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Toxic shock: Seaport tower foes fear mercury-site cleanup would endanger schoolkids
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Temperatures are boiling in the South Street Seaport area as a developer hopes to start cleanup of a toxic former thermometer-factory...
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Kips Bay woman, 28, reported missing
Police are seeking the public's help in locating a Kips Bay woman who was reported missing on Sat., Sept. 4. According to cops, Brittany Hobart,...
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Brewer balks at Soho/Noho rezoning, locals lambaste plan at six-hour session
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They just kept on coming, one after the other...for six hours. Longtime Soho and Noho artist residents testified in droves against...
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Chin, Rivera silent after demanding Soho/Noho rezoning actually create affordable housing
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A month ago, they called on the Department of City Planning to "return to the table now" and improve the Soho/Noho...
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Rocco’s, famed Bleecker Street pastry shop, dishing out vaccine defiance
BY ART GATTI | The Bleecker Street Italian restaurant, Pesce Pasta, tells us, “Yes, we are checking vaccination status for those dining indoors," while across...
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Posts tagged as “Allie Ryan”

Carlina Rivera moves out of Loisaida

Carlina Rivera.

Carlina Rivera moves out of Loisaida

June 20, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated June 20, 8 p.m.: She’s known for her Loisaida roots, but Councilmember Carlina Rivera has moved out of the…

Council O.K.’s Gov’s Island rezoning as green groups slam city’s plans

Lindsay Boylan, a borough president candidate, pointed to the heavily redacted "value engineering report" for the East Side Coastal Resiliency plan. After resisting releasing the report, the city coughed up a heavily blacked-out version. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Council O.K.’s Gov’s Island rezoning as green groups slam city’s plans

May 28, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated May 28, 3:15 p.m.: As opponents decried it as as “sellout,” the City Council on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to…

‘Save our park!’ Hundreds of protesters — no politicians — march against East Side resiliency plan

Protesters marched down the East River Park esplanade to the amphitheater. (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘Save our park!’ Hundreds of protesters — no politicians — march against East Side resiliency plan

April 19, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | As protesters streamed across the E. Sixth St. bridge over the F.D.R. Drive into East River Park on Sunday, one of…

Allie Ryan running for Council District 2 as an independent

Allie Ryan in Tompkins Square Park with her two daughters. (Photo by Chris Ryan)

Allie Ryan running for Council District 2 as an independent

March 24, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated March 26, 1 a.m.: Another candidate is tossing her hat in the ring for City Council District 2. She’s not…

Governors Island rezoning is wrong on so many levels

One of the few truly great open spaces in New York City, Governors Island would be developed with a campus of 20-to-30-story buildings for a "climate-research center" under the de Blasio administration's plan. (Courtesy M.A.G.I.C.)

Governors Island rezoning is wrong on so many levels

January 25, 2021

BY ALLIE RYAN | The Trust for Governors Island has applied to upzone the island potentially to make way for a climate-change research center. The…