing attracted concerned New Yorkers. Photo via Mayor’s Office Webex Locals Find Fault With New Short-Term Rental Regulations Clandestine Airbnb rentals are doomed, thanks to the rollout of new legislation that more strictly governs stays under 30... News 12 Jan 2023 | 12:48
Gael Greene’s social circle swapped stories at Boulud Sud on the Upper West Side during the afternoon tribute. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Honoring Legendary Gael Greene: A Tribute Fit For A Critic Shallow dishes of a sweet, sticky delicacy — Swedish Fish — adorned the tables at Boulud Sud, a Mediterranean restaurant... News 11 Jan 2023 | 04:13
The suspect has not yet been apprehended, according to police. Photo via the NYPD Police Name Suspect In Central Park Antisemitic Attack On Thursday, Jan. 5, police named a suspect in an end-of-year antisemitic attack in Central Park. Perin Jacobchuk, 32, is... News 09 Jan 2023 | 10:30
Council Member Gale Brewer celebrated the discovery that a Key Food supermarket would soon fill an UWS vacancy near the intersection of West 88th Street and Broadway, left by the delivery app company Jokr. Photo via Gale Brewer’s Twitter The Problem With Chain Stores On the Upper West Side, vacant storefronts mark the spots where chain stores died. Council Member Gale Brewer can easily... News 05 Jan 2023 | 02:24
A rendering of what Fifth Avenue could look like, after new construction begins next year. Photo courtesy of the mayor’s office A New Vision For Fifth Avenue This winter, in a bid to encourage holiday shopping and festivities, the city transformed a stretch of Fifth Avenue from... News 21 Dec 2022 | 03:15
