Sophie Gamez

Metro-North station could be coming to West 125th Street in 2019
Fri, Feb 22, 2013, 2:10am

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning an additional Metro-North line connecting Penn Station in Midtown with the Hudson branch of the Metro-North, which services Westchester County, and would include a station at West 125th Street.

Low enrollment, funding force two local Catholic schools to shut doors
Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 3:12am

After operating for over 100 years, Annunciation School and Holy Name of Jesus Catholic schools are closing.

CB7 approves Columbus Avenue bike lane extension
Wed, Feb 6, 2013, 12:26pm

A resolution to extend the Columbus Avenue bike lane from 59th to 110th streets was approved Tuesday—a major victory for local bike advocates after years of debate over the lane.

SEAS professors receive grant to research power outages
Tue, Dec 4, 2012, 4:25am

Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi, an associate research scientist at Columbia’s Center for Computational Learning System, said that the work is particularly timely in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Students lead protest of Department of Education’s inaction
Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 4:13am

Stalling on the part of the New York City Department of Education could cost the city’s schools system $300 million in federal funding.

W. 100th Street is noisiest part of New York in morning, study says
Mon, Nov 19, 2012, 5:03am

A Columbia study found that the noisiest place in New York City in the morning is around 100th Street on the Upper West Side.

After Sandy: Facebook coordinates efforts like supplies drive
Thu, Nov 8, 2012, 6:42am

The idea to centralize relief efforts into a Facebook group became clear when organizers Richard Leong and Darpan Patel, both CC ’14, saw their newsfeeds crowding with friends’ postings about Sandy.

Straphangers welcome plan for faster M60 service
Mon, Oct 15, 2012, 12:11am

The MTA will implement Select Bus Service on the M60 bus route, making it faster and more efficient.

Upper West Side parents prepare for rigorous K-6 application process
Mon, Oct 15, 2012, 12:09am

Parents got their first taste of the ordeal Saturday at an elementary school fair. It was a chaotic scene, with toddlers running in circles and parents juggling strollers and babies.

MTA introducing larger buses on popular M60 route
Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 12:55am

The new, more spacious buses are already being phased into the route. While the new buses will save the city money, they will also increase waiting times for commuters.

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