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‘Easy Win’: Uptowners Want To Keep Deteriorating Henry Hudson Parkway Off-Ramp Car-Free
The shuttered off-ramp off the Henry Hudson Parkway has become a draw for local residents.
December 1, 2025
Columbia U. Wants Public to Pay for Transit Improvements on Campus
University officials insist that “public investment” must pay for elevators their own students say are desperately needed.
March 14, 2024
First Trash of History: City Starts Containerized Garbage Collection In West Harlem
It's a small but important step to get rid of the Big Apple’s notorious 5-o'clock shadow of heaps of sidewalk trash.
September 15, 2023
ANALYSIS: Waste Containerization Will Be Big Lift, But Could Be Historic Change for Trash City
Mountains of trash, mountains of politics.
May 8, 2023
March (Parking) Madness: The Manhattan Borough Final Pits Midtown vs. Uptown
Which Manhattan precinct has what it takes to advance to face the Bronx borough champions in the Western Regional?
March 24, 2023
De Blasio Punts Again on Safety Improvements for Amsterdam Avenue, Despite Carnage
“How many more people need to die before Amsterdam Avenue is redesigned?” It's a fair question.
April 15, 2019
OUTRAGE! DOT Delays Life-Saving Amsterdam Avenue Redesign in Fight With NIMBYs
The leadership of Community Board 9 continues to block a basic street redesign.
October 16, 2018
Manhattan CB 9 Transpo Chair Insists Car Lanes, Not Safety, Should Come First on Amsterdam Avenue
DOT watered down a standard road diet to appease Community Board 9, but transportation chair Carolyn Thompson still didn't allow a vote on the project.
December 8, 2017
Tonight: Speak Up for Safer Walking and Biking on Upper Amsterdam Avenue
DOT will present an update on its redesign for Amsterdam between 113th and 162nd streets, which it first showed to Community Board 9 in March.
December 7, 2017
DOT Weakened Riverside Drive Plan to Appease Manhattan CB 9 [Updated]
DOT watered down and delayed an already half-hearted plan to make Riverside Drive safer for walking in deference to opposition from Manhattan Community Board 9.
December 9, 2015