Berman Uses GVSHP To Campaign
Perhaps the hottest seat in the City Council is that which Chris Quinn is vacating as she runs for mayor. Right now, the strongest contender […]
Anybody For Mayor – anybody?
My heart momentarily leapt as a smiling Mayor Bloomberg offered departing Foreign Secretary Hillary Clinton a new job – Mayor of New York. Oh boy, […]
Too Cheap To Buy A Camera
“I would like to get a copy of the photograph of the flooded West Side highway which appeared on the front page of WestView News; […]
Letter from Greece
In early June, just two weeks before the second general elections in Greece, Ilias Kasidiaris, the newly elected MP for Golden Dawn (G.D.), the neo-Nazi […]
So Long To Our Financial Helmsman
Very often, at our monthly editorial meetings, I introduce new WestView contributors to Peter White as the one man without whose contribution there would be […]
Spending $100,000 To Prove Your Point
I received a call from Rebekah, a Columbia University journalism graduate writing her thesis on Pier 40. She was planning to write 5,000–6,000 words and […]
Gun Control
In the aftermath of the slaughter of children in Sandy Point, the gun industry immediately began insisting that guns were not the difficulty; the problem […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies That Matter January 2013
Looking back on the over 500 films I have seen in 2012, I think it has been a very good year for the moviegoer. That […]
Is a Private Lap Dance or a Pole Dance Really a “Dance?”
Does a private lap dance or pole dancing constitute a “choreographic performance?” This was the issue the highest court of the State of New York […]
Science from Away: Briefly Noted: One; Two; and Three
One Early in the 1960s, Rachel Carson published a book with a perfect title for the point she was making. If we don’t watch out […]
WestView Letter January 2013: Fluttering Small Brown Visitor!??
Fluttering Small Brown Visitor!?? On the Sunday afternoon following our superstorm Sandy, I was stunned and amazed when a very small brown bird came fluttering/zooming […]
WestView Letter January 2013: Pier 40 car loss devastating
Pier 40 car loss devastating Dear Editor, Around 8:15pm on the night of Sandy’s arrival, the Hudson River poured into our block, West Street between […]
Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work. Find out What Does. It’s that time of year again. Every time you turn on the TV, look at your […]
After The Storm
Politics and Passion – sobering thoughts about the year that has passed and the year to come The end of 2012 was marked, for me, […]
Embezzler’s Nest
The West Village townhouse that once served as a base of operations for embezzler/fraudster/sketchy philanthropist Marco Stoffel has returned to the market for $19 million, […]
Senators Agree On Coalition, But Will Power Sharing Last?
By Henry Stern Since the inception of New York Civic ten years ago, no governmental issue has loomed larger than the failure of the New […]
WestView Letter January 2013: WestView – personal blog?
WestView – personal blog? Dear Editor, I was surprised by Publisher George Capsis’s recent cover article on Hurricane Sandy and by the mind-boggling extent of […]
The New York Lottery
By Frank Thurston Green Gambling is alright as long as people know the odds, know they’re losing, know they almost certainly always will, and keep […]