January 7, 2026: City Planning Commission Public Meeting
Public testimonies on 1727 Amsterdam (Upper Manhattan Health Center at Amsterdam and 145th Street) begins at 1:35:58
Upper West Side Board Rejects Plan To Demolish Landmark Church
Source: Patch.com, Miranda Levingston, Nov. 7, 2025 UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The Upper West Side’s Community Board 7 voted this week 25-15 to reject an application to demolish the landmarked West Park Presbyterian Church on West 86th Street. This rejection sides with preservation advocates, including the Center at West Park, a community arts center
Community Board 9 members wanted more local input on new development projects. Instead, they were ousted and replaced
Source: Columbia Spectator, November 3, 2025 On a Saturday afternoon in October, dozens of West Harlem residents marched to the office of District 7 City Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, calling for him to be voted out of his two-term seat. The march had begun just five blocks away, at the source of the
Affordable Housing’s Slow-Motion Financial Collapse
Source: The City, Samantha Maldonado, Oct. 23, 2025 More than a fifth of New York City’s core affordable housing stock is in the red or close to it — putting tenants at risk. That’s according to a new report from the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, which finds that at least 63,700 apartments receiving a government subsidy