“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
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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
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“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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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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