City Planning approves Soho/Noho rezoning with only minor changes
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Rubberstamped! After making what opponents call only some minor tweaks to the sweeping plan, the City Planning Commission on Wednesday...
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Residents sue to block Open Restaurants sheds from becoming permanent
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 20, 1 p.m.: You had to see this one coming. A group of nearly two dozen concerned residents, most...
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Up in smoke: Parks Dept., police crack down on Washington Square pot bazaar
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 15, 2:45 p.m.: On second thought, maybe don't come to the casbah... . There's a new Parks Department captain...
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Podcast: COVID anti-vaxxers and ‘fascist pseudo-anti-fascism’
In Episode 92 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg takes note of what he decries as "the increasingly extremist anti-vax 'protesters,'" who don the yellow star and explicitly...
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Dee Pop, Bush Tetras drummer, dies at 65; Played with wide array of musicians, from experimental to punk
BY JOHN PIETARO | Dimitri Papadopoulos, known as Dee Pop to a fan base of millions, died in his sleep at his home in Brooklyn...
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Posts tagged as “Rent Guidelines Board”

Push for rent freeze for regulated tenants, #CancelRent for COVID unemployed

Push for rent freeze for regulated tenants, #CancelRent for COVID unemployed

March 27, 2020

Mayor de Blasio on Thursday called for a rent freeze for rent-regulated tenants amid the COVID-19 epidemic. The freeze would affect 2.3 million tenants in…