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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Why??? C.B. 2 confused, frustrated by Chin’s exiting push to boost fines for Soho/Noho nonartists

Councilmember Margaret Chin moderated parts of the City Planning Commission's hearing on the Soho/Noho rezoning last month, above. However, last week, her deputy chief of staff appeared before C.B. 2 to present Chin's bill to increase fines for nonartists living in J.L.Q.W.A. units in Soho and Noho.

Why??? C.B. 2 confused, frustrated by Chin’s exiting push to boost fines for Soho/Noho nonartists

December 7, 2021

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Community members and local politicians alike have strong objections to lame-duck Councilmember Margaret Chin’s “11th-hour” bill to increase penalties on nonartist…