A common fixture of the Northern Manhattan and Bronx skylines are the occasional clouds of dark smoke belching from the rooftops, indicating a building has fired its boiler. According to a study by the Environmental Defense Fund, the city’s 1 percent of buildings that burn the dirtiest oil contribute more soot pollution than all vehicular traffic on city roads.
Each year an estimated 106 million vehicles traverse the I-95 corridor that bisects Washington Heights at the George Washington Bridge, making it the world’s busiest motor vehicle bridge. The exhaust that spews from those cars and trucks, particularly those burning diesel, is one of the biggest contributors to the high incidence of asthma in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.
City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez held a press conference at City Hall on Thu, Nov. 3 to call attention to a bill he’s recently introduced that would ease parking restrictions during street sweeping.
Francia Santiago, owner of New Look Salon on W. 185th Street, organizes her clients’ wash-and-set appointments around parking meter limits and street sweeping schedules, under the ever-watchful vigilance of meter maids.
With a vast Democratic advantage among Northern Manhattan voters, most local candidates for state office who won the September Democratic Primary could safely print business cards without waiting for the Nov. 2 General Election.
But when cost-cutting measures affect the most vulnerable among us, the questions – and answers – are far more complicated.
City Council Member Robert Jackson certainly believes that is the case with the recent cuts to senior services proposed by the City’s Department for the Aging (DFTA), cutbacks that would directly impact the senior centers offering services in Washington Heights and Inwood.
Police are looking for a suspect who robbed an 85-year-old woman in Washington Heights on Sat., Oct. 30.
According to police, around 11:30 a.m. a man followed the victim into her apartment on W. 164th Street near Ft. Washington Avenue before robbing her of an unidentified amount of money. The suspect fled but was captured on video; the victim was not injured.
A forum on immigration issues – the Secure Communities policy, rising anti-immigrant sentiment around the nation, recent proposals for improving the immigration process – will be the focus of the next general meeting of the Barack Obama Democratic Club of Upper Manhattan on Wed., Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
To commemorate the 234th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Washington when British and Hessian troops drove the ragtag American revolutionaries from Manhattan Island the Café Lawn in Fort Tryon Park will be transformed into a Continental Army campsite on Sun., Nov. 14 from noon to 3pm.
Colombia-based photographer Paula Winograd captured over a dozen Northern Manhattan scenes for the 2011 calendar now on sale by the Riverside Oval Association.
Nonprofit groups throughout the city are mounting a campaign to pressure Governor Paterson to restore $190 million he cut from legislators’ member items, much of which helps fund neighborhood service providers, from programs for young people to senior citizen centers.
The NYPD Cadet Corps provides qualified college men and women with a chance to experience the challenges and personal rewards of a career in the NYPD through a paid internship offering varied work assignments and unlimited opportunities. Receive up to $20,000 in tuition assistance ($2,500 to $5,000 per semester, up to four semesters).
The Eggs Benedict at Next Door Café, served with country potatoes and fruit salad.
It's one of my favorite days of the year – the autumnal Sunday morning when we set back the clocks. There's no outpouring of candy, no obligatory gift giving, no need to get dressed up and no one expects to receive a card. Without doing a thing you are given the very best gift of all - an extra hour to do with as you please.
Michael Hagins as Palamon and Jamie Shawn Tan as Arcite, in “The Two Noble Kinsmen,” played in November 2009. Provided by Shakespeare Saturdays.
For seven years, Shakespeare has taken Inwood by storm. It is fitting that the husband-wife team, Jason Kendall and Donna Stearns of Shakespeare Saturdays, have saved the bard’s The Tempest for last.
Rebeca C. Rivera is a New York native. She graduated with a B.A. in Creative Writing from Hunter College, CUNY in 2008. She is currently working on two projects: a collection of poems from her childhood documenting the transition of voice and technique and a collaborative book with a photographer documenting 31 days. She currently is working at the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), a non profit organization servicing artists and arts organizations in Washington Heights and Inwood.
For almost three decades, Rafael Tolentino actively directed what is today known as the Rafael Tolentino Juvenile Baseball League. Sadly, our dedicated and immortal Tolentino has passed away, but his memory, loyalty and dedication to the children of his community lives on through his legacy.
We began the week with an Uptown Artist column featuring the eye-popping photography of CiscoNYC. CiscoNYC’s world travels inform his work and his images practically jump off the page. We also ran some incredible pictures from our very own, Paul Lomax, of the Haunted House on the Hill event that took place on Halloween in Inwood Hill.
A project that was supposed to soar above the rooftops of Washington Heights but has instead moldered as an excavated hillside for over two years was back in the news last week after the Real Deal Web site reported that one of the lenders and developer had been sued by a co-lender.
