City Planning approves Soho/Noho rezoning with only minor changes
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Rubberstamped! After making what opponents call only some minor tweaks to the sweeping plan, the City Planning Commission on Wednesday...
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Residents sue to block Open Restaurants sheds from becoming permanent
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 20, 1 p.m.: You had to see this one coming. A group of nearly two dozen concerned residents, most...
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Up in smoke: Parks Dept., police crack down on Washington Square pot bazaar
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 15, 2:45 p.m.: On second thought, maybe don't come to the casbah... . There's a new Parks Department captain...
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Podcast: COVID anti-vaxxers and ‘fascist pseudo-anti-fascism’
In Episode 92 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg takes note of what he decries as "the increasingly extremist anti-vax 'protesters,'" who don the yellow star and explicitly...
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Dee Pop, Bush Tetras drummer, dies at 65; Played with wide array of musicians, from experimental to punk
BY JOHN PIETARO | Dimitri Papadopoulos, known as Dee Pop to a fan base of millions, died in his sleep at his home in Brooklyn...
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Posts tagged as “Carlina Rivera”

Justin Brannan now ducking East River Park activists on coastal-resiliency plan

Justin Brannan chairs the City Council's Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts.

Justin Brannan now ducking East River Park activists on coastal-resiliency plan

October 19, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Oct. 19, 11:45 a.m.: “The Sound of Silence” should be the official theme song of the New York City…

Councilmember Carlina Rivera keeps ducking debates and the community loses out

Allie Ryan says she is ready to roll and debate Carlina Rivera but that the councilmember keeps dodging opportunities to do so. (Courtesy Allie Ryan)

Councilmember Carlina Rivera keeps ducking debates and the community loses out

September 24, 2021

BY ALLIE RYAN | A couple days ago I received a phone call with an offer to participate in an MNN-sponsored City Council District 2…

E. 16th St. corner co-named for Harry T. Burleigh, leading African-American composer

Councilmember Carlina Rivera, center, and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, second from right, joined the dedication of the co-naming sign, along with clergy and Gramercy community members. (Courtesy Carlina Rivera's Office)

E. 16th St. corner co-named for Harry T. Burleigh, leading African-American composer

September 12, 2021

Local politicians and clergy members joined in the unveiling of a new street sign on a corner of Gramercy on Sunday co-naming it Harry T.…

Chin, Rivera silent after demanding Soho/Noho rezoning actually create affordable housing

A month ago, Councilmembers Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera said they needed "real and clear direction" from the Department of City Planning on whether the Soho/Noho rezoning plan would really create any affordable housing. It's unclear what they were told by City Planning in response.

Chin, Rivera silent after demanding Soho/Noho rezoning actually create affordable housing

September 1, 2021

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…

Activists FOIL Comptroller’s Office for info on East River Park project

Attorney Jack Lester, speaking at the rally for East River Park in April, filed a FOIL request to learn the full extent of Comptroller Stringer's concerns about the E.S.C.R. project. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Activists FOIL Comptroller’s Office for info on East River Park project

August 19, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | East River Park activists rejoiced at the end of last month when Comptroller Scott Stringer refused to sign off on a…

East River Park activists stage weeklong protest outside City Hall, push for emergency hearing

Protesting the East Side Coastal Resiliency plan on Thursday outside City Hall Park, from left, Katherine De La Cruz, Cameron Jones, Gabriel Reichler and Elissa Jiji. (Photo by The Village Sun)

East River Park activists stage weeklong protest outside City Hall, push for emergency hearing

August 13, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Fired-up East River Park activists “barbecued” outside City Hall Park on Friday. It was the culmination of a weeklong series of…

Fire-displaced East Villagers plead for landlord to help find them new homes

Catherine Barna, one of the displaced tenants, spoke at the rally about the pain of losing their longtime homes. Her husband, John, is to the left behind her. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Fire-displaced East Villagers plead for landlord to help find them new homes

August 4, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They’re hoping for a kernel of kindness from Popcorn. Former tenants of 48 E. Seventh St., joined by Councilmember Carlina Rivera,…

Chin, Rivera say Soho/Noho rezoning must ‘guarantee’ affordable housing; Foes say scrap flawed plan now

With time running out on Mayor de Blasio's and Councilmember Margaret Chin's terms in office, Chin, left, and Councilmember Carlina Rivera are now suddenly saying they are alarmed that the Soho/Noho rezoning plan does not guarantee the creation of any new affordable housing or the preservation of existing affordable housing.

Chin, Rivera say Soho/Noho rezoning must ‘guarantee’ affordable housing; Foes say scrap flawed plan now

August 2, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Councilmembers Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera are finally seemingly jumping on the bandwagon with opponents of the mayor’s Soho-Noho rezoning plan…

Rivera: Coastal resiliency now or ‘else-a’

Tropical Storm Elsa drenched New York City — but the water came from the sky not from coastal flooding.

Rivera: Coastal resiliency now or ‘else-a’

July 9, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | In the wake of the deluge from Tropical Storm Elsa that flooded highways and subway stations Thursday afternoon, Councilmember Carlina…

East River Park activists not giving up the fight, or their sumac mocktails

Emily Johnson and Magda Napoleon, front row, second and third from right, and other East River Park advocates held a "cocktail party" near Councilmember Carlina Rivera's new building. (Photo by The Village Sun)

East River Park activists not giving up the fight, or their sumac mocktails

July 7, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Sumac mocktails, a Twitter flap, a police raid gone awry on said sumac slingers and the future of East River Park…