Manhattan Community District 7 | |
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City |  New York City |
| Borough |  Manhattan |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Government | |
| • Chairperson | Alex Morgan Bell |
| • District Manager | Yassiel Nieves |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 212,000 (2,018 estimate) |
| • Density | 110,000/sq mi (43,000/km2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hispanic and Latino Americans | 15.9% |
| • African-American | 6.1% |
| • White | 65.9% |
| • Asian | 9.3% |
| • Others | 2.8% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 10023, 10024, 10025 and 10069 |
| Area code | 212, 646, and 332, and917 |
| Police Precinct | |
| Website | www |
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TheManhattan Community Board 7 is aNew York City community board encompassing theneighborhoods ofManhattan Valley,Upper West Side, andLincoln Square in the borough ofManhattan.
Its oversight is the Westside section of Manhattan, running the length of Central Park from Central Park West to the Hudson River. Specifically, it is delimited by Central Park West on the east, the northern portion ofColumbus Circle, West 60th Street,Columbus Avenue (Ninth Avenue), andWest 59th Street on the south, theHudson River on the west andCathedral Parkway (also known as West 110th Street) on the north.[4]
Beverly Donohue serves as Chairperson and Max Vandervliet is the District Manager. Other executive officers as of 2014 include Doug Kleiman, Vice-Chair, Seema Reddy, Treasurer, Barbara Adler, Co-Secretary and Alex Bell, Co-Secretary.[5]
Community Boards, including CB7, are local governmental entities that provide neighborhood-level services under the New York City Charter. They play key advisory roles in land use and zoning matters and the city budget and coordinate the delivery of municipal services. CB7 also acts as a bridge between the Upper West Side and the City’s other governmental entities, advocating for and developing policy recommendations from the grassroots level.[6]
The Manhattan Borough President appoints fifty volunteer members. All board members live, work, or otherwise have a vested interest the community.[7]
The 2014-2018 census estimates report a population of 212,00, up from 209,100 during the 2010 census. Of them:
In 2012, 12.2% of the population benefits frompublic assistance.[10]
The land area is 1,222.7 acres, or 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2).[8]
