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Pot dispensary to open on Bleecker St., maybe in Meatpacking, too
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Jan. 12, 12:30 p.m.: The "flowers" are starting to bloom all over. Several more legal cannabis dispensaries are slated to...
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Opinion: Listeners demand return of Paul DeRienzo’s ‘Evening News’ program to WBAI
BY MARNI HALASA | I have been a devoted listener of WBAI for decades. Whether I am listening to Michael G. Haskins explain how land-use...
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Cornelia appropriation? The curious case of ‘Cornelia Street’ and the cafe
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The term “cultural appropriation” is thrown around a fair bit these days. In fact, a new occasion to declare it —...
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Comings & Goings
BY CAROLINE BENVENISTE | A new newspaper, a new column. Like we did before, we’ll try to report on all the retail and restaurant activity...
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Opinion: There is no false choice — Haven Green needs to be built
BY AUSTIN CELESTIN | There are three constants in life: death, taxes and affordable housing projects mired in controversy. Haven Green is no exception. Meant...
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Posts tagged as “Justin Brannan”

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…

Johnson silent on pleas for emergency hearing on East River Park resiliency plan

East River Park ACTION has been leading a letter-writing campaign to urge Speaker Corey Johnson to hold an emergency hearing on the coastal resiliency project, which would destroy the existing park, only to rebuild it 10 feet higher.

Johnson silent on pleas for emergency hearing on East River Park resiliency plan

August 28, 2021

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…

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…

Council coalition delivers bills for ‘deliverista’ respect and safety

Councilmembers Carlina Rivera, center, Justin Brannan, to the left of her, Carlos Mechaca, behind her to her right, Brad Lander and Margaret Chin introduced a package of bills to help delivery workers. (Photo by William Alatriste/NYC Council)

Council coalition delivers bills for ‘deliverista’ respect and safety

April 28, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A group of councilmembers is aiming to deliver more rights and fair pay for food delivery workers. The lawmakers —…

Lawsuit filed over East Side Coastal Resiliency report redactions

Until recently, the city denied this three-year-old report on East River Park existed. When the city finally did release it, it was heavily redacted.

Lawsuit filed over East Side Coastal Resiliency report redactions

April 5, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated April 6, 3:45 p.m.: They’re taking legal action against the redactions. East River Park ACTION, the Grand Street Democrats club…