Residents Rally Against Plan To Reopen Garbage Transfer Station In NYC
Many Upper East Side residents who live near the Asphalt Green athletic complex stand opposed to any plan to reopen the station, which closed back in 1999.
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Many Upper East Side residents who live near the Asphalt Green athletic complex stand opposed to any plan to reopen the station, which closed back in 1999.
Saying he believed the Defense of Marriage Act was "wrong" and "unfair," the President added his voice to the debate still raging in Albany over a bill allowing same-sex marriage.
On any given day, New York City generates roughly 35,000 tons of garbage. But now, a plan to find a new home for some of it is generating controversy.
A Brooklyn man with a long rap sheet has been arrested in the brutal sex assault of an 85-year-old woman on the Upper East Side, police said.
A doorman helped thwart the rape attempt of a 25-year-old woman on 90th Street and Lexington Avenue last week blocks from where an 85-year-old woman was sexually assaulted on Memorial Day.
A manhunt continued Tuesday for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted an elderly woman on the Upper East Side. The terrifying ordeal took place smack dab in the heart of one of New York's toniest neighborhoods.
Horror rocked the Upper East Side over the Memorial Day weekend. An elderly woman was sexually assaulted and robbed.
An Upper East Side institution known for celebrity sightings, a familial ambiance and a famous reference in Billy Joel's 1979 hit song, "Big Shot," is closing down after more than 40 years years of business.
Police released a surveillance photo of a suspect as part of their investigation into a string of burlaries on the Upper East Side.
The robberies began on April 4, when the suspect hit 525 East 82nd Street and 235 East 73rd Street just hours apart.
Police have released a surveillance image of two individuals wanted for an April 22 robbery on the Upper East Side.
Police said the six victims of the string of burglaries in the Upper East Side all left their doors unlocked.
Authorities said the suspect enters residences through unlocked apartment doors and removes property, including jewelry, before fleeing the locations.
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The 6'1", 250-pound suspect was caught on surveillance camera. He took a laptop from a 12-year-old, and an iPhone and cash from a 16-year-old.
Kenneth Starr "lost his moral compass ... partly as a result of his infatuation with his younger fourth wife,'' Judge Shira Scheindlin said before imposing the prison term.
The late owner of Manhattan's famed Elaine's restaurant was a strong-willed woman, but may not get her way when it comes to where she wished to be laid to rest.
Food trucks continue to be a big hit on the streets of Manhattan, but that popularity has not translated to the Upper East Side.
The first phase of the 2nd Avenue subway project is expected to last until 2016.
Police have arrested a Bronx suspect wanted in connection with at least five robberies or robbery attempts on the Upper East Side.
Police said he approaches the victims in building lobbies, claiming to have a knife, then demands cash and jewelry.
Some are calling him "the fearless mugger." He's striking in daylight hours and targeting women on the well-to-do Upper East Side.
A battle is under way on the Upper East Side between residents of a condo building and cellular giant T-Mobile.
Kyle Shaw, 19, filled a bottle with powder from fireworks then set it off in front of the store at Third Avenue and 92nd Street on Memorial Day in 2009.
Chelsea resident Kyle Shaw was arrested shortly after the Memorial Day bombing of the Upper East Side coffee shop.
