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Soho, Noho residents urge Adams to veto Chin’s ‘punitive’ bill against nonartist residents
Soho and Noho residents are urging Mayor Adams to veto a contentious last-minute bill snuck in by Councilmember Margaret Chin, above, just weeks before she was term-limited out of office. In a highly unusual move, there was no public discussion of the bill before it was approved by the full City Council.

Soho, Noho residents urge Adams to veto Chin’s ‘punitive’ bill against nonartist residents

January 11, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | You’ve got to pick your battles. Soho and Noho residents believe that Mayor Eric Adams will not veto the contentious…

Chin, Rivera silent after demanding Soho/Noho rezoning actually create affordable housing
A month ago, Councilmembers Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera said they needed "real and clear direction" from the Department of City Planning on whether the Soho/Noho rezoning plan would really create any affordable housing. It's unclear what they were told by City Planning in response.

Chin, Rivera silent after demanding Soho/Noho rezoning actually create affordable housing

September 1, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A month ago, they called on the Department of City Planning to “return to the table now” and improve the Soho/Noho…

Brewer to weigh in on Soho/Noho rezoning after hosting impassioned five-hour hearing
Julie Finch, with her late husband, Minimalist artist Donald Judd, fought Robert Moses' Lower Manhattan Expressway plan that would have decimated Soho and Little Italy. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Brewer to weigh in on Soho/Noho rezoning after hosting impassioned five-hour hearing

August 24, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A critical hearing on the contentious Soho/Noho rezoning Monday night lasted more than a full five hours and saw scores of…

Councilmembers past and future urge B.P. Brewer to reject Soho/Noho rezoning
Chris Marte, the Council 1 Democratic nominee, left, was joined by past Councilmembers Alan Gerson and Kathryn Freed on Aug. 23 in calling on Borough President Gale Brewer to reject the Soho/Noho rezoning plan. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Councilmembers past and future urge B.P. Brewer to reject Soho/Noho rezoning

August 23, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | “Do the right thing,” the expected incoming District 1 City Councilmember and two of his predecessors urged Gale Brewer, calling on…

My visit to Chuck Close’s studio; Photorealist master battled light-blocking luxury project
Artist Chuck Close in his Bond St. studio with a portrait he was working on on July 11, 2006. He usually painted friends, family members and fellow artists. (Photo by © Jefferson Siegel)

My visit to Chuck Close’s studio; Photorealist master battled light-blocking luxury project

August 21, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Aug. 23, 3:00 p.m.: Chuck Close, the Downtown artist renowned for his gigantic Photorealist paintings, died on Thurs., Aug. 19,…

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