Teen From Wealthy Westchester Family Pleads Guilty To String Of Central Park Muggings Last Summer

An evening of armed robberies in Central Park last summer has a teenager from a wealthy family in New Rochelle facing up to four years in prison. Jesse Wasserman plead guilty to robbery earlier today and will face sentencing on September 6th.

Upper West Side Week In Review: 8/1/11 – 8/7/11

A round-up of some of the most popular posts from the past week: Photo Of The Week: CUTENESS OVERLOAD! You can now sell your UWS parking spot 45th Annual Mostly Mozart Festival opens, runs through 8/27 Central Park officials want people to stop eating… the park Weekly UWS crab boils at Ditch Plains & Mermaid [...]

BikeJacked: Muggers Attack Upper West Side Cyclist In Broad Daylight

Scary story from MyUpperWest reader David that I wanted to share. He e-mailed earlier in the week detailing a brazen attack in broad daylight: A ‘heads up’ for other NYC UWS cyclists: Yesterday shortly after noon, I got pushed off my bike as I was riding southbound at about 15mph on Riverside Drive right where [...]

82-Year-Old Upper West Side Mugging Victim Taken Off Life Support

Sad story today from Leslie at DNAinfo. Gerald Abramovitz, the victim of a daytime mugging on West 89th street last month, was recently taken off life-support. Abramovitz was an industrial designer whose work is featured at MoMA. I highly encourage you to take a look at Leslie’s article.