Besides making smart financial decisions, there are other good reasons to rent. For Quigley, it's also been a way to test-drive a neighborhood. She loves her Midtown Manhattan location yet is considering the Upper West and East sides. "So much depends on what kind of apartment I find. A good view and light are very important to me," she says.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

The Philippines' ambassador to the United Nations between 2003 and 2006 is being accused of enslaving a Filipina immigrant at his Upper East Side home.

Published by New York Sun on July 8, 2008.

This latest round of concern began when Church left Saturday night's game in the eighth inning with dizziness. He phoned Anita Wu, the neurologist at New York Hospital for Special Surgery who has been treating him

Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.

The Isis, a 19-story tower by FXFowle at 303 E. 77th St., also has two cantilever sections.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

After eight months, the first of two 200-ton tunnel-boring machines has reached Grand Central Terminal, completing a journey that began more than a mile away, in the bedrock below 63rd Street and Second Avenue, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced today.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

Thus pigeon-napping is considered a crime (though giving them birth control is not). Two months ago, a formerly homeless street sweeper tipped off law enforcement officials about a pigeon poacher, Isaac Gonzalez, who was spreading vast amounts of seed on the Upper East Side.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

"Honestly, this is what we train for," said Bohan, who is assigned to Engine 44 on the upper East Side. "You have to get him out of the car or he's going to die - that's what matters."

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

Rooftop Lounge, Hotel Bentley, 500 E. 62 St., 21st floor, (212) 644-6000. Enjoy traditional American cuisine from the all-you-can-eat buffet, as part of the Picnic in the Sky.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

Later that same day, Mr. Stewart witnessed a man spreading bird seed on the ground and netting a large number of pigeons on the Upper East Side. He called the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, which sent an officer to the scene and arrested the pigeon poacher.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

A street sweeper let the authorities know about pigeon napping on the Upper East Side and netted himself a $2,500 reward when the poacher was convicted.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

The fact that imperial Metropolitan Museum of Art director Philippe de Montebello is ending his 31-year tenure in just a few months is bad enough for the Upper East Side’s delicate collective psyche. But what would happen to the neighborhood’s sense of nobility if the molasses-voiced descendent of Napoleonic aristocracy (and, on his mother’s side, of the Marquis de Sade) actually moved away?

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

He, for example, owns what is believed to be Manhattan's largest home - a 51,000-square-foot, Upper East Side structure which once housed an entire school.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.

“For the past 15 generations, nobody in my family has had to work,” said A. Laurance “Larry” Kaiser IV, the high-end Upper East Side real estate broker. “You work because you have to contribute to society.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Until recently, Mr. Dougherty, who is 32 and lives on the Upper East Side, hadn’t owned a pair of casual shorts since he was in high school. Visiting his parents in Connecticut one hot Saturday a few weeks ago, however, after downing a few cocktails in one of the local shopping mall’s “fine-dining” establishments, he found himself wandering into J. Crew to purchase a pair of blue-striped seersucker shorts. Next Page >

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

“He’s my neighbor, too,” Mr. Bloomberg said. (The mayor and Mr. Garfunkel both live on the Upper East Side.)

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

A 17-year-old girl was killed on the Upper East Side when a drunken driver hit the car in which she was a passenger, police said.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

During last month's gathering at the firehouse, they recalled the cold Dec. 7 morning when the scaffold on the roof of Solow Tower at 265 E. 66th St. collapsed. Moreno's brother Edgar, 30, a fellow window washer, toppled off and died when he hit the ground. But Alcides, 37, stuck to the 16-foot-wide scaffold like a surfboard, which may have slowed his descent as he hurtled 500 feet onto the concrete below.

Published by New York Post on June 29, 2008.

Last night at the New York Blood Center auditorium on the Upper West Side, Assemblyman Micah Kellner moderated a panel on post-congestion-pricing solutions for city transportation that reached a general consensus but no real solution: congestion pricing is not a bad idea, the proposal was just executed poorly, and right now the M.T.A. is, as one panelist said, in “deep doo-doo.”

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the story follows Ivy Ames, "an Upper East Side woman who, after losing her high-powered job and getting divorced, starts over again in a less ritzy downtown apartment. After pulling her children from private school, Ames starts a business to help upper-middle-class women get their children into elite kindergartens."

Published by The New York Observer on June 26, 2008.

She's an Upper East Side mom whose social descent is both literal and figurative: freshly divorced and given the boot at her job, Ivy moves downtown and transfers her kids from private to public school.

Published by The New York Observer on June 26, 2008.

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 26, 2008.

Last night Manhattan Community Board 8 held a special joint Roosevelt Island and Transportation Committee meeting at the New York Blood Center. It was held in the Auditorium in case a large number of individuals attended. It was not needed. The following are my thoughts and reactions as well information provided to us in the order of the agenda.

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on June 25, 2008.

Elie Granger, 46, was riding his mountain bike near the Queensborough Bridge in Long Island City, Queens, when he passed Eduarda Oliva, 37, and her 13-year-old daughter. Officials said Granger stabbed Ms. Oliva in the chest and fled the scene on his bike, leaving her daughter unharmed. Police said Mr. Oliva is in critical but stable condition.

Published by New York Sun on June 25, 2008.

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

Published by The New York Observer on June 25, 2008.

Police are questioning a man in connection with the stabbing of a woman as she walked with her daughter near the Queensboro Bridge.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

For some horny high rollers, the cost of just a single evening at Scores could even reach six figures: One visiting CEO from St. Louis eventually lost his job over a whopping $241,000 charged to his company credit card over the course of one night at the original Scores, at 333 East 60th Street, back in 2003.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Police say the 37-year-old woman was attacked Sunday morning while walking with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queens side of the Queensborough Bridge.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 24, 2008.

Tuesday, the agency's acting commissioner, Robert LiMandri, testified at a House hearing in Washington in light of the two recent fatal crane accidents on the Upper East Side.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

But we should expect no less. After all, the elected leader of the city lives alone in an Upper East Side mansion. He has 7,000 square feet to wander about while looking at his statues. It has become a commandment for the city's elite: Michael Bloomberg—live like him!

Published by Village Voice on June 24, 2008.

The 37-year-old woman was attacked while walking with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queensborough Bridge.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 24, 2008.

Police say the 37-year-old woman was attacked Sunday morning while walking with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queens side of the Queensborough Bridge.

Published by SI Live on June 23, 2008.

Police said the woman was walking with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queensborough Bridge on the Queens side about 10 a.m. when the bicyclist approached them.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 23, 2008.

Assemblyman Micah Kellner, who represents the Upper East Side, recently introduced a bill that would change the city's tax law so it would apply to hedge fund and private equity managers.

Published by New York Sun on June 23, 2008.

Police say the 37-year-old woman was attacked Sunday morning while walking with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queens side of the Queensborough Bridge.

Published by New York Post on June 23, 2008.

Police say the woman was walking with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queensborough Bridge on the Queens side about 10 a.m. Sunday when the bicyclist came upon them.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 23, 2008.

Shopkeepers near the planned Second Avenue subway line are complaining that the project is hurting business.They say their businesses are being hurt because of the constant construction along Second Avenue in the 90s.

Published by WNBC on June 21, 2008.

The Second Ave. subway will make East Side travel easier when it debuts in 2015 - but mom-and-pop merchants along the route say construction will destroy their businesses.

Published by New York Daily News on June 21, 2008.

Still, Ms. Dinterman said she felt a little wistful for the summers when she was an intern, with fewer responsibilities and weekends and evenings that were invariably work free. She lives on the Upper East Side and is planning weekend trips “off the island,” because, like many people in the working world, she now has two weeks of vacation a year.

Published by New York Times on June 21, 2008.

Businesses owners along Second Avenue on the Upper East Side are asking for help. They have all been hit hard by the ongoing subway project. In fact, since construction began, at least six businesses have closed. Now, those surviving owners are asking for financial aid.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 20, 2008.

According to the DOB, the crane, a Kodiak, is the same make and model as the two cranes that collapsed earlier this year, killing a total of nine people. What's more, according to the agency, the cracks were found on the same mechanism, although not in the same location, as the crane that collapsed last month on the Upper East Side.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 20, 2008.

In Manhattan, industry leaders expect the leading health care systems, including New York University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, and Mount Sinai Medical Center, to seek locations near their present campuses.

Published by New York Sun on June 19, 2008.

Nearly two weeks after he was murdered, 3-year-old Kyle Smith was finally laid to rest Wednesday at a simple funeral on the upper East Side.

Published by New York Daily News on June 19, 2008.

For three consecutive Saturdays in August, Park Avenue will be closed to automobiles, The New York Sun reported. A five-mile stretch of road between Centre Street in Lower Manhattan and 72nd Street on the Upper East Side will be safe for jogging, biking, and stroller walking on August 9, August 16, and August 23.

Published by New York Sun on June 19, 2008.

The abbreviated life of 3-year-old Kyle Smith was filled with what-if’s that neighbors, relatives, child-welfare advocates and city officials have retraced over and over since his death on June 6.

Published by New York Times on June 19, 2008.

A new proposal for a luxury residential building above the former Parke-Bernet Galleries on the Upper East Side got a far better reception yesterday than an earlier plan to build a soaring tower over the Madison Avenue structure.

Published by New York Post on June 18, 2008.

JUICING UP Booster Juice, which opened in Rockefeller Center last year, has opened its second city location, on the Upper East Side (1279 First Ave., between 68th and 69th streets, 212-744-4455). The Canadian chain, based in Edmonton, Alberta, offers juices, smoothies, hot drinks — including hot açaí, which you do not see very often — as well as quesadillas and wraps.

Published by New York Sun on June 18, 2008.

The project would require the temporary relocation of P.S. 59 to another site for nearly three years during construction of the new school facilities, however Cullen tells GlobeSt.com that the High School for Art and Design would remain in its current facility until construction of the new school facilities is complete. The temporary relocation site for P.S. 59 is located at 213 E. 63rd St. between Second and Third avenues. Cullen explains that the temporary relocation site wasn't previously a school, it was turned into a school and "that site will continue to serve as permanent swing space, if other schools need to be renovated or overhauled."

Published by GlobeSt on June 18, 2008.

The boy's biological mother, Eugenia Holmes, 24, wept and hugged her godmother outside the upper East Side funeral home where mourners gathered. His father, Elliot Smith, 25, also attended.

Published by New York Daily News on June 17, 2008.

But it was just this January that he moved into the immensely sensitive realm of high-art moving and storage when he purchased Hayes Storage (both the business and the building at 305 East 61st Street) for about $30 million.

Published by The New York Observer on June 17, 2008.

As part of an experiment, the city will establish a car-free zone from the start of Centre Street in Lower Manhattan to 72nd Street on the Upper East Side by way of Lafayette Street, Fourth Avenue, and Park Avenue, between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. on three consecutive Saturdays: Aug. 9, 16 and 23. [New York Sun]

Published by New York Times on June 16, 2008.