The NYC Marathon is this weekend so please check for street closures and find the best location to watch the race. Marathon weekend also means its time to Change your Clock/Change your Battery! Daylight savings time starts this Sunday and so don't forget to move your clocks back 1 hour and please take the opportunity to also test and/or change your Fire Alarm Battery.
ELECTION DAY is this Tuesday Nov 5th but you can also this weekend through EARLY VOTING. There are 5 NYC Charter revision proposals on the ballot as well as a vote for Public Advocate. Your early voting location is probably different from your regular Election Day voting location, with different hours, so please make sure you check HERE for that information before you head out to vote.
NY Junior Tennis League is offering FREE Winter Weekend Tennis lessons to children ages 5-18. The program starts Nov 9 and runs in various locations throughout the city. Please check their website for information.
NYC Recycles Day is November 10th. Please join the Dept of Sanitation at Union Square Park’s North Plaza from 11am to 3pm. There will be Recycling Games, Upcycling + Crafting, Bike Repair, Composting Demos, Touch-a-Truck, Trucks of Art Exhibition, and a GrowNYC Stop ‘N’ Swap® (clothing only).
If you are interested in ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS & EVENTS, I encourage you to check out and sign up for newsletters from a long-time local organization called UWS Recycling. Access their website, sign up for their UWS Eco letter, which comes our 6 times/year, and learn about all the local and citywide environmental happenings.
My office will send out a full listing of free community Thanksgiving Dinner locations and events later in the month.
See you in the community!
Monday, Nov 4 - Saturday, Nov 9
HOUSING CLINIC - new time and location!
Wednesday Nov 6th, 6:30pm (new time!)
Location: Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus ave at 92nd st (new location)
1st Wednesday of every month, come have a free consultation with a housing attorney and/or listen to a presentation on a topic related to housing.
Music Sundays at Hamilton Senior Center
Sunday Nov 3, 12:30pm
Location: Hamilton Senior Center, 141 W 73rd st
FREE: Join us for a performance by students from the Juilliard School. Performances vary from poetry to ballet, concertos to modern dance!
Election Day
Tuesday, Nov 5
Polls open from 6am - 9pm
Community Board 7 Full Board Meeting
Wednesday, Nov 6, 6:30 PM
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Bdway W 63rd st
Visit Community Board 7's Website for more information.
Community Board 4 Full Board Meeting
Wednesday, Nov 6th, 6:30pm
Location: Mount Sinai West, 1000 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Conference Room B
Visit Community Board 4's Website for more information.
Its Easy Being Green
Thursday Nov 7, 7pm
Location: Ansche Chesed, 251 W 100th st
Conversation with Riverside Park Conservancy President, Dan Garodnick on Climate: The Positive Role of NYC Parks
Blood Pressure Screenings
Project FIND, Clinton Neighborhood Center
Thursday Nov 7, 10am-12pm
Location: 530 W 55th st, between 10th-11th ave
Membership is FREE, you must be 60 years or older
For more information: 212-757-2026 or Email:[email protected]
Symphony Space Just Kidding
Saturday Nov 9, 11am
Location; Symphony Space on Broadway at 95th st
$17 tickets. Okee Dokee Brothers - Through their concerts, Joe and Justin remind children (and their adults) of their intrinsic ability to discover, imagine, and create through music.
Sunday, Nov 10 - Saturday, Nov 16
NYC Recycles Day
Sunday Nov 10th, 11am-3pm
Location: Union Square Park at 14th st, North Plaza
Recycling Games, Upcycling + Crafting, Bike Repair, Composting Demos, Touch-a-Truck, Trucks of Art Exhibition, and a GrowNYC Stop ‘N’ Swap® (clothing only).
Veteran's Day Parade
Monday, Nov 11th, 11-3pm
26th-48th st along 5th ave https://parade.uwvc.org/
Community Board 7 Transportation Committee
Tuesday, Nov 12, 7:00pm
Location: 250 West 87th Street
Visit the Community Board 7 Website for more information.
Community Board 7 Business & Consumer Committee
Wednesday, Nov 13, 7:00pm
Location: 250 West 87th Street
Visit the Community Board 7 Website for more information.
20th Precinct Build a Block Meeting
for Sector B area - 72nd - 83rd st and west of Broadway
Wednesday, Nov 13, 7:00pm
Location: William O'Shea School Complaex, 100 W 77th st
Gallery Opening
Soft Signs by Anna-Sophia Vukovic Opening
Wednesday, Nov 13, 7-9pm thru Jan 5
Location: The Gallery at W83, 150 West 83rd Street
FREE. Using colors, abstract shapes and shifts of scale, Vukovich conjures a sense of space to consider the physical places and spiritual spaces we inhabit, how we got there, and where we're going.
2019 Book Prize for Social Justice
Thursday Nov 14, 7:30pm
Location: Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Ave
Join us for a conversation with Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Winner, Bernice Yeung, author of, In A Day's Work:The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers
24th Precinct Build a Block Meeting
for Sector B area - 86th-100th CPW to Broadway
Saturday, Nov 16, 10:30am
Location: MS 256, 154 W 93rd st
Community Board 7 Preservation Committee
Thursday, Nov 14, 6:30 pm
Location: 250 West 87th Street
Visit the Community Board 7 Website for more information.
Symphony Space Just Kidding
Saturday Nov 16, 11am & 2pm
Location; Symphony Space on Broadway at 95th st
$17 tickets. Wonder Spark Puppets - This is a story of a fox who loses his precious tail, and with it, his identity, all told through glorious puppetry.
Fall Speaker Forum
Saturday, November 16th, 2pm
Location: Rutgers Church House 236 West 73rd Street
FREE. Farms and Communities Succeed Together: A Conversation with Ben Shute and Lindsey Lusher Shute, owners of Hearty Roots Farms
RSVP Evenbrite at www.fallspeaker2019.evenbrite.com
Sunday, Nov 17 - Saturday, Nov 23
Music Sundays at Hamilton Senior Center
Sunday Nov 17, 12:30pm
Location: Hamilton Senior Center, 141 W 73rd st
FREE: Join us for a performance by students from the Juilliard School. Performances vary from poetry to ballet, concertos to modern dance!
West Side Arts Coalition
Free Expression 2019 Gallery Exhibit opens Nov 17
Hours: Wed. 6- 8 PM. Sat. & Sun. 12PM -6PM
Location: Broadway Mall Community Center, 96th Street and Broadway (center isle)
Free, all are welcome
Film Screening—“When Voices Meet”
Sunday, November 17th at 2PM
Location: 65 West 90th Street, 2nd Floor
Donation: $10 to $20— A fundraiser for Mama Mary’s Orphanage, South Africa. A 500- voice, multiracial children’s choir breaks through barriers of South African apartheid.
MUSIC Mondays
Monday, Nov 18, 7:30pm
Location: Advent Lutheran Church, 2504 Broadway at 93rd St.
FREE Six superb brass players perform music from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Free concert. Accessible by lift from street to sanctuary.
Contact: [email protected] or 212-665-2504
Community Board 7 Parks & Environment Committee
Monday, Nov 18, 7:00 pm
Location: 250 West 87th Street
Visit the Community Board 7 Website for more information.
Elder Abuse
Wednesday, Nov 20, 12:30pm
Location: Hamilton Senior Center, 141 W 73rd
Learn about Elder Abuse with a presentation by Carder Burden.
Community Board 7 Land Use & Housing Joint Committee Hearing
Wednesday, Nov 20, 6:30pm
Location: 250 West 87th Street
Visit the Community Board 7's Website for more information.
Community Education Council for School District 3
Wednesday, Nov 20, 6:30pm Location: PS 242, 132 W 122nd st Visit the CEC3 website for more information
24th Precinct Community Council
Wednesday, Nov 20, 7pm
Location: Precinct House, 151 W 100th st
All community members welcome to bring issues to the Precinct Captain and Police Officers
Blood Pressure Screenings
Project FIND, Clinton Neighborhood Center
Thursday Nov 21, 10am-12pm
Location: 530 W 55th st, between 10th-11th ave
Membership is FREE, you must be 60 years or older
For more information: 212-757-2026 or Email:[email protected]
Community Board 7 Youth, Education & Libraries Committee
Thursday, Nov 21st, 6:30pm
Location: 250 West 87th Street
Visit the Community Board 7 Website for more information.
Symphony Space Just Kidding
Saturday Nov 23, 11am
Location; Symphony Space on Broadway at 95th st
$17 tickets. Alastair Moock and Friends - Alastair Moock is a GRAMMY-nominated, two-time Parents’ Choice Gold medal winner, recipient of the ASCAP Children’s Music Award.
Sunday, Nov 24 - Saturday, Nov 30
Music Sundays at Hamilton Senior Center
Sunday Nov 24, 12:30pm
Location: Hamilton Senior Center, 141 W 73rd st
FREE: Join us for a performance by students from the Juilliard School. Performances vary from poetry to ballet, concertos to modern dance!
20th Precinct Community Council
Monday Nov 25th, 7pm
Location: Precinct House 120 W 82nd st
All community members welcome to bring issues to the precinct Captain and officers
Community Board 7 Health & Human Services Committee
Tuesday, Nov 26th, 7:00pm
Location: 250 West 87th Street
Visit the Community Board 7 Website for more information.
Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov 28th
Stay tuned for more information about the Parade, meals for those in need and other day events
Ongoing Events/Opportunities
Sundays at JASA is a one-of-a-kind, college-level continuing education program for adults 50+. Join us this fall at John Jay College for courses in politics, current events, acting, drawing, creative writing, crossword puzzle construction, exercise, film, opera appreciation and much more! Sundays at JASA Lunchtime Lecture Series will include journalist Craig Unger and bestselling author Charles Kaiser, among others. Classes begin on Sunday, September 22nd. Registration information, location details, and a full description of courses available here. Contact Alexandra Collier at 212-273-5304 or [email protected] for more information.
InTandem Cycling for the Vision Impaired in Central Park!
Thursdays at 6:30pm and Saturdays 9:30am
Location: cyclists with a disability should go to the Engineers' Gate, 2 East 90th Street
Come ride with us! InTandem provides free tandem cycling programs to people who are blind, have low vision, or cannot ride independently due to other disabilities. No prior experience in tandem riding is necessary. We’ll set you up with a partner, adjust the bike the way you like it, and before you know it you’ll be zooming around the Central Park loop! We ride as long as it's not raining and above 40 degrees. Rides are ongoing until November. For more information click here, or email Matthew Nidek at [email protected].
Upper West Side Recycling provides a comprehensive listing of environmental events in Manhattan that will take place over the next two to three months. This listing is part of their free bi-monthly UWSR Eco Letter. To receive the events listing, click here to to sign up.
Caring Kind Seminars on Aging, Dementia & Caregiving
If you are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia, you are not alone. Support is available. Contact Caring Kind's 24-hour Helpline at 646-744-2900 or visit www.caringkindnyc.org to learn more about free educational workshops throughout the month. Seating is limited and registration is required.
Free Cultural Events All Year Long at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. Learn more here.
Free Music Fridays
Location: American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square
Every Friday, 5:30-7:30pm.
Music featured at the Free Music Fridays series thematically reflects the spirit of the self-taught art on view at the museum. Support the proceedings with a donation-based cash wine bar. Admission is always free.
79th Street Greenmarket
Sundays year-round, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Food scrap drop-off 8am-1pm
Location: Columbus Avenue between 77th & 79 Streets
Access A Ride Drop-Off Point: 441 Columbus Avenue (at 81st Street). For more information, click here or call Margi Trapani (646) 442-4154
At the 79th Street Greenmarket, shoppers can find grass fed beef, New York’s freshest fish, duck, chicken, ostrich, goat cheese, fresh flowers, eggs, honey, baked goods, apple cider, and a large variety of fruit and vegetables. Cash, EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit cards, WIC Vegetable & Fruit checks & FMNP coupons are all accepted.
97th Street Greenmarket
Fridays year-round, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Food scrap drop-off available
Location: 97th Street between Columbus & Amsterdam
Access A Ride Drop-Off Point: 775 Columbus Avenue (at 97th Street). For more information, click here or call Margi Trapani (646) 442-4154
The 97th Street Greenmarket has been serving the diverse population of the Upper West Side for over 25 years. Come shop for produce, eggs, grass-fed meat, fish, cheese, and more. Cash, EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit cards, WIC Vegetable & Fruit Checks, and FMNP Coupons are all accepted.
Tucker Square Greenmarket
Thursdays & Saturdays, year-round, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Food scrap drop-off available
Location: West 66th Street & Broadway
Greenmarket's gateway to the Upper West Side, the Tucker Square Greenmarket offers locally grown produce just across the street from Lincoln Center. Orchards boast sweet berries, stone fruit, and over 80 varieties of apples. Farmstead cheeses, fresh seafood, grass fed beef, duck and duck charcuterie, eggs, artisan baked goods, and New York's only producer of both sorghum and maple syrup round-out the offerings.
Grand Bazaar NYC
Every Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
Location: 100 West 77th Street at Columbus Avenue All year-round, indoors and outdoors, over one-hundred merchants set-up their stands to sell the finest and most distinctive antique watches, vintage collectibles, art and photography, handmade jewelry and furniture, and delicious macaroons and other artisan foods. Grand Bazaar NYC donates 100% of its net revenue to four neighborhood public schools, benefiting over 4,000 children, while building and supporting a vibrant community of talented artists, designers, artisans, and entrepreneurs.
Affordable Housing - Additional Resources
West Side Neighborhood Alliance Monthly Meetings
4th Thursday of every month; location will vary.
The West Side Neighborhood Alliance is a coalition of tenants and tenant associations sponsored by Housing Conservation Coordinators. WSNA meets monthly to discuss and organize for solutions to problems that tenants face in their buildings, like illegal hotels, tenant harassment, and MCIs. Contact Jonathan Furlong at [email protected] or 845-367-7003 for more information.
Housing Conservation Coordinators (HCC) Legal Clinic
Mondays, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: HCC Offices, 777 Tenth Avenue
HCC offers a free legal clinic on Monday evenings from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. To meet with a volunteer attorney, visitors must call the front desk (212) 541-5996 to reserve a spot in the clinic in advance. Only the first eight callers will be able to reserve an appointment. Any New York City resident who does not qualify for HCC's legal services can visit HCC’s Legal Clinic, regardless of income or address. Our volunteer lawyers provide brief legal information, explain basic legal rights and may refer visitors to other legal resources/organizations/agencies. The Clinic is for 15-minute consultations only. You do not retain the volunteer attorney and the attorney cannot represent you or provide legal advice. While most visitors come for legal information about housing-related matters, attorneys may (at their own discretion) field questions about other basic, legal matters, as well. Visitors are asked to bring all documents relevant to their questions.
NYC Housing Connect
Looking for affordable housing? The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has developed an online portal to search and apply for affordable housing opportunities in New York City called NYC Housing Connect. On the site, you can: learn how to apply for affordable housing in New York City; view current and upcoming housing opportunities; start, save, and complete an application for your household; and apply to housing options for which you may qualify. NYC Housing Connect seeks to simplify the application process for you. To visit the site, CLICK HERE. Applying and qualifying for affordable housing can be a long process, and you are not guaranteed to receive housing. Your household must not only qualify with detailed criteria on a property-by-property basis, but you must also be selected at random in that property's lottery. Preferences noted in the advertisement will be given first consideration. For other housing resources for New York City, visit the Affordable Housing Resource Center.
NYC Housing Development Corporation
HDC finances rental properties reserved for households that meet certain income restrictions, commonly referred to as either low-income or middle-income. Each posting specifies how many of each type of apartment is available. To apply, please follow the instructions on the application information or advertisement posted for each development. All apartments are awarded through a lottery; your eligibility is determined by income. There is no application fee, facilitator, outside expediter, or broker involved in this process. Filling out the application for the specific project that is advertising available units is the ONLY way to apply for one of the apartments. See available listings.
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