By Miranda Levingston, Patch
The New York City Council voted Tuesday to approve legislation sponsored by Upper West Side Council Member Gale Brewer that allows the New York City Department of Sanitation to place large, highlighter-colored warning stickers on vehicles that fail to move during alternate side parking hours. LINK: Stickers will soon be donning the windows of cars
By Nicole Rosenthal and Georgett Roberts, NY Post
Fluorescent “shame stickers” are set to make a comeback in the Big Apple for the first time in over a decade — to bully drivers who ignore alternate side parking rules. LINK: Stickers are back after years long ban
By Gersh Kuntzman, Streetsblog NYC
Council Member Gale Brewer’s bill to bring back the brightly colored “This Vehicle Violates NYC Parking Regulations” stickers from their decade-long hiatus was a mere fingernail in the Council’s handshake agreement on the budget with Mayor Mamdani, but it’s worth cheering. LINK: Council Member Gale Brewer wants to stick it to selfish car owners.
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By Gale Brewer, Rogodis Appling and Kai Rosenthal, amNY
On June 13, 2026, there were 6,608 people detained on Rikers Island and the vast majority — 5,598 — are awaiting trial. Over 50 years ago, the United States Supreme Court held that citizens detained in jail awaiting trial or serving a misdemeanor sentence retained their right to vote.
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By Gus Saltonstall, West Side Rag
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy [AMDA] has sold its Stratford Arms building at 117 West 70th Street, between Broadway and Columbus, to Hawkins Way Capital for $80 million, according to a deed in the city register. LINK: Upper West Side Building Sells for $80 Million
New York Secretary of State Walter T. Mosley today announced the completion of the $392,000 Cultural Welcome Center, Think!Chinatown Studio, as part of Chinatown’s $20 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) award. LINK: Thanks to Governor Hochul, Chinatown continues to benefit from the $20 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant that I championed and helped secure.
By Gus Saltonstall, West Side Rag
On June 10th, the New York Philharmonic will host its popular, full-orchestra, outdoor performance on the Great Lawn in Central Park… Some Upper West Siders, including Councilmember Gale Brewer, are worried about unsuspecting dog owners, who might be walking their pooches in Central Park at the time.
LINK: UWS Residents and Politicians Ask for More Outreach About Fireworks at NY Philharmonic Central Park Show
Brian Berger / The Spirit
Unbowed by two prior days of rain and thankfully mistaken forecast of more, upwards of 1,000 people came to Riverside Drive and West 89th Street for the annual Memorial Day Wreath Laying ceremony at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument on Monday May 25. LINK: Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at Soldiers &
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By Gale Brewer and Laura Strausfeld
OPINION: Today is World Menstrual Hygiene Day and while New York was once the national leader on menstrual equity, today many students still cannot count on finding a pad or tampon in a public-school bathroom when they need one. LINK: NYC must deliver on menstrual equity (NY Daily News)
By Gus Saltonstall
The results are in for this year’s cycle of participatory budgeting on the Upper West Side and in Morningside Heights. LINK: Participatory Budgeting results are in!
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