BENCHMARK MOMENT: Doris Diether, the legendary Community Board 2 “zoning maven” and Jane Jacobs ally, who died at age 92 on Sept. 16, loved to spend…
Posts tagged as “East River Park”
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 8, 1 p.m.: Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Thursday finally spoke with East River Park activists who have been…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | After nearly 12 hours locked together around a tree trunk in City Hall Park, two women ended their protest action Tuesday…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Taking a page from old-school East Village activism, Tuesday morning two women locked themselves to a tree in City Hall Park.…
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…
BY JACK BROWN | The morning of that 9/11 I was walking a little dog on Seventh Street. The dog liked to visit an Asian…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Will he or won’t he? Either way, he’s not saying. … East River Park activists have been furiously lobbying Council Speaker…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | East River Park activists rejoiced at the end of last month when Comptroller Scott Stringer refused to sign off on a…
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…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The “E” in E.S.C.R. apparently does not stand for equity. Brushing aside concerns about hiring equity, Mayor de Blasio last week…