Inwoodite

Wow, that's enough right there to make me vote for Ydanis.

I don't want to see Linares back...Ydanis all the way.

I agree: Ydanis is a good man who has raised his money, Obama style, from a lot of small donors, instead of the Martinez/Linarez way from big special interests like real estate developers. Ydanis in 09!

I guess we should never take for granted that just because the light changes in our favor does not necessarily mean that the person approaching the red is going to stop. My thoughts and prayers go out to this man's family.

how sad...everyone should watch out for the black livery cabs/cars...cooper and 204 th seems to be non-STOP for them...RIP

These postcards are very real and quite vile.
But there is an undercurrent reason for the calling of this press conference by the Vida Group. They (Vida) are the owners of every restaurant & bar on Dyckman Street between Broadway & Seaman Avenue.
They have already overstepped the legal NY State Liquor Authority Law of no more than 3 in a 500 ft area...they have four amd are now upset, beacuse they want a 5th liquor license in the 500 ft area.
There has been a police van parked at the gas station since Memorial Day when 1,000 people flooded the street into the early hours of the morning, not respecting any of the neighbors who have lived in this area before 4 bars opened.
I, myself was born in the "neighborhood", and have been back here for 32 years in the same apartment.... Read More
I do not believe I belong herfe any more than anyone else,
but I also do not believe I can be told that I don't belong, which is the other side of this racial divide.

I grew up there and have not lived there since 1981. We were very much an integrated neighborhood back then. Hispanics, Anglos, African Americans, and Asians.. no problems between the races back then. I myself am Dominican and have felt racism in other areas of the country but I really didn't feel that in the Inwood area. I recently went back to ... Read Moresee the area and realized who much more crowded it has become. Maybe the lack of space and close proximity to each other as become too much and people are starting to get the Mob mentality of "we better get ours before there is no more to get"... Hmmmm

I really liked this link, thank you. Not only is safty of great interest to residents of New York, but I also have a great interest in geographical data in general.

I am a distant relative of Glendalis and want to thank you for the reporting of her murder and to the NYPD for their diligence in this case. I grew up on POST Ave. and Sherman Ave as well. Thanks for keeping Inwood safe! I still have family there and am currently here visiting my family. Thanks again!

FYI..IL SOLE IS NOT PARTNERS WITH THE MAMAJUANA GROUP....

The SLA is currently under investigation for corruption by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo... Read More’s office. Locals might want to be present at tomorrow night’s Town Hall meeting with Mr. Espaillat: his invited guest will be AG Cuomo, who seems to have a lot of answering to do.

The interests and motivations of CB 12’s Economic Development Committee remain a mystery. Are they there to help regulate economic development so that the interests of residents can have a place at the decision-making table alongside the almighty Dollar? If so, then they might have taken my argument that apparently limitless supplies of liquor licenses was driving landlords to raise rents to astronomical levels that only businesses with liquor licenses can provide more seriously than it seems they did. The fact is, these two blocks are quickly losing businesses not related to the sale and consumption of alcohol.

In the last two years, we have lost: a copy shop, a deli, and a dry-cleaners. All of them reported that the landlord doubled or, in the case of the deli, tripled their rent, effectively forcing them out. West Dyckman desperately needs to maintain a balance of types of establishments. We are already, essentially, a year-round Carnival, a bar strip. ... Read MoreThe next kind of business to move in seems certain to be a strip club.

The meeting made it clear that the current system of applications for liquor licenses is broken: it is manifestly corrupt and dysfunctional. Applicants who simply do an end run around the CB by filing a request first with the SLA seem, according to statements made by Chair Tony Lopez, to potentially get by without any CB oversight whatsoever. Applicants who simply file late, leaving little time for the CB or the 34th Precinct to conduct a thorough investigation also seem to be getting unfair advantages. The whole process stinks of corruption.

The residents on Post must not have known this...for the past 3 yrs that I've lived here. And the show is still going at 2:11 a.m.

Wow! Is Post ave still the center of the Illegal 4th of July fireworks displays? It was that way when I grew up there in the 70's. It was where everyone went and blew stuff up. I would have loved to see it! Not for the breaking of Laws but for the memories! Some traditions are hard pressed to die.

And I live in Los Angeles County, fireworks are legal in my city. I still miss POST AVE.

No surprise there! They will fix it when someone sues their (city's) ass! :)

One reason we have to get rid of those clowns in Albany. Me,,I say vote all the incumbents who holds office in the State Senate & Assembly out of office.