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Community Board 7 Manhattan

Welcome to CB7

Covering the Upper West Side 

The purpose of Manhattan Community Board 7 is to ensure that city services are accessible and responsive to residents, organizations, businesses, and institutions of Manhattan's UpperWest Side.  By hosting regular meetings open to the public, CB7 acts as a conduit for communicating events, addressing local concerns, and processing municipal applications of various sorts.  CB7 also plays an important advisory role in planning, land use, zoning, and the City budget.

Mark Diller, Chair           Penny Ryan, District Manager 



Call Our Office With Your Complaints & Requests for Municipal Services, 212-362-4008 . We can also follow up on your 311 complaints if you call or email us with your tracking number.

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Business to Business (B2B) Networking Reception

Join us for our 3rd Business to Business (B2B) Networking Reception on Thursday, May 23, 2013, 6PM to 8PM, at the New York Historical Society, Central Park West @ 77th Street.
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Recycling Announcement

Recycling Announcement

Great News! NYC Can Now Recycle Rigid Plastics
NYC recycling now includes all rigid plastics.  You can recycle deli containers, microwave takeout containers, yogurt containers, etc., as well as other rigid plastic items such as toys.  Rigid plastics are already being accepted for recycling.  Enforcement will begin soon.  (Note: NYC recycling still does not include “film plastics” such as plastic bags.)
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PS 199

Potential Redevelopment of PS 191 or PS 199


Educational Construction Fund, /DoE/SCA Request For Expressions of Interest (RFEI)- Potential Redevelopment of PS 191 or PS 199. Learn more about the RFEI

Letters by CB7, Elected Officials, and DOE:





Budget Priorities
Agency responses to CB7’s capital and expense budget priorities for FY2014.  Learn more

95th Street Shelters
Commissioner Seth Diamond, Dept. of Homeless Services, letter to the Mayor on the 95th Street shelters
. Read 

CB7 and Elected Officials Letter to Seth Diamond, Commissioner, Department of Homeless Services requesting that he schedule another public hearing and re-open the public comment period on the West 95th Street shelters. Read  
Columbia Grammar School
CB7 Resolution:
 Read

Proposed Addition
:
Part 1   Part 2 
Environmental Assessment Statement

Columbia Grammar shadow study: Click through the pages in each file below to see the gradual changing of the shadows throughout the day. The dark red shadows show the impact of the new addition, the brown shadows exist today.
June 21 Shadows & December 21 Shadows

Columbia Grammar Response to 2/20/2013 CB7 Land Use Committee Requests 

After-Hour Construction
Elected Officials request clarification from DOB and DOT
regarding the granting of after-hour and weekend variances for non-emergency construction work. Read




Changes for Pedestrians & Cyclists on the Central Park Drives.
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Riverside Park South phase 5

Riverside Park South phase 5
From 62nd Street to 70th Street
Courtesy Review
Thomas Balsley Associates
Parks Capital Design

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Recycle Your Clothes and Other Textiles in Your Own Building
UWS Recycling will organize your textile drive. Portable clothing bin is provided in your building if there are over 100 apartments and racks for smaller buildings.
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How much affordable housing is in our district?
CB7 with the assistance of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's office made a comprehensive study of existing affordable housing in our area.
Read the Summary




The UWS: How the Dirtiest Heating Oil Pollutes Our Air and Harms Our Health
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Find out if your building is using heating oil that has heavy pollutants




Organizations in our area that accept food donations
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Community Board 7's Green Guide!
There are tips and links that you may find useful. Visit our website regularly to stay informed on Green!
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CB7 News
Most Requested
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