Upper West Side News
Check out this week's top news stories for the Upper West Side.
President Barack Obama’s 1980s Upper West Side Apartment For Rent
The New York City apartment where President Barack Obama lived in the 1980s is available for rent. But there’s no guarantee it’ll inspire presidential aspirations in the next occupant. The two-bedroom railroad apartment on the Upper West Side is listed for $2,400 a month. Read More
Upper West Side Leaders Host 'Rat Academy' to Combat Rodents
The rats are back with vengeance on the Upper West Side — but residents are schooling themselves on how to keep them at bay. A series of "rat academy" classes kicking off around the city this summer are aimed at banishing the pests from Gotham's streets once and for all. "The rat academy is not for the rodents, it's for us," Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer told an agitated audience Wednesday night at a town hall meeting. Read More
Upper West Side Restaurant Owner Accused of Fondling Waitress
The owner of an Upper West Side Indian restaurant was arrested for sexually abusing one of his waitresses, police said. Tara Gill, 56, of Jackson Heights, allegedly fondled the breasts of the waitress at Tandoori Restaurant, at 210 W. 94th St. near Amsterdam Avenue, according to police, who arrested him Wednesday night. Gill was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court Thursday and was charged with forcible touching and sexual abuse from an incident stemming from April, according to the criminal complaint.
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Man Arrested in Stabbing Death of Manhattan Shelter Worker
Police arrested and charged a man Saturday in the stabbing death of an Upper West Side shelter manager. Police say Bernardo Paulo, 34, stabbed John Baisley, 56, multiple times at the Camden Residence Hotel on West 95th Street Friday afternoon. The facility provides emergency shelter to people living with HIV. Read More
Neighborhood Watch Group Battles 72nd Street Tour Bus Chaos
Residents on the Upper West Side fed up with the influx of summer tour buses that they say run rampant through their neighborhood have taken the job of enforcing traffic regulations into their own hands. Members of the West 72nd Street Alliance have been spending their weekends patrolling the intersection of West 72nd Street and Central Park West, where buses drop off large groups of tourists from early morning until after dusk. The buses clog the intersection, spew fumes, double-park in the street, and send traffic and pedestrians into the street, according to locals. Read More