Adams vetoes Chin’s bill hiking fines for Soho/Noho nonartist JLWQA residents, saying it needs work
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Jan. 16, 3:30 p.m.: Mayor Eric Adams in a statement late Friday afternoon reitearated his support for the Soho/Noho upzoning....
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New Soho/Noho group fundraising for lawsuit against de Blasio’s rezoning
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | As Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't over till it's over." A new ad hoc group has come together to challenge...
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Opinion: De Blasio, not park activists, delayed East Side resiliency plan while backing fossil-fuel status quo
BY HOWARD BRANDSTEIN | Deconstruct the video of the "Frontline Communities Coalition" rally on Dec. 18 and what you see is an image makeover for...
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Judge named for a tree chops down legal challenges to East River Park resiliency project
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A Court of Appeals judge on Thursday made quick work of legal challenges to the East River Park resiliency project. As...
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As East River Park destruction continues, judge orders city to prove it’s not in contempt of court
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The infernal roar of chainsaws and construction machines in East River Park lessened a bit Monday afternoon after a judge signed...
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Posts tagged as “gentrification”

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…

Gentrification made morally complex

Gentrification made morally complex

July 1, 2021

BY REV. DONNA SCHAPER | James Baldwin, one of many famous visitors to Greenwich Village, is said to have said in 1967: “We need to…

Activists fire back at ‘East Village politicians’ over poster flap

Wing Lam, executive director of Chinese Staff and Workers' Association, said the Chinzilla poster is accurate. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Activists fire back at ‘East Village politicians’ over poster flap

December 9, 2020

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Lower East Side and Chinatown activists blasted local politicians Tuesday for unfairly tarring the group East River Park ACTION as racist over…

A Soho artist’s plaint: Up against the city’s upzoning and a greedy co-op board

The writer, Harry Pincus, chose this illustration of his about high-rise development, "Empire State," to run with this column. Pincus sees the city's push to upzone Soho as part of a trend that has been going on for years, as wealthy nonartists — who are not even legally supposed to be living in the district — seek to force out longtime certified artists. (Courtesy the artist)

A Soho artist’s plaint: Up against the city’s upzoning and a greedy co-op board

October 18, 2020

BY HARRY PINCUS | As a certified artist, who bought a space in an old harpsichord factory in 1975, I am concerned about the recent…

We’ll displace YOU, rezoning foes cry outside Johnson’s home

We’ll displace YOU, rezoning foes cry outside Johnson’s home

September 10, 2020

BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL | Labor Day was no holiday for housing activists who turned out in large numbers to protest the displacement of communities of…