Why Republicans Want Bernie to Win
By George Capsis The front page of the Times reported that half of all the money spent so far to support Democratic and Republican candidates […]
Assembly Member Glick: Dirty Money and Questionable Expenditures
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Everyone who reads WestView knows that Deborah Glick and I have some profound disagreements about policy, going back to my support […]
Forty Seven Years Late for the Meeting
By George Capsis “Should I continue to lay on my back watching Judge Judy or should I, on this chilly dark evening, go to the […]
Deborah Glick Loses Big Downtown
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Sometimes following District Leader races is like reading tea leaves. The races are for insiders to evaluate and understand. But […]
Intro. 775—A Solution Without a Problem
By Caroline Benveniste Much has been written about Intro. 775, a bill proposed by City Council Landmarks Chair Peter Koo and Land Use Chair David […]
Illegal flyers are a Blight on the City
By B. Benson The offensive practice of postings stickers and flyers on any public street furniture, lamp posts, traffic signal boxes, payphones, newspaper dispensers, etc. […]
Coming of Age in Havana
By Robert A. Moore Photography of many aspects of Santeria, the Afro-Cuban religion popular all over Cuba, is strictly prohibited. But my friend Lazaro, who […]
No Avatar City
By George Capsis On NY1 a very intense Mark Peters, the city’s Commissioner of Investigation, was cataloguing the horrors in the city homeless shelters […]
Race and the City
The Crisis Continues By Arthur Z. Schwartz I had an interesting experience a couple months ago, entering the R Train at City Hall, just before […]
Bernie Sanders Can Be Elected President. Amazing!
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Last Sunday, I ran into a neighbor who I hadn’t seen in a while, and she said: “Are you really […]
I’m Mad at You, George
By George Capsis “I’m mad at you, George—you told Carol Yost that just because she was old she didn’t need to live in the […]
Mama Read to Me
By Maria Hadjidemetriou “No mamma,you read to me like when I was little” my daughter Julia said, and I did. This pattern during bedtime […]
A Life of Apartments (Part Three)
By George Capsis Part Three concludes this walk down memory lane and looks to the future. If you missed Part One or Part Two, […]
There is No Plan
How Air Rights Could Radically Change the Waterfront (Part Two) By Barry Benepe Last month we emphasized the worst scenarios which could take […]
A Life of Apartments (Part Two)
By George Capsis Part Two continues to chart a lifetime’s worth of apartments. If you missed Part One, you can find it […]
I Did Not Get My Paper This Month
By George Capsis When I was a kid the Daily News went up from two cents to three cents (the same as the […]
Corruption? Leadership Needed!
I grew up in the Bronx. We didn’t expect a whole lot of heroic leadership from people holding elected office there when I was young. […]
Teleported Shopping
A shining nursery van pulled up in front of my window on Charles Street as I struggled to get out another issue of WestView. Three […]