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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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Editorial: Just say No to COYHO
The City of Yes. … eh, yeah, sure, it sounds positive. But you can’t judge a sweeping, citywide development program just on a catchy name....
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‘It had to go now’: East Village pizzeria owner sheds his shed
BY CHRIS RYAN | Workers recently dismantled Eleven B pizza restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in the East Village. Owner Vincent Sgarlato got a bit of...
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Elizabeth Street Garden’s last stand: Little Italy green dream faces City Hall’s wrecking ball
BY SUSAN SILVER | On the eve of its possible execution, the legendary Elizabeth Street Garden was dotted with afternoon visitors soaking up its perennial...
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Biking’s his life — but Bowery rider says e-bikes are making life hell
BY OTTO FRITTON | As electric bikes have boomed in New York City, enforcement of traffic regulations against scofflaw riders has failed to keep pace....
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Posts tagged as “L&M Development”

Nix the Knickerbocker Village sale, protesters cry

Isabel Reyna Torres, a leader of the Concerned Tenants of Knickerbocker Village, spoke at the March 28 protest. (Photo by Bill Weinberg)

Nix the Knickerbocker Village sale, protesters cry

April 6, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | At the end of last month, opponents of the plan to sell Knickerbocker Village to L&M Development protested in the bitter…

‘A pretty good deal’: Knickerbocker Village T.A. co-leaders defend sale to L&M Development

Opponents of Knickerbocker Village's sale to L&M Development protested on March 28 before a meeting to set rents for incoming tenants. (Photo by Bill Weinberg)

‘A pretty good deal’: Knickerbocker Village T.A. co-leaders defend sale to L&M Development

April 6, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Opponents of the plan to sell Knickerbocker Village have made themselves heard loud and clear at two recent protests. They fear…

Knickerbocker Village tenants fight affordable complex’s planned sale to L&M Development

As an Article IV development, Knickerbocker Village must remain permanently affordable.

Knickerbocker Village tenants fight affordable complex’s planned sale to L&M Development

March 23, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated March 23, 5:15 p.m.: A group of residents of Knickerbocker Village in the Two Bridges area of the Lower East…

Two Bridges residents call on developers, city to protect them from toxic towers site

Ms. Woody is among concerned neighbors demanding safe remediation of the Two Bridges megatowers development site. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Two Bridges residents call on developers, city to protect them from toxic towers site

February 10, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | In a few months time construction is set to start on two 73-story residential towers in the Two Bridges neighborhood of…