NY1 reports that a planned expansion of a charter school network to the Upper West Side is leaving many in the neighborhood fuming.  The Harlem Success Academies, run by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, got the approval on Wednesday to build two more schools on the Upper West Side, but the planned expansion is proving [...]

When Donald W. Reilly, a former Marine, faced eviction from his Upper West Side apartment because he violated the co-op building’s no-pet policy, the thought of moving or giving up his pet beagle led him to decide to fight the rules.  The New York Times‘ City Room blog tells the story of Reilly, who brought [...]

Lenore Skenazy is stirring up some controversy with a self-proclaimed “Take Our Kids to the Park… And Leave Them There Day,” according to Gothamist.  The mom to an 11-year-old left her (then 9-year-old) son on the Upper East Side two years ago to get home to Queens via subway and bus.  Now, she wants to [...]