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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…

Planning big blasts Soho/Noho rezoning foes for ‘abusive, disrespectful, racist words’ on eve of key hearing
On Mon., Aug. 23, from left, Chris Marte, Alan Gerson and Kathryn Freed joined together to call on Borough President Gale Brewer to reject the Soho/Noho rezoning. Marte is the Democratic nominee for Lower Manhattan's City Council District 1, which was formerly represented by Gerson and Freed. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Planning big blasts Soho/Noho rezoning foes for ‘abusive, disrespectful, racist words’ on eve of key hearing

August 31, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Despicable. That’s how opponents of the Soho/Noho rezoning are describing a full-frontal attack on them by a Department of City Planning…

Councilmembers past and future urge B.P. Brewer to reject Soho/Noho rezoning
Chris Marte, the Council 1 Democratic nominee, left, was joined by past Councilmembers Alan Gerson and Kathryn Freed on Aug. 23 in calling on Borough President Gale Brewer to reject the Soho/Noho rezoning plan. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Councilmembers past and future urge B.P. Brewer to reject Soho/Noho rezoning

August 23, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | “Do the right thing,” the expected incoming District 1 City Councilmember and two of his predecessors urged Gale Brewer, calling on…

My visit to Chuck Close’s studio; Photorealist master battled light-blocking luxury project
Artist Chuck Close in his Bond St. studio with a portrait he was working on on July 11, 2006. He usually painted friends, family members and fellow artists. (Photo by © Jefferson Siegel)

My visit to Chuck Close’s studio; Photorealist master battled light-blocking luxury project

August 21, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Aug. 23, 3:00 p.m.: Chuck Close, the Downtown artist renowned for his gigantic Photorealist paintings, died on Thurs., Aug. 19,…

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…

C.B. 2 rejects mayor’s Soho/Noho rezoning, calling it ‘falsely presented’ as expanding affordable housing
Stefanie Batten Bland, a second-generation Soho artist, spoke out strongly against the mayor's Soho/Noho rezoning plan at the July 26 C.B. 2 meeting.

C.B. 2 rejects mayor’s Soho/Noho rezoning, calling it ‘falsely presented’ as expanding affordable housing

July 27, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In a blistering verdict on Mayor de Blasio’s Soho/Noho upzoning plan, Community Board 2 on Monday night voted nearly unanimously to…

Outrage after City Planning rep slams alternative Soho/Noho zoning plan as phony, ‘magical thinking’
At a July 8 meeting on the Soho/Noho rezoning, a City Planning official cast a worried glance in the direction of a Downtown activist who had just shouted, "That's an insult!" after Sylvia Li, speaking on the mic, called the Community Alternative Zoning Plan "magical thinking" and, basically, a fraud.

Outrage after City Planning rep slams alternative Soho/Noho zoning plan as phony, ‘magical thinking’

July 11, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated July 12, 1:00 p.m.: There may be a heat wave going on, but things got even hotter in Soho and…

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