DOE Chancellor Kamar Samuels reversed course and told parents that the Community Action School was going to remain open. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor’s Photography Office) DOE Reverses Course: UWS Community Action School to Remain Open Chancellor Kamar Samuels has reversed course and says the Department of Education (DOE) is no longer planning to shut down... News 04 Mar 2026 | 10:03
Missing Upper West Side woman, Marjorie Cleonese-Laporte. ( Photo: NYPD) Upper West Side Woman Missing; Bragg Indicts Serial Uptown Arsonist The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the a missing person, who resides within... News 23 Feb 2026 | 01:19
Wanted for robbing a senior woman in West Harlem Beauty spa, Jan 1., 2026. ( Photos: NYPD) Manslaughter Plea in Fatal Car Crash; Senior Robbed in Beauty Spa The case of the horrific fatal car crash that killed husband-to-be Kirk Walker, and his cousin, Rob McLaurin, on the Henry... News 26 Jan 2026 | 12:59
Chez Nick, one of the glories of Restaurant Week on the Upper East Side. ( Photo: Chez Nick Instagram) Restaurant Week Takes Upper East & West Sides—for 23 Days! What’s big, brassy, beauteous, and a no-holds-barred invitation to strap on the ol’ feed bag? That’s right, gastronauts and... News 19 Jan 2026 | 02:38
An estimated 15,000 nurses went on strike at several hospitals owned by the Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian hospital systems in Manhattan and Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. ( Photo: Facebook/NYSNA) Nurses Strike! 15,000 Walkout at Mount Sinai, NY-Presbyterian & Montefiore Hospitals One of the largest nurses strikes in city history began on Monday Jan. 12 when round-the-clock negotiations failed to reach... News 14 Jan 2026 | 11:42
Wanted for the Lion’s Head Tavern heist of Dec. 20, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) Upper West Side Crime Wave: Is It Real? What Does it Mean? A series of high-profile crimes occurred on the Upper West Side in late December: All three crimes occurred within the confines... News 05 Jan 2026 | 02:45
It’s opening day at New Absolute Bagels, and the long line attests to the loyalty of local Upper West Siders to a revived location that formerly housed an almost-35-year-old local legacy. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) New Absolute Bagels Returns to Neighborhood Hole-y Site The Upper West Side has a revived bagel mecca. It’s called New Absolute Bagels, and if that name sounds familiar, it should,... News 01 Jan 2026 | 01:25
The moment Cassandra Goins looked through the windows of the store for rent she said, “That’s my store. It spoke to me in a very unimaginable way.” ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) OOH LA LA Luxury Consignment Shop Arrives on Upper West Side “Fashion wasn’t a career that I chose. It chose me,” says Cassandra Goins, owner of OOH LA LA, the new curated luxury consignment... News 26 Dec 2025 | 04:12
Challah left, Alvin Kass right: His kippah, or yarmulke, is embroidered “Rabbi Dr. A. Kass, Chief Chaplain.” ( Photo: Ellen Dubin / Jewish Theological Seminary) NYPD Chaplain Dr. Rabbi Alvin Kass Remembered There’s this thing about observant Jews and dying. You’re here, like 89-year-old NYPD Chaplain Dr. Rabbi Alvin Kass, one... News 17 Nov 2025 | 01:30
Tory Burch in 2009. An LLC connected to her is spearheading a lawsuit against the board of the Pierre co-op. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) Pierre Residents Facing Eviction Sue Co-op Hotel Over Proposed Sale A group of residents of the Pierre, the upscale Fifth Avenue residential hotel, are suing the hotel’s board for pursuing... News 07 Nov 2025 | 10:03
Left: Wanted for forcible touching. Right: NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass ( Photos: NYPD) Woman Groped in Central Park; NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass Dies Given NYPD’s extensive network of surveillance camera, one doesn’t often see the work of police sketch artists anymore. While... News 03 Nov 2025 | 12:17
Wanted for gunpoint robbery at the 86th Street B/C station, Oct. 15. ( Photo: NYPD) Gunpoint Robbery in UWS Subway; DA Indicts Two Men for Harlem Murder A 57-year-old woman was mugged at gunpoint on the morning of Oct. 15 inside the 86th Street subway station on the B/C lines,... News 18 Oct 2025 | 10:21
Salute at FDNY Memorial 2025. ( Photo: Brian Berger) FDNY Memorial Day Service Draws 1000s to Morningside Heights Undeterred by the morning drizzle, thousands of New York’s Bravest made their way to Morningside Heights for the annual FDNY... News 13 Oct 2025 | 02:30
Morton Williams stock clerk Leobardo Hernandez in happier times on Jamaica Bay, a plane landing at JFK airport behind him. ( Photo: Leobardo Hernandez GoFundMe) Beloved Grocery Store Clerk Dies After Stopping Shoplifter Leobardo Hernandez, a 64-year-old stock clerk at the Morton Williams grocery store on Ninth Avenue at 58th Street died following... News 06 Oct 2025 | 12:57
The most recent headless chickens were found on the south side of Broadway Malls at West 91st Street. ( Photos: Google Maps; Gus Saltonstall X inset) Headless Chickens Return to Broadway: Santeria or Voodoo? What Does It Mean? Signs of animal sacrifice have again returned to the Upper West Side, and again the evidence is a pair of dead, headless... News 29 Sep 2025 | 05:13
