The NY Department of Sanitation has started affixing adhesive stickers to cars violating street cleaning parking rules again, bringing back a practice that had been prohibited since 2011 before a City Council vote in June 2026 allowed the Department of Sanitation to resume the practice starting in August. ( Photo: DSNY) Shame Stickers for Cars Blocking Street Sweepers Make Controversial Comeback UWS Council Member Gale Brewer, the lead sponsor of Intro 92 which restored warning parking stickers, and Gregory Anderson,... News 07 Aug 2026 | 06:03
Riverside Park Goats return to pose with Gale Brewer and Shaun Abreu. ( Photo: Riverside Park Conservancy Instagram) Riverside Park Goats Return to Wage War Against Invasive Plants And the goats are baaaaa-ck! Everyone’s favorite four-legged— and four stomached!— chomp machines marked their annual return... News 28 Jul 2026 | 07:40
Raul Morales was charged with two counts of attempted murder as a hate crime, among other charges, on July 24. The 51-year-old man allegedly stabbed two people on the Upper West Side on July 23. ( Photo: Ryan Murphy, Associated Press) UWS Stabbing Attacker Charged With Attempted Murder as Hate Crime The attacker who stabbed two men on Upper West Side sidewalks on July 23 was charged with two counts of attempted murder... Home 27 Jul 2026 | 12:00
The Independence Day Parade ended at Fraunces Tavern, where Spanish and Americans alike rejoiced. ( Photo: Brian Berger) July 4 Parade Thrills Lower Manhattan History Lovers, Tourists Too While the heatwave baked city sweated and lesser cities kvetched—oh, it’s too hot!—undaunted New York history lovers, patriots,... News 06 Jul 2026 | 03:40
Puerto Rican Day Parade 2026 celebrated Boricuans and the Knicks in abundance. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Puerto Rican Day Parade Fills Fifth Avenue With Pride, Politicians Hundreds of thousands of impassioned Nuyoricans and their friends jammed the streets of Fifth Avenue June 14 for what’s officially... News 23 Jun 2026 | 01:21
Gale Brewer and Zohran Mamdani making their Memorial Day addresses at Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Gale Brewer & Zohran Mamdani Memorial Day Addresses, 2026 Following are Straus News’ exclusive transcripts, recorded on site, of the addresses given by Upper West Side City Council... News 01 Jun 2026 | 01:13
Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Gale Brewer speaking. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Memorial Day Wreath Laying Draws Crowd to Monument, Mamdani Too Unbowed by two prior days of rain and thankfully mistaken forecast of more, upwards of 1,000 people came to Riverside Drive... News 01 Jun 2026 | 10:21
The children of Ronnie Eldridge, son Daniel and daughters Lucy and Emily, recall their mother at a memorial service March 11 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, Alder Hall. Their mother, a UWS power broker and former city council member passed at the age of 95 on March 4. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Remembering Ronnie Eldridge: UWS Power Broker, Politician, Mom “Even her enemies liked her.” That’s how Gordon Davis, who worked alongside Ronnie Eldridge in the office of Mayor John Lindsay... News 16 Mar 2026 | 06:03
Photo rendered by developers, displaying DeWitt Clinton Park CB4 Committee Examines Rezoning of Far West Side Apt Towers Near Hudson River Park Two luxury towers proposed for Hell’s Kitchen’s Far West Side received a tentative nod from a community board committee—but... News 16 Jan 2026 | 07:10
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks on Hanukkah security at Dec. 14 press conference. ( Photo: Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) Hanukkah Menorah Lightings Bring Joy—& High Security—to City Thousands of New York Jews and their friends, as well as hundreds of security-bolstering NYPD cops, braved frigid cold and... News 15 Dec 2025 | 02:19
Daily News Union rally Oct. 29, 2025: left to right, News union rep Evan Simko-Bednarski, News Guild New York President Susan DeCarava, and City Council member Carmen De La Rosa, who chairs the Council’s labor committee. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Daily News Union Ratifies Contract with Owner, Alden Global Capital After three years without a contract, three politician-supported rallies this past summer and fall, and multiple other acts... News 20 Nov 2025 | 02:18
Once again Gale Brewer, the formidable UWS City Council member, drew no opponents in her race in CD6 on Nov. 4. ( Photo: Flickr / Wikimedia Commons) Brewer, Salaam Draw No Opponents, Win CD Races While Democrats cruised to victory up and down Manhattan, two City Council members had a particularly easy time. Gale Brewer... News 05 Nov 2025 | 03:18
Michael McKee, an unrelenting tenant rights activist based out of Chelsea, has died of brain cancer at 85. ( Photo: Erik Bottcher, Instagram ) Formidable Tenant Activist Michael McKee Dies at 85 Michael McKee, a fiery tenant rights activist who helped cement various rental protections for residents throughout New York,... News 02 Nov 2025 | 07:43
JPMorganChase headquarters at 270 Park Ave. looking northwesterly. ( Photo: JPMorganChase) Finance Giant JPMorganChase Opens Stunning New Park Avenue HQ Shout it loud and proud, New Yorkers, JPMorganChase did it, officially opening their stunning new headquarters at 270 Park... News 26 Oct 2025 | 10:05
Cover of “Plate and Switch: An Investigation of Vehicles Without New York State License Plates Across the Five Boroughs.” ( New York City Council) Ghosted! City Council Report Blasts Rampant License Plate Fraud A searing report published by the New York City Council in late August titled “Plate and Switch” is the most detailed look... News 05 Sep 2025 | 10:34
