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Opinion: Congestion pricing would fuel pollution on Lower East Side
BY KATHRYN FREED | Congestion pricing is coming. Most people either love it or hate it. Most of us acknowledge the need to reduce traffic...
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Rep. Goldman: No ceasefire until all hostages freed, Hamas’s ‘removal from Gaza’
BY THE VILLAGE S SUN | On Nov. 27, Congressmember Dan Goldman — representing Manhattan south of 14th Street, plus part of Brooklyn — called...
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Landmarks Preservation Commission in thrall to Big Real Estate, panel says
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | “Time To Reform Our Landmarks Preservation Commission?” That was the question before an Oct. 18 panel at Grace Church High School...
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City pulls permit for illegal Soho penthouse as wealthy West Broadway neighbors battle on
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A wealthy Soho co-op owner is trying to score a "takedown," literally, against his even more monied neighbor. The Department of...
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The eagle-owl has landed: Free bird Flaco spotted on Lower East Side
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Flaco — New York City's favorite celebrity owl — touched down at the Grand Street co-ops on Wednesday night. Robin Herbst, ...
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Posts tagged as “Marjorie Velazquez”

Marte, Bottcher vote ‘no,’ Rivera ‘yes’ as City Council passes permanent Open Restaurants bill

Councilmember Christopher Marte apologized to his constituents for the Council's vote. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Marte, Bottcher vote ‘no,’ Rivera ‘yes’ as City Council passes permanent Open Restaurants bill

August 3, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Defying opposition by resident groups and community boards from around the city, the City Council on Thursday approved legislation for a…

Councilmember: Open Restaurants has no negative environmental impacts

In March 2022, on a tour of Greenwich Village's "Shed City," then-Community Board 2 Chairperson Jeannine Kiely showed Councilmember Marjorie Velazquez a viral video of rats cavorting in Tacombi tacos' enclosed bubble shed at Cornelia and Bleecker Streets. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Councilmember: Open Restaurants has no negative environmental impacts

August 2, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The city is sticking to its position that Open Restaurants has no adverse environmental impacts, and that an adequate environmental review…

Kill Bill (31-B), dining shed foes cry as Council poised to make pandemic gutter structures permanent

A restaurant shed on First Avenue in the East Village. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Kill Bill (31-B), dining shed foes cry as Council poised to make pandemic gutter structures permanent

May 23, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Get outdoor dining out of the gutter already! That’s what members of CUEUP (Coalition United for Equitable Urban Policy), who…

‘Shedding’ any illusions on outdoor dining, Marte and Bottcher give Velazquez a tour of Village streets

Councilmember Christopher Marte points out to Marjorie Velazquez some unsavory-looking "sludge" that has collected between roadway dining sheds on Thompson Street. (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘Shedding’ any illusions on outdoor dining, Marte and Bottcher give Velazquez a tour of Village streets

March 1, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Welcome to their world. Councilmembers Christopher Marte and Erik Bottcher led their colleague Marjorie Velazquez on a tour of “Shed City”…

Council removes D.O.T. — for now — as lead agency for Open Restaurants as it drafts bill for permanent program

A large, walkway-narrowing, on-sidewalk, temporary dining shed at Local 92, at 92 Second Ave., illustrates the city's current free-for-all, in terms of sidewalk cafes and roadway dining sheds. Though the COVID-inspired Open Restaurants program was meant to provide well-ventilated spaces, this shed appears to be completely enclosed. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Council removes D.O.T. — for now — as lead agency for Open Restaurants as it drafts bill for permanent program

February 18, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | So what exactly is on the menu now for Open Restaurants — and, for that matter, for stressed-out Downtowners driven to…

Shack to the future (not): At nine-hour hearing, city claims dining sheds to be phased out next year

At the Feb. 8 City Council hearing on making Open Restaurants permanent, Councilmember Erik Bottcher said a "one size fits all" approach is not working. The hearing also concerned the city's plan to lift all existing geographic restrictions on where sidewalk cafes can be located.

Shack to the future (not): At nine-hour hearing, city claims dining sheds to be phased out next year

February 9, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Feb. 10, 12:45 p.m.: One of local residents’ biggest issues with the Open Restaurants program — the much-maligned roadway sheds…