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How much should landlords get to profit off rent regulated tenants? And do long-suffering tenants get any say about it? These are the questions underlying the plight of hundreds of East Villagers, whose current landlord—the $23 billion private equity firm Madison Realty Capital (MRC)—faces foreclosure on its East Village portfolio of fifteen rent-regulated buildings. According […]

I used to subscribe to Texas Monthly magazine, back in the days before Texas became the land of migrant haters and backward schools, and one day it shows up in the mail and who’s on the cover but the son of a president that I was happy was not the president any more. The article

International students are increasingly targeted by the Trump Administration. Not only did the the president threaten to shut down Harvard to them, but he suspended visa interviews for all foreigners wishing to apply to any American university. Italy and the United States have a long history of academic collaboration, marked by institutions such as the

A crowd of fired-up Villagers converged on the corner of Clarkson and Varick Streets to demand that their beloved and landmarked Tony Dapolito Recreation Center—closed since COVID, for five years—be repaired as promised, and not demolished, as the city now threatens to do. The June 1st rally, organized by Village Preservation and the grassroots Coalition

“A scam.” That’s how Manhattan District 1 Council Member Christopher Marte characterized the SoHo-NoHo-Chinatown rezoning plan, which he’d vehemently opposed, and which was enacted in December 2021, immediately prior to his taking office. Contrary to the promises of politicos and city planners, the downtown upzoning plan has thus far delivered less-than-nothing on the affordable housing

June is primary month ahead of this Fall’s elections in New York City. One of the more hotly contested districts appears to be District 1 in lower Manhattan, where incumbent Christopher Marte is being challenged by three Community Board 1 members: Lawyer Jess Coleman, Gotham Park Chair Elizabeth Lewinsohn and MTA Director of Expense Analysis

“Show me what democracy looks like.” “This is what democracy looks like.” The call and response chant rang out loudly as thousands of protestors filled 20 blocks of Fifth Avenue on a chilly, rainy afternoon. The massive action in New York City on April 5 was part of the nationwide Hands Off mobilization. It was organized by

Every week, Michael Cintron lays flowers around the Jacob Riis Houses in the Lower East Side in honor of his late son, Gavin. Cintron and his wife, Alicia Griggs, are florists. His son was in training to join the business. But, in 2022, that dream was ripped away. Gavin died of a disease, pulmonary fibrosis,

Ramadan is the most sacred time for Muslims, marking the period when the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. The Islamic Council of America’s Madina Masjid, located at 401 East 11th Street has been a place where Ramadan  has been observed since 1976. It is home to many West

On a beautiful spring Sunday, March 23, I was not having brunch outside. I was in Abingdon Square Park watching my neighbors stage a Die In to protest cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security. Senior citizens lay down on the asphalt in front of the Doughboy statue holding tombstones and playing dead. Others