West Side Rag is free to read because we believe local news should be available to everyone.

Every day, we cover the stories that matter to the Upper West Side: local businesses, schools, public safety, housing, parks, restaurants, neighborhood characters, community debates, and the small changes on our blocks that larger outlets often don’t have the time for.  

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The West Side Rag is a fiscally sponsored project of the Alternative Newsweekly Foundation.