By West Side Rag

Over the past two weeks, the Upper West Side’s Community Board 7 (CB7) has received “a tsunami of complaints, concerns and questions” from local residents about recent parking rule changes and implementation of ParkNYC , a mobile app to pay for parking, on parts of the side streets adjacent to Columbus Avenue between West 73rd and 86th streets.

In a letter to the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), CB7 Chair Beverly Donohue wrote that while the board was aware changes were coming eventually, it was “blindsided” when city officials gave only one day’s notice before the rules were put into effect.

The lack of notice meant the board had no time to help the city publicize the rollout to those affected by the parking changes, Donohue said.

“When City age

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