Ed Ott Gets Going on Affordable Housing
Practically every major Democrat in the city was at the corner of 14th Street and First Avenue yesterday afternoon to announce the formation of a what they say is the largest housing coalition in the...
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A Crowded Breakfast on the West Side
Here’s a shot from the breakfast hosted Sunday morning by the Council of Orthodox Jewish Organizations on the West Side, which, as Grace Rauh noted, attracted nearly every 2009 candidate for citywide...
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Extell Eyeing Costco For Giant Upper West Side Development
Extell Development is in talks with discount bulk retailer Costco to occupy a large underground store as part of a new 3.3 million-square-foot development of mostly residential buildings on the Upper...
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Extell ‘Earning Goodwill’ by Nixing West Side Costco
Extell Development has dropped its push to bring Costco to its planned "Riverside Center" site on the Upper West Side, part of the larger Riverside South development by the West Side Highway. The...
View ArticleDuane Tries Again for the Commuter Tax
POUGHKEEPSIE—Reinstatement of the commuter tax has been a non-starter ever since its repeal a decade ago, and there's no reason yet to believe that its chances are any better this year. But word comes...
View ArticleDe Blasio’s Manhattan Supporters
Here’s Bill de Blasio on Saturday with a bunch of lawmakers from Manhattan endorsing him on the steps of City Hall. The endorsers include Representative Jerry Nadler, Manhattan Borough President Scott...
View ArticleTom Duane Gets Behind Thompson; Isay Democrats Don’t
After the Democratic Party's unity rally for Bill Thompson on Sunday, the campaign sent out a list of supporters that included a name I hadn't seen on there before: Tom Duane. Duane, the state senator...
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Say No to Drugstore: Residents, Elected Officials to Protest Duane Reade Sign
City residents and elected officials are coming together this Sunday to rally against a flashing neon sign at an Upper West Side Duane Reade. The flashing billboard, affixed to the second story of a...
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The Stars Come Out in the Hudson
Installing the stars. Photo: The Windmill Factory. Wednesday night, as The Observer crossed the West Side Highway at Bank Street and walked over to Pier 49, the pink-orange sun was reflecting onto the...
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Mark Ruffalo Attends Tension-Filled Hydrofracking Forum on UWS
Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal, Eric Goldstein from the Natural Resources Defense Council, former Commissioner of the NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection Albert F. Appleton, Deborah Goldberg from...
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