Homeless Shelter CAB Leaves Rosenthal, N90s Frustrated; City’s DHS and Aguila Efforts Evoke “Groundhog Day” Public officials and neighbors alike participating in an overview of the mis-managed Freedom House shelter (the Community Advisory Board) have expressed disappointment and outrage over…
Mayor Responds To Pleas To Help Fight Rats – What We Learned At Rat Academy
This past Thursday was “rat day” on the Upper West Side. After forgetting our neighborhood, the Mayor got the message through electeds, and groups like ours: the rat problem is bad on the West Side. Can his honor’s exuberant prediction of 90% rat eradication…
REGISTER: Thurs.@ 5:30 PM Rat Academy
Neighbors Fight Back On Rat Mayhem, We Ask Every Building To Sign Up Now! REGISTER:Thurs.@ 5:30 PM Rat Academy The City is dealing with the worst rat infestation in recent memory. While we are doing our part to encourage a…
N90s interviews Sept. 12th Primary candidates; Rat Academy Sept. 28th
Who Will Best Serve Our Neighborhood? Three candidates for City Council talk about the 95th St Shelter and their credentials Next Tuesday, the fate of our beautiful neighborhood is in your hands! We interviewed the 3 candidates for Upper West…
Want to do something about R-A-T-S?
N90s Working With City To Counter R-A-T-S!! We Need YOUR Help! `It was, arguably, the Summer of The Rats. Many streets throughout the City experienced the scourge, We are asking every neighbor to get their building involved in a program,…
N90s Demands Drastic Changes In Shelter Numbers & Population
N90s participated in a series of meetings, thanks to C.M. Rosenthal and Community Board 7, this Spring and Summer which gave the community a chance to weigh in on the impact of the multiple facilities serving the homeless in our beautiful…
Development Boom in the West 90’s?
Towers Planned for Broadway, 90s: How High? How Many? BOOMSDAY on BROADWAY: When the Riverside-West End Historic District was extended into the West 90s, Broadway buildings were not landmarked to discourage development. Now, a number of sites on Broadway and…
Broadway Murder Scene; Mailbox Fishing; 24th Precinct Welcomes Captain Lynch
Latest On Broadway Murder Investigation: Not From Here; Possible Drug Connection? Around 10:48 PM last Thursday, a man was stabbed to death near the Victoria Restaurant on Broadway and 95th Street. Cameras caught the suspect walking down Broadway moments before…
Bad 95th Street Homeless Shelter To Get New Operator?
N90s: Shake-Up at 95th St Homeless Shelter; New Precinct Commander Quits Freedom House to get new operator, City reports Aguila, the operator responsible for the disastrous Freedom House homeless shelter at is about to be “re-accommodated” — in other words,…
Time To Close Dangerous Shelter? N90s Raises No-Drug Zone With Rosenthal
N90s asks Helen Rosenthal to account for the City’s failure to address deteriorating conditions at Freedom House shelter. We also announce an event dedicated to neighbor Amanda Larrick, and the campaign to bring stop signs to Riverside Dr. Service Road…