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News Flash!
July 24: Raucous parties at 323
The
rooftop at 323 West 75th Street has been the site of some
raucous late night (3 am)
parties as of late. Monday, July 12, was the most recent occurance. If
you or anyone you know has been affected by these neighbors, please
reach out to us at info@w75ba.com.
Our counsel has prepared a letter to Brownstone Partners, the owners of
the building, to ensure the situation is rectified.
June 1: Auto Vandalized on
W75
SEE
SOMETHING…SAY SOMETHING
On the night of June 1 a car was vandalized between WEA and Riverside
Drive on West 75th. Three tires were removed from the car.
Detectives are checking out the security cameras at 33 RSD to see how
much of the robbery was caught on film. Please, report any and all
incidents when they occur. We must remain vigilant.
March 12: New Superintendent in the
Neighborhood
Stanley Katz, owner of 140/142 and 144 West 73rd Street,
has hired a new superintendent who is now in residence at 144 and on the job!
Should you see him out working, you may want to say hello and welcome him to the
neighborhood.
2009
December 15: Protest MTA Service Cuts
"...one way or
another, nearly every bus, subway and commuter train rider will be
affected."1
That's how the New York Times
described the devastating service
cuts that an MTA committee recommended yesterday.
The cuts will mean longer delays, 2 subway lines (the W and Z)
eliminated, and dozens of bus lines canceled or shrunk. Worst of all,
hundreds of thousands of school kids will lose their free Metrocards,
and service for the disabled will be severely cutback.
Tomorrow, the full MTA board will
vote to make the cuts final. We've got 24 hours to make sure
they know that New Yorkers oppose this plan.
Sign the petition, then forward this email far and wide. (If the link
doesn't work, copy and paste it in your browser's address box):
http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=487
The petition says: "The MTA should
use its available funds, not cut services millions of New Yorkers depend
on." We'll deliver every signature we receive to the MTA
board before the vote tomorrow.
Advocates for transit riders say many of the cuts proposed by the MTA
aren't necessary if the transit agency uses available stimulus and
reserve funds to close the gap.2 But the real problem is in
Albany and City Hall, which have both betrayed riders time and again by
shortchanging the MTA.
It's time for the MTA Board to push back and stand up for riders.
Tomorrow, they have the chance to do that -- and
if they don't, we will have a public
transportation disaster on our hands.
As longtime commuter-advocate Gene Russianoff put it, "Riders have every
reason to be mad as hell."
Almost 3,500 New Yorkers
have signed the petition to the MTA in less than 24 hours. But we need
to keep the momentum going. Speak out, before it's too late - and we'll
make sure your voices are heard tomorrow.
September 25: Landmark West! campaign to landmark
historic powerhouse
Landmark West! is
mounting a postcard campaign to save the historic IRT powerhouse at West
59th Street and Eleventh Avenue.
Here's why it matters. If you'd like to cast your vote to
landmark this handsome building, "send a postcard." It's quick, free,
and easy —
www.landmarkwest.org/IRT_email.html
September 14: Safety Alert—Potential Danger!
This was submitted by a vigilant resident and we thought
everyone should be aware of it!
On Monday, Sept 7th, a man was seen at multiple
residences on 75th street between CPW and Amsterdam posing as a
Chinese restaurant delivery man. At one residence at least, he said
that he was with UPS in order to gain entry, but then pretended to
be a delivery man who had accidentally entered the wrong building.
He appeared to have a list with notes that he was making of
buildings on the block.
The restaurant he said he was working for was contacted and they
advised that they had no deliveries near our block on that day. The
police were contacted, but they never found him in order to
determine why he was on the block for so many hours on Monday
afternoon making notes about buildings and entering them under false
pretenses. He was an Asian man in his 40s in a light blue polo
shirt and spoke English with a heavy accent.
Please be on the lookout for anyone who matches this description who
tries to enter your building under false pretenses. Please call 911
and report any suspicious activity to the police.
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West 75th Street Block Association
33 Riverside Drive, #2A
New York, NY 10023
info@w75ba.org
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