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Soho/Noho rezoning incentivizes demolition and displacement: And landlords know it
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Housing activists and preservationists fear the Department of City Planning’s proposed Soho/Noho/Chinatown rezoning would make rent-regulated tenants vulnerable to one of...
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Doris Diether, legendary Greenwich Village activist, dies at age 92
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Fri., Sept. 17, 11:30 p.m.: Doris Diether, the iconic Community Board 2 member who was an ally of Jane Jacobs,...
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Toxic shock: Seaport tower foes fear mercury-site cleanup would endanger schoolkids
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Temperatures are boiling in the South Street Seaport area as a developer hopes to start cleanup of a toxic former thermometer-factory...
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Kips Bay woman, 28, reported missing
Police are seeking the public's help in locating a Kips Bay woman who was reported missing on Sat., Sept. 4. According to cops, Brittany Hobart,...
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Brewer balks at Soho/Noho rezoning, locals lambaste plan at six-hour session
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | They just kept on coming, one after the other...for six hours. Longtime Soho and Noho artist residents testified in droves against...
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Posts tagged as “Kips Bay”

Councilmember Carlina Rivera keeps ducking debates and the community loses out

Allie Ryan says she is ready to roll and debate Carlina Rivera but that the councilmember keeps dodging opportunities to do so. (Courtesy Allie Ryan)

Councilmember Carlina Rivera keeps ducking debates and the community loses out

September 24, 2021

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…

Kips Bay woman, 28, reported missing

Brittany Hobart. (Courtesy N.Y.P.D.)

Kips Bay woman, 28, reported missing

September 6, 2021

Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a Kips Bay woman who was reported missing on Sat., Sept. 4. According to cops, Brittany Hobart,…

East River Park activists not giving up the fight, or their sumac mocktails

Emily Johnson and Magda Napoleon, front row, second and third from right, and other East River Park advocates held a "cocktail party" near Councilmember Carlina Rivera's new building. (Photo by The Village Sun)

East River Park activists not giving up the fight, or their sumac mocktails

July 7, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Sumac mocktails, a Twitter flap, a police raid gone awry on said sumac slingers and the future of East River Park…

Police seek New Year’s Eve push-in rapist

Police seek New Year’s Eve push-in rapist

January 1, 2021

A sicko posing as a deliveryman raped and robbed a woman in the Kips Bay neighborhood on New Year’s Eve, police said. According to cops,…