This month’s Community Board 3 meetings, are heading into the new season of Spring with new construction changes in Lower East Side. This month’s Parks, Recreation, Waterfront & Resiliency Committee had their meeting at the BRC Senior Center at 30 Delancey Street. A representative from the Brooklyn Bridge – Montgomery Coastal Resilience (BMCR) came to […]
CB 3 tackles parks, new construction projects and ICE Read More »
Tenants and organizers gathered outside City Hall the morning of Feb. 26 ahead of a hearing on NYCHA’s Permanent Affordability Commitment Together Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (PACT-RAD) program. Around 100 of them, under the banner of Save Section 9, which is fighting “gentrification, displacement and privatization” of public housing across the country. The program converts
Jacob Riis tenants’ 20 year fight for clean water and NYCHA accountability Read More »
“Get a warrant.” That’s still official policy if agents from Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) show up at the school house door, District 2 Schools Superintendent Kelly McGuire assured the Community Board 2 (CB 2) Schools and Education Committee at its February 24th meeting. Alarmed by Mayor Adams’ January 13, 2025 memo to city workers—which
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Thousands of protesters gathered in Union Square on President’s Day, February 17th, 2025, for the National Day of Protest and Resist the Dictator march. The park filled angry spectators with Donald Trump masks, hateful signs and banners and the sounds of blaring snare drums, the high-pitched jingling of tambourines, and the banging of cowbells. Protesters
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The tap water in New York City has for decades been touted by some as the best in the country. While the water quality may be a factor in producing delicious food, what happens if the pipes delivering that water are made of harmful materials? There are an estimated 124,197 lead water service lines in
The Village has a lead pipe problem. Who’s going to pay for it? by Katherine Lavacca Read More »
Ignoring vehement community objections and the more muted misgivings of local City Council Member Erik Bottcher, the city is proceeding with plans for a 60-story, 600-foot-tall luxury residential spire at the current site of the Gansevoort Meat Market, on Little West 12th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues in the Meatpacking District. The city is
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More than a few of the writers in this month’s paper seem to be questioning how our country got to this current place. It’s of course something I’ve been trying to figure out as well. Lots of other people are also wondering. One of them is Bill Gates. Bill and I are just about the
Publishers’s Column: It’s not just us that are asking Read More »
When I first moved to the West Village, I wondered why people were clogging up the sidewalks on Perry Street and taking pictures in front of this beautiful brownstone. Then I learned the exterior of 66 Perry Street had been used for Carrie Bradshaw’s home in the popular HBO series “Sex and the City.” Since
Carrie Does Not Live Here Read More »
When the City of Yes—a voluminous 1,386 page set of zoning text amendments—was approved by the City Council 31-20 in December, all but one of the 20 dissenting votes against the proposal came from council members from the outer boroughs. They voiced fears the Mayoral initiative, which was marketed as an affordable housing proposal, would
Saying NO to the city of Yes: Council Member Chris Marte on truly affordable housing Read More »
