Our Homeless Neighbor: The Black Bag on Charles Street
I recently caught a TV segment on the annual counting of the street homeless—we have 3,200. Hmm, it is very cold this February, so the […]
Don’t Build a Bridge to Diller Island with our Tax Dollars
On February the 11th the thirteen members of the Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) will sit down to accept the offer of billionaire Barry Diller […]
No Kisses for Hershey
What is an ex-pat to do? Unless Hershey’s recent action can be turned around,all those imported childhood favorites from Cadbury’s—Kit-Kat, Toffee Crisp, Crunchie, and many […]
Polished Notes on Sixth Avenue
“George, perhaps you can just play gently.” This last minute advice from the conductor before my debut performance as a member of the fifth grade […]
Diller Builds a Monument to Indifference
PS 41 graduate, and architectural critic for The New York Times, Michael Kimmelman, thinks that One World Trade Center looks as hostile and forbidding as […]
Pier55 – A Neighborhood Park
By now, many WestView readers have read about Pier55, a spectacular new public park that we hope to open as part of Hudson River Park […]
Pier 55: An Island Rises
On Wednesday, November 3rd, the Community Board Two Waterfront Committee heard and saw its first presentation of the design for a new Pier 55. (The […]
HRPT Debt Prompts Record Private Gift
I wanted to start this article with “Oh wow” but it seems I have already used that opening so Word demands another expression to describe […]
Glick and Cuomo Win, Community Loses.
There was no dancing in the streets on November 4th when Deborah Glick and Andrew Cuomo were re-elected to their positions and the Christine Quinn-led, […]
A Bird in the Hand
Millie is begging for a duck breast chew, which will, thankfully, keep her quiet while I write (and re-write) this article, but will also keep […]
Vote Like it Matters. Hawkins for Governor, Meadows for Assembly
I have been your District Leader or State Democratic Committee Member since 1995. Every year I give my neighbors advice about how and why to […]
A Vote for Howie Hawkins and Alexander Meadows
The Teachout Democratic Party fallout continues. Progressive Democrats bail out of the Quinn/Duane political machine and endorse principles over politics. Hawkins and Meadows pick up […]
Gansevoort Market Food Hall is on the Way
“To market, to market” — to the Gansevoort Market to be precise, where a group of intrepid restaurateurs have teamed up to create a spacious […]
Times Endorses Voting for Teachout
“Will the New York Times endorse you?” I asked Zephyr Teachout on the very morning of her interview by the Times editorial committee. “No. But […]
Why Zephyr Teachout Can and Should Beat Andrew Cuomo
Over the last few weeks the public has rapidly discerned what readers of WestView have known for months: Andrew Cuomo is facing a serious, grounded, […]
Science from Away: Very Short Science Stories
In 1964, a professor of entomology at Cornell University, Thomas Eisner, published an article in Science, in which he wrote: “Surely, a mint plant derives […]
Teachout Backs Village Hospital
Cuomo, like his father talks too much, maybe it’s the Italian in him, but once he opens his mouth he talks too long and it […]
I Apologize
“The books have been challenged by some groups for profane and derogatory language. The brothers defend their accurate depiction of the attitudes and social mores […]