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Soho/Noho upzoning clears key Council votes; Chin reveals city-owned Hudson St. site will get 100 affordable units
Councilmember Carlina Rivera said "incentivizing affordable housing" in Soho and Noho was the "north star" that she and Councilmember Margaret Chin followed in pushing the rezoning plan. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Soho/Noho upzoning clears key Council votes; Chin reveals city-owned Hudson St. site will get 100 affordable units

December 9, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Fri., Dec. 10, 11:30 a.m.: Margaret Chin said she hopes the Soho/Noho rezoning will lead to affordable housing being built.…

Let them eat cake: Bleecker St. supermarket owner, locals want answers from N.Y.U. on key food source’s future
The Morton Williams at Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place is Greenwich Village's primary full-service supermarket. (Courtesy Avi Kaner)

Let them eat cake: Bleecker St. supermarket owner, locals want answers from N.Y.U. on key food source’s future

November 28, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A new public school is terrific — but people need to eat, too. Saying they were blindsided by the news, local…

City finally tells N.Y.U., yes, it does want promised Bleecker St. public school
In a photo taken Nov. 12, C.B. 2 members and local politicians declared their support for a school at 130 Bleecker St., including, from left, Councilmember-elect Christopher Marte, C.B. 2 member David Gruber, C.B. 2 District Manager Bob Gormley, state Senator Brad Hoylman, C.B. 2 member Carter Booth, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, C.B. 2 Chairperson Jeannine Kiely, state Senator Brian Kavanagh, Congressmemmber Jerrold Nadler, C.B. 2 members Patricia Laraia and Mar Fitzgerald, and Nicole Barth, an aide to Councilmember-elect Erik Bottcher. (Photo by Tevin Williams)

City finally tells N.Y.U., yes, it does want promised Bleecker St. public school

November 19, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 22, 1:45 p.m.: It took a while — nine long years of back and forth — but the city…

C.B. 2 pans sweeping but half-baked sidewalk cafes and Open Restaurants plan
At a big Community Board 2 public hearing in July on the city's plans for sidewalk cafes and outdoor dining sheds, one speaker noted that agency officials needed look no further than right down the block from the meeting venue where Hudson Clearwater restaurant was seemingly taking up an excessive amount of sidewalk space. (Photo by The Village Sun)

C.B. 2 pans sweeping but half-baked sidewalk cafes and Open Restaurants plan

September 30, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Community Board 2 isn’t taking any shed — at least not without proper public review and input. Its members voted nearly…

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